Macsteel Service Centres South Africa

Name

Macsteel Service Centres South Africa

Legal name

Macsteel Service Centres SA (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://macsteel.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Distribution and Processing

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510), Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (331210), Machine Shops (332710)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051), Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Products Trading & Service Centers (Flat, Long, Pipe & Tube, Rebar) (IMAKAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Service Centers & Processing (Slitting, Cut-to-Length, Blanking, Leveling) (IMAKABAL), Long Products Manufacturing (Rebar, Wire Rod, Merchant Bar, Sections/Beams) (IMAKABAH)

Keywords

• Steel distribution services
• Steel processing services
• Structural steel products
• Coil processing services
• Tube and pipe supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Gauteng

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices28 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Steel Products Sales: Sale of steel products including general steel, structural steel, plates, sheets, bars, tubes, pipes, fittings, flanges, valves, roofing, and fencing materials through multiple divisions.
2. Coil Processing Services: Value-added steel processing services including cut-to-length, blanking, slitting, edge trimming, guillotining, stretching and levelling operations.
3. Hardware and Accessories: Sale of welding equipment, fasteners, hand tools, power tools, PPE, paint, and general hardware through the online shop.
4. Specialized Steel Products: Special Steels & Bright Bar division provides engineering steels with metallurgical services including destructive and non-destructive testing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Macsteel Service Centres South Africa is a steel merchandiser and distributor that supplies an extensive range of steel and steel-related products (general steel, plates, sheets, bars, tubes, pipes, fittings, flanges, valves, roofing, fencing) and provides value-added processing services including coil processing, laser cutting, slitting, blanking, levelling, and metallurgical testing. It also manufactures branded products such as Cellular Beams, TOSAWRAP pipeline wrap, Novotexi 440 roofing, and CABLE-LOCK/LULA steel pipe systems.

Product overview

Macsteel Service Centres South Africa is a steel merchandising and distribution company operating as a platform of interconnected divisions and an e-commerce online shop. The core divisions include Macsteel Trading (with General Steel Products, Coil Processing, Tube and Pipe, and Roofing subdivisions), Special Steels & Bright Bar, Fluid Control, and VRN. Key branded products include TOSAWRAP® (patented corrosion-resistant pipeline wrap), Novotexi 440® (Guinness World Record roofing at 280m span), CABLE-LOCK™ and LULA™ Steel Pipe Systems, and Cellular Beams. The company also operates Harvey Roofing Products as a subsidiary and Macsteel Express as retail outlets. The Macsteel Online Shop serves as the e-commerce platform offering steel products, piping, fittings, flanges, valves, roofing, fencing, hardware, and welding equipment across multiple product categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harvey Roofing Products: Specialized roofing products and cold formed sections supplier
• Novotexi 440
• TOSAWRAP
• Usizo
• CABLE-LOCK
• LULA

Products and services

• General Steel Products Extensive range of general steel products including angles, beams, columns, channels, cold form sections, plates, sheets, tubing, and bars supplied to construction, manufacturing, mining, and merchant customers.
• Coil Processing Services Value-added steel processing services including cut-to-length, blanking, slitting, edge trimming, guillotining, and stretching and levelling, operated across 14 processing lines at the Wadeville Coil Processing facility.
• Tube & Pipe Products Manufactured tube and pipe products including borehole casing, black and galvanised pipes, seamless pipes, and stainless steel welded pipes, serving fluid conveyance and structural applications.
• Roofing Products Specialised roofing products and cold formed sections supplied to retail, merchants, co-ops, construction, mining, electrical and security industries.
• Special Steels & Bright Bar Engineering steels and bright bar products with metallurgical services including destructive and non-destructive testing, ultrasonic inspection, and metallurgical investigations.
• Fluid Control Products Portfolio of pipes, fittings, flanges, and valves in carbon steel and stainless steel, including CABLE-LOCK and LULA pipe systems, supplying fluid conveyance solutions.
• VRN Speciality Steel Plate Processing

Quantifiable outcome

• Guinness World Record for longest roof span covered by a single metal corrugated sheet at 280 metres, achieved 25th May 2022
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Usizo Enterprise and Supplier Development ProgrammecoreOthers · 1 January 2015Macsteel's award-winning enterprise and supplier development programme that promotes active participation with immediate benefit to customers. From 2015 to 2023, contributed over R222m to the South African economy, created over 2000 sustained jobs, and annually supports over 50 active businesses. This is an internal programme rather than a formal partnership, but represents a significant stakeholder relationship with small to medium businesses.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Safal Steel: Africa-focused steel products group with operations across East and Southern Africa. Comparable to Macsteel's pan-African distribution footprint and coated steel / roofing product lines.

Direct peers

• BSi Steel: Major South African steel distributor and processor with a comparable multi-branch footprint and product mix spanning structural steel, plate, sheet, tube and pipe. Direct overlap with Macsteel's Trading, VRN and Fluid Control divisions on the same customer base.
• Trident Steel: South African steel distributor and processor serving construction, mining and manufacturing. Comparable to Macsteel's Coil Processing and Trading divisions, with similar slitting, blanking and plate processing offerings.
• NJR Steel: Regional steel service centre and distributor with branches across South Africa focused on structural steel, plate and general steel products. Closely comparable to Macsteel's Trading division in customer profile and product range.
• TWP (Tube and Pipe) Africa: South African tube and pipe distributor serving industrial, mining and fluid-conveyance markets. Direct overlap with Macsteel's Tube & Pipe and Fluid Control divisions on welded, seamless and speciality piping products.
• Stewarts & Lloyds: Long-established South African steel, pipe, fitting and valve distributor operating a comparable multi-branch network. Direct overlap with Macsteel's Fluid Control and General Steel Products divisions in mining, industrial and construction channels.

Broad incumbents

• Aveng Manufacturing (Steel): South African fabricated steel products and structural steel supplier serving mining, construction and infrastructure. Comparable to Macsteel's Cellular Beams and structural steel value proposition in the project delivery market.
• ArcelorMittal South Africa: Largest steel producer in South Africa and upstream supplier to the distribution channel. Overlaps with Macsteel as both a competitor in primary steel and a key supplier of coil and plate into Macsteel's processing and distribution operations.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Largest metals service centre operator in North America with a model centred on value-added processing and multi-metal distribution. Useful proxy for the steel service-centre business model that Macsteel operates in Southern Africa.
• Columbus Stainless: South African stainless steel producer and processor. Upstream supplier into Macsteel's Fluid Control division and overlapping in stainless plate and sheet products that VRN distributes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@macsteelSA
• Facebookfacebook.com/macsteelservicecentres
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/macsteel-service-centres-s.a.

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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