Europe Additional Footprint Projects
1Philharmonic of Paris, France - © Copyright William BeaucardetAperam Stainless Steel used: 316L Uginox Bright
Silène luminaris sive Muflier de Borges, Miguel ChevalierFondation Clément, Le François, Martinique - FranceFabrication : Serrurerie La Parette, Roquefort-la BédouleAperam stainless steel used : Aperam 316 Hot Rolled
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Aperam worldwide at a glanceA young and dynamic stainless steels player
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€ 4.7billion
Group sales
2.5mt
Flat Stainless & Electrical
Steel capacity
1.97mt
Shipments in 2018
AlloysFlat and long
products
14Steel Service
Centers
6Transformation
facilities
9.800Employees
53nationalities
Environment friendly cultivation
of eucalyptus forests in Brazil
for charcoal production with a lower carbon
footprint
17 Sales agencies
2 Genk, Belgium
3 Châtelet, Belgium
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Our productsStainless steels & special alloys
Example of stainless steel applications
Household appliances Automotive Furniture & Design
Oil & Gas Parts and moulds for Aerospace
Industry Building & Construction Heating
Alloys made from two or more separate elements alloyed or melted together with unique features based on specific metals(e.g. Chromium, Nickel).
Environmental friendly being 100% & endlessly recyclable, hygienic and low-maintenance.
Use by broad range of customers including construction, consumer goods, white goods,capital goods and automotive.
Unique features such as: high corrosionresistance, - high temperature properties, bright shiny gloss.
Transportation
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Atomium/Brussels
Court house roof/Antwerpen
Princess Elisabeth Research Station/Antartica:
Aperam in BelgiumThe key country for our European activities
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• Key industrial activity in Flanders (Genk) and Walloon region (Châtelet).
• >2200 direct employees.
• All our European Stainless Steels are produced from recycled scrap in Belgium, using electricity.
• Châtelet steel plant is Europe’s most recent stainless major investment.
• New major investment (€130m) in downstream facilities in Genk well on track.
• Aperam is listed on Euronext Brussels and is part of Bel20 index.4
We operate in a very difficult environmentSince Q3 2018, environment under tremendous pressure
• Belgian operations based on recycled scrap compete as well with imports made from ores (non recycled).
• CO2 footprint of our recycled stainless steels is about 4x lower than imports.
• Imports are not subject to ETS.
• Cost competitiveness is an absolute must !
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Europe stainless steel imports (t/y) - Source: Eurofer
High import pressure Stainless steel prices under pressurefrom lower raw material cost and high imports
Must haves to sustain our business in Belgium3 level-playing fields on our essential cost factors
• Raw materials (scraps in Europe)
• Energy (electricity cost)
• Labor
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