O.R.I. Martin
O.R.I. Martin S.p.A. is an Italian, family-owned special-steel mill producing wire rod, hot rolled bars, billets and induction-tempered wire in over 200 grades, primarily serving automotive, mechanical engineering, energy and construction customers through fully integrated EAF-to-finished-product operations.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1933
- HeadquartersBrescia, Italy
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What O.R.I. Martin does
O.R.I. Martin S.p.A. is an Italian, family-controlled special-steel producer headquartered in Brescia that operates a fully vertically integrated value chain from electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking through ladle refining, vacuum degassing, a 5-strand billet caster, rolling mills, pickling, straightening, heat treatment and an induction-tempered wire line. Founded in 1933 by Oger Martin, the company today offers more than 200 standard steel grades and supplies wire rod, hot rolled round/square/flat bars, hot rolled billets and continuous casting billets, with its principal end-market being automotive safety-critical components (bolts, suspension springs, torsion bars, steering and transmission), followed by mechanical engineering, energy and construction. Differentiated technology centres on the proprietary I-Recovery waste-heat recovery system - developed with Turboden, Tenova and A2A - which captures thermal energy from EAF fumes to produce electricity and feed Brescia's district heating, plus the induction-tempered wire (IT Wire) line for high-tensile cold-coiled springs.
The group operates multiple plants in northern Italy (Brescia, Ospitaletto, Ceprano, San Pietro Mosezzo) and recently added the historic Ex-RIV site in Villar Perosa through a 2024 rental agreement with PrimoTECS, alongside subsidiaries including Trafilati Martin, Novacciai, Ferrosider, Trafileria Lariana and Siderurgica Latina Martin. Revenue is generated through direct enterprise sales of steel products with monthly scrap-alloy-energy surcharges, distributed via a structured Italy-based sales team, an export sales function, and a dedicated French sales office; the group reports more than 60% of volumes sold via direct and indirect exports. Reported group revenues stood at €575 million in 2018 and €583 million in 2019, with EBITDA of €78.8 million (13.5% margin), serving automotive OEMs and industrial buyers under IATF 16949, ISO 9001/14001/45001/50001 and EPD certifications. Leadership comprises President Uggero De Miranda, CEO Andrea Agnelli, and Vice President Giovanni Marinoni Martin, with family ownership anchored in the De Miranda and Marinoni Martin families.
O.R.I. Martin firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- O.R.I. Martin
- Legal name
- O.R.I. Martin S.p.A.
- Website
- https://orimartin.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1933
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- O.R.I. Martin S.p.A. is an Italian, family-owned special-steel mill producing wire rod, hot rolled bars, billets and induction-tempered wire in over 200 grades, primarily serving automotive, mechanical engineering, energy and construction customers through fully integrated EAF-to-finished-product operations.
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- akta.pro rank
O.R.I. Martin industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Special Steel Manufacturing
- NAICS
- Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing (3311)
- SIC
- Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills (3310)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Hot Rolling & Primary Mills (Plate, Hot-Rolled Coil/Sheet, Strip) (IMAKABAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Steel Casting (Continuous Casting, Ingots, Semi-Finished Slabs/Billets/Blooms) (IMAKABAD), Heat Treatment & Thermal Processing Furnaces (Hardening, Annealing, Induction) (IMAHADAI)
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Where O.R.I. Martin is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Brescia
- HQ country
- Italy
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices6 records
Markets served
O.R.I. Martin business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Steel Products Sales: Direct sales of special steel products including wire rod, hot rolled bars, continuous casting billets, induction tempered wire, and various bar profiles to automotive, mechanical engineering, and construction industries.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels4 records
O.R.I. Martin product offering
Product offeringCore offering
O.R.I. Martin S.p.A. operates as an integrated electric arc furnace steel mill and rolling mill producing more than 200 standard special steel grades in the form of wire rod, hot rolled bars (round, square, flat), hot rolled and continuous casting billets, and induction tempered wire, sold primarily to automotive component manufacturers and mechanical engineering customers. Production is vertically integrated from scrap melting through billet casting, controlled-temperature rolling, heat treatment and finishing at plants in Brescia, Ospitaletto, Ceprano, San Pietro Mosezzo and Villar Perosa.
