Distributor stainless steel makes work of evolution to service center

Stainless steel is a widely used material in metal companies. Contisteel from Heusden-Zolder is one of the largest distributors of stainless steel in Belgium. The company has experienced strong growth in recent years thanks to fast and flexible deliveries of an extremely complete and high-quality range. To further increase these strengths, Contisteel will open a brand new home base in the fall. This will allow it to serve the market with even higher standards.

Since 1989 Contisteel has supplied stainless steel from its warehouses in Heusden-Zolder to customers in the construction, chemical, metal processing, tank production and automotive and food industries, mainly in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of France and Germany. The company expanded this market by focusing on an extremely complete range of quality materials in stock, combined with fast and flexible delivery. The limited range of products that Contisteel does not have in stock can always be delivered within a short period of time. The company's slogan is not for nothing 'Contisteel - consistent in steel'. The stainless steel can be offered in all possible product forms, such as plates, coils, narrow strip, discs, tubes and bar material.

Who is Contisteel?

Contisteel was founded in 1989 with its headquarters in Heusden-Zolder. The company has experienced strong growth over the past thirty years. Under the leadership of General Manager Philippe Smits, Contisteel evolved into one of the largest distributors of stainless steel in Belgium. The workforce currently consists of fifteen employees and the warehouse area, for both storage and production, amounts to 4,000 m².

Work is currently underway on the new facility, which will be about double the size of the current one.

Flexibility and quality

Contisteel remains on the move and is constantly working to improve its image. Today the company has a grinding and brushing machine, separate film line and fully automatic stacker, which has enabled it to significantly increase its customer service and continue to play its strengths of quality and flexibility in all segments of today's market. Thanks to these machines, Contisteel has the ability to laminate sheets up to 2,000 mm single or double sided, or grind and/or brush sheets up to 6 mm thick and a width of 1,500 mm with a desired grain.

Reliable partner

Since 2012, Contisteel belongs to Amari, which is close to the customer. Thanks to the impulse to always be attentive and vigilant, Contisteel can always offer the expected and necessary service to customers. By being allowed to be part of that big player in NE metals, Contisteel can combine scale with the speed and flexibility of a smaller company

New challenges

To further improve services, Contisteel will in the very near future commission two new machines so that it will also be able to cut and slit coils. Indeed, in October, Contisteel will open a new 6,000 m² site on its current site. In this way, Contisteel wants to evolve into a dynamic and flexible service center to offer customers the possibility of obtaining all flat products at the desired size in one place. This in-house service will obviously also significantly improve delivery times.