Coated Solutions

What Coated Solutions does

Coated Solutions is a Spanish-headquartered manufacturer of pre-painted and processed steel coils, operating four industrial plants across the Iberian Peninsula (Aranda de Duero/Burgos, Santander, Villadangos del Páramo/León, and Aveiro, Portugal). The business is built around a fully vertically integrated production chain — hot coil, pickling with acid regeneration, cold rolling, galvanizing, and pre-painting — branded as the SOLCOAT range across chemistries including polyester (PE), polyurethane (PU), polyurethane-polyamide (PUPA), PVDF, anti-graffiti, and rough-texture variants for tile-effect panels. Total processing capacity now stands at nearly 1 million tonnes annually, with 300,000+ tonnes of finished pre-painted coil output across the three main coating plants.

The company sells to two principal B2B verticals: the construction industry (sandwich panel manufacturers, roofing, façade cladding, and building accessories) and industrial steel processors. Commercial coverage is organized into five regional teams — Spain (Juan Ramón Domínguez), Portugal (José Pedro Laranjeira), France-Belgium (Nicolas Bricard), export English/German/Russian (Florian Ille), and export Polish (Klaudyna Gieryszewska) — serving European, African, and American end-markets with port-based logistics through Santander and Aveiro. Products comply with EN10169-1:2011 (pre-painted) and EN10346:2010 (galvanized). The company holds ISO 9001/14001/45001 (LRQA), ECOVADIS Silver, LEED, REACH, Eurofins, and — as of July 2025 — Environmental Product Declarations for the SOLCOAT range.

Coated Solutions is part of the Madrid-based Network Steel Group (parent: Network Steel Resources S.A.), alongside Network Steel, Ecosteel Solutions, and Plafesa. In July 2024 the group signed a strategic agreement with Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) to strengthen its international market position, and in 2025 the group locked in renewable energy supply via a Power Purchase Agreement with Statkraft and Fortia. Founded in 2007, the legal entity is Santander Coated Solutions, S.L.; the company is privately held, with 101-250 employees, and discloses no public revenue figures. The most material current evidence of moat is the combination of Iberian scale, integrated upstream production completed in 2023, and a thick stack of sustainability certifications relevant to European construction procurement.

Name

Coated Solutions

Legal name

Santander Coated Solutions, S.L.

Website

https://coatedsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Coated Solutions is a Spanish-headquartered, vertically integrated manufacturer of pre-painted and processed steel coils, serving construction (sandwich panels, roofing, cladding) and industrial steel-processing customers across Europe, Africa, and the Americas from four Iberian Peninsula plants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pre-painted Steel Coil Manufacturing

NAICS

Paint and Coating Manufacturing (32551), Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510)

SIC

Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills (3310), Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold Rolling & Finishing (Cold-Rolled Coil/Sheet, Temper, Skin Pass) (IMAKABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Protective Coatings (IMAEAHAB), Industrial & Protective Coatings (IMAEAGAB), Industrial Protective Coatings (IMADAKAB)

Keywords

• Pre-painted steel
• Steel coil processing
• Galvanized steel coils
• Cold rolled steel
• Coil coating services

Headquarters

HQ city

Burgos

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel Processing Services: Revenue from processing steel coils through pickling, cold rolling, galvanizing, and pre-painting services. Vertical integration allows flexibility to adapt to customer needs and different international markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Coated Solutions is an international producer of steel coils that runs a vertically integrated processing chain of pickling, cold rolling, galvanizing, and pre-painting across four industrial plants in Spain and Portugal. It sells the SOLCOAT range of prepainted steels with multiple coating chemistries (PE, PU, PUPA, PVDF, anti-graffiti, rough texture) and supplies processed coils to sandwich panel manufacturers and other industrial steel buyers. Its nearly 1 million tonnes of annual capacity serves European, African, and American markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOLCOAT: The brand of pre-painted steel products developed with customers, covering a wide range of applications for pre-painted steels including PE25, PE35, PU25, PVDF25, PVDF35, PUPA55, PUPA70, and rough texture variants for various industrial and exterior applications.

Products and services

• SOLCOAT Pre-painted Steel Range

Quantifiable outcome

• 300,000+ tonnes of pre-painted coils produced annually
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 July 2024Strategic agreement signed July 22, 2024 between MISI (worldwide leading Japanese steel trading and processing company) and Network Steel Group. The agreement strengthens the group's position in international steel markets.
• AFEPP (Asociación de Fabricantes Españoles de Paneles Sándwich)minorOthersSilver sponsor of the Spanish Association of Sandwich Panel Manufacturers, an association of sector-leading companies.
• Network Steel GroupcoreOthersParent company group. Coated Solutions is part of the Network Steel Group which includes Network Steel, Ecosteel Solutions, Plafesa, and other steel processing companies. Group companies share administrative functions and strategic direction.
• Statkraft and FortiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup Network Steel secured stable energy supply through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Statkraft and Fortia for wind and solar energy, supporting sustainability of production and reducing energy cost risk.
• SoltraminorOthersCollaborating company listed in the 'We collaborate with' section.
• La Caixa (CaixaBank)minorOthersBanking collaborator listed in the 'We collaborate with' section.
• Universidad de CantabriaminorOthersAcademic collaborator listed in the 'We collaborate with' section.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. Japanese steel trading and processing company that operates coil processing and distribution globally. MISI is a strategic partner of Network Steel Group and is a like-for-like steel coil processor/trader with overlapping capabilities to Coated Solutions.

Broad incumbents

• ArcelorMittal: World's largest integrated steel producer with extensive European flat-steel operations including organic-coated steel products serving construction. Competitor to Coated Solutions on European pre-painted coil supply but vastly larger and more diversified.
• Tata Steel Europe: Major European flat-steel producer (UK/Netherlands) with color-coated coil lines serving construction and industrial customers. Overlaps with Coated Solutions in pre-painted steel but operates integrated blast furnace assets and broader product portfolio.
• Voestalpine: Austrian integrated steel and metal processing group with a strong presence in high-value coated steel for automotive, construction, and industrial applications. A broad European competitor offering comparable coated/coil products.
• SSAB: Nordic steel producer with strong focus on high-strength and coated steel products, including color-coated offerings. Competes with Coated Solutions in specialty coated steel across European construction and industrial markets.
• Salzgitter AG: German flat-steel producer (Salzgitter Flachstahl) with coated and surface-treated steel products serving construction and industrial customers. Overlaps with Coated Solutions in value-added coated coil offerings.
• ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: Major German integrated steel producer (now part of thyssenkrupp) with significant coated and surface-treated coil capacity. A broad European incumbent whose organic-coated products compete with Coated Solutions' SOLCOAT range.
• NLMK (Novolipetsk Steel): International flat-steel producer with coated steel operations in Europe, including pre-painted products for construction. A larger, geographically diversified competitor serving overlapping end markets.

Emerging players

• JSW Steel Coated Products: Indian steel producer with growing coated-steel footprint (galvanized and pre-painted products) targeting domestic and export markets. An emerging player with comparable coated-product offerings that may increasingly compete on price in export markets.

Regional players

• Bamesa: Spanish steel service center and processor operating across Iberia with coil processing and stockholding. A regional peer overlapping in Iberian steel service and processing markets though with less coating depth than Coated Solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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