Konsorcjum Stali retains PUDS ranking top spot

Konsorcjum Stali (KS) has retained top spot in the Polish Union of Steel Distributors (PUDS) ranking of top-performing Polish steel distributors in 2017, monitored by Kallanish.

KS shipped the most steel of any distributor last year at 639,000 tonnes – up from 606,000t in 2016 – and reported the highest revenue at PLN 1.52 billion ($408.34 million). However, it came second in terms of net profit with PLN 42.4m.

KS has three reinforcement fabrication plants with a combined capacity of 15,000 tonnes/month. It also has two steel structures plants and a coil service centre. This is in addition to 13 sales offices across Poland.

Bowim remained second in terms of tonnage sold with 453,000t, up from 394,000t in 2016, and third in revenue terms with PLN 1.12 billion. However, it slipped four places to seventh in net profit terms with PLN 18.77m.

Stalprofil remained third in tonnage terms with 319,000t, up from 277,000t in 2016, and rose one place to fourth in revenue terms with PLN 1.03 billion. It also jumped from 18th to fifth in net profit terms with PLN 24.42m

Grupa Pruszynski moved up one place to fourth in tonnage terms with 238,000t, up from 228,000t in 2016. It was second and first in terms of revenue and net profit with PLN 1.28 billion and PLN 67.77m respectively.

Serwistal was fifth in tonnage terms with 210,000t, up from 200,000t a year earlier. It came seventh and fourth in terms of revenue and net profit with PLN 537.95m and PLN 27.98m respectively.

BUDMAT Bogdan Wiecek, fourth-largest distributor in each category in 2016, did not appear in the 2017 ranking.