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Metinvest Expands Distribution Network in Russian Federation

08/11/2011 - Metinvest Eurasia has expanded its distribution network by opening metal center and sales office in Saratov, one of the largest industrial cities in Volga Federal District.

Metinvest Eurasia has expanded its distribution network by opening metal center and sales office in Saratov, one of the largest industrial cities in Volga Federal District.
 
Metinvest Eurasia’s distribution network in Russia currently includes 24 warehouses in Central, Southern, Northern Caucasus, Northwestern and, now in Volga Federal Districts. Integration of MMKI products has allowed the company to expand the range of flat rolled products it can sell in Russia and offered new sales development opportunities.
 
The share of plates in Metinvest Eurasia’s sales structure grew from 27% in the first half of 2010 up to 45% in the first half of 2011.
 
The company’s product mix at the Saratov warehouse includes rebars, wire rod, beams, channels, angles, heavy plates, hot-rolled sheets, cold-rolled sheets, galvanized plates and coils produced by Azovstal (Mariupol), Yenakievo Steel Works, and MMKI as well as other steel mills in Ukraine and CIS countries. During first three months the company plans to maintain warehouse inventories of three to four thousand tonnes, with a subsequent increase up to six to seven thousand tonnes. Products will be sold to consumers in Saratov and Penza regions.
 
“Metinvest’s strategy in Russia is a maximum proximity to end users,” noted Roman Rybalov, CEO of LLC Metinvest Eurasia. “Opening a warehouse and sales office in Saratov is an important step toward our goal. We will keep on exploring possibilities of developing our distribution network in Russia both, at the expense of strengthening our positions in existing regions and opening warehouses and sales offices in new regions.”
 
Metinvest Eurasia is the wholesale and retail sales channel of Metinvest Group in Russian Federation.
 
Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and steel company owning 24 assets in Ukraine, Europe and the United States and managing each link of the production chain – iron ore and coal mining and coke production through to semi-finished and finished steel production; including the manufacturing of plate and coil, pipe rolling, shapes and bars and other value-added products.