Platform for the metalworking industry
Classical wholesaler becomes value-added supplier with numerous services
Thyssenkrupp also handles a variety of machining operations: such as 2D and 3D laser cutting, bending and sawing, as well as blasting, drilling, grinding, and much more.

Classic wholesaler becomes value-added supplier with numerous services

Combination of trader, processor and supply chain partner is unique

Until about ten years ago, thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium was a classic wholesaler of stainless steel, aluminum and steel. Since then, the Lokeren-based company has evolved into a supplier of services with greater added value for increasingly demanding customers: sawing, bending, laser cutting, and much more. Customers can also turn to the company for the realization of integral projects and complete turnkey solutions, from engineering and machining to assembly and even logistics.

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Thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium is a wholesaler of stainless steel, aluminum and various grades of steel.

The distribution of stainless steel, aluminum and various steel grades is still the core business of thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium today. The wholesaler has more than 3,000 loyal customers in the Belgian metal industry. Yet much has changed in recent years. After all, the trader was increasingly being asked by customers to process the raw materials themselves. So the trader also became a processor: 2D and 3D laser cutting, bending and sawing, but also blasting, drilling, decoiling, slitting, grinding, brushing and water jet cutting. And what they cannot perform in-house, they outsource to thyssenkrupp's service centers or external partners. These include, for example, specialists in galvanizing, anodizing, coating and milling.

"Thanks to the Laser Works department, thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium has focused on laser cutting work for many years. Using numerous CNC-controlled fiber and CO2 cutting machines and bending machines, we process sheets, profiles and tubes in stainless steel, steel and aluminum, and are responsible for post-processing. The machine park is continuously further adapted and expanded in order to provide ever better support to customers in the metal processing industry," says commercial director Marijn van Asperen. "We are also investing in the automation and digitization of our processes. For example, we developed the webshop www.onlinelaserworks.be for laser cutting. After uploading the customer's drawings, the software immediately produces a detailed quotation, including the cost price for the design. This allows customers to order laser-cut sheets and edge parts 24/7."

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Thanks to the Laser Works department, thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium has been focusing on laser cutting for years.

Added value

The combination of trader, processor and supply chain partner is quite unique. The added value makes thyssenkrupp Materials Belgium stand out in Belgium, but also in other countries within and outside Europe. 

"Thanks to a team of specialists, we can completely unburden customers. This commercial team combines technical knowledge with experience in project management to analyze, manage and/or optimize projects. We provide technical support in terms of material selection or design, calculation, stock management, taking care of all kinds of documents, even selecting specific packaging, marking and logistical processing," van Asperen explains. 

"We offer many other services. For example, we propose alternative offers by economic aspects, and use our national and international procurement network of suppliers to always work out the best solution. Production takes place in Belgium, in Europe, even worldwide, and is optimally adapted to the expected costs, deadlines and services. The international presence of thyssenkrupp with its own employees and equipment is an important added value. We take care of just-in-time deliveries of products from stock or production by road, rail, water and air transport, taking care of all necessary documents, such as certificates, customs clearance documents... This allows the customer to focus fully on his core business."   

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