Product overview
O.R.I. Martin S.p.A. is a steel mill and rolling mill for wire rod and bars, offering more than 200 different steel grades as standard. The company operates as a modern electric furnace steel mill producing special steels for various applications, primarily in the automotive sector (bolts, suspension springs, torsion bars, steering and transmission components), mechanics, energy, and construction. The product portfolio includes wire rod, hot rolled bars (round, square, flat), hot rolled billets, continuous casting billets, and induction tempered wire—all produced through integrated processes from steel shop (EAF, LF, VD, 5-strand-billet caster) through rolling mills (Brescia and Ospitaletto) to thermal treatments.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Wire rod Hot-rolled wire rod produced at controlled temperature using the latest technology, offering smaller grain size and fine, even structure for subsequent drawing and cold moulding processes. Target customers are wire drawers and cold heading processors supplying automotive, mechanical and fastener industries.
- Hot rolled bars Hot rolled bars produced in a rolling mill at controlled temperature with calibrator finishing block, guaranteeing fine grain, homogeneous structure and restricted dimensional tolerances for mechanical engineering and automotive customers.
- Induction tempered wire (IT Wire) Pre-tempered wire produced on a new IT Wire line at the Brescia plant as part of a fully integrated process from continuous casting to wire rod rolling, delivering high tensile strength and fatigue resistance for cold coiled springs used in automotive suspension and similar safety-critical components.
- Continuous casting billets Continuous casting steel billets with refining through a degassing station and casting via submerged nozzles, guaranteeing high-quality engineering steel for rolling mills and hot forgers.
- Hot rolled round bars Hot rolled round bars manufactured at the Ospitaletto rolling mill with controlled dimensional tolerances, for mechanical engineering and automotive applications.
- Hot rolled square bars Hot rolled square bars manufactured at the Ospitaletto rolling mill with restricted dimensional tolerances, for mechanical engineering and forging customers.
- Hot rolled flat bars Hot rolled flat bars manufactured at the Ospitaletto rolling mill with controlled dimensional tolerances, for mechanical and tool steel applications.
- Hot rolled billets Hot rolled billets in square section with radius corner (approximately 15% of side), designed for hot forging operations.
Quantifiable outcome
- I-Recovery system enables electricity production for internal consumption and thermal energy for city district heating
Companies that use O.R.I. Martin
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
O.R.I. Martin technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
O.R.I. Martin partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- CSMT - Centro Servizi Multisettoriale TecnologicocoreMulti-sector technological services center participating in the HEATLEAP project for low-grade waste heat recovery, funded by the European Commission LIFE 2020 program. CSMT contributed research on heat recovery from industrial processes originally developed at the center.
- Rina ConsultingminorConsulting partner in the HEATLEAP project for waste heat recovery in steel-making industry, providing technical expertise for the project development.
- Cogen EuropeminorEuropean association for cogeneration participating in the HEATLEAP project, contributing expertise on combined heat and power solutions for industrial sustainability.
- Politecnico di MilanocoreUniversity partner in the Joint Research Center MATT (Metal and Transformation Technologies) for collaborative research on metal transformation technologies and shared skills, tools and infrastructure development.
- Agrati S.p.A.corePartner in JRC MATT research center for joint research on metal transformation technologies, contributing to further education of employees and students.
- Growermetal S.r.l.minorPartner in JRC MATT research center, collaborating on metal transformation technology research initiatives.
- Mario Frigerio S.p.A.minorPartner in JRC MATT research center for collaborative research on metal transformation technologies.
- Air Liquide Italia ProduzionecoreTechnical gases supplier that constructed a 5 km underground pipeline to supply natural gas to the steel mill. The partnership reduced tanker deliveries by 1,250 per year and included environmental investments in woodland maintenance.
- Turboden S.p.A.corePartnership for I-Recovery System development - Turboden, a Brescia-based manufacturer of turbogenerators, collaborated on the waste heat recovery system that captures thermal energy from the electric arc furnace to produce electricity and district heating for the city of Brescia.
- TenovacoreEngineering company from Techint Group that provided technology expertise for the I-Recovery System project, contributing to the design and implementation of the waste heat recovery solution.
- A2AcoreLocal multi-utility company providing district heating infrastructure. The thermal energy recovered from the steel mill is ceded to A2A's district heating network serving the city of Brescia.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
O.R.I. Martin competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- SSAB: Swedish specialty steel producer with strong presence in special engineering steels and automotive applications including high-strength steel. Comparable to ORI Martin on the automotive specialty steel value proposition and European footprint.
- Aperam: Luxembourg-headquartered stainless and specialty steel producer serving automotive, construction and industrial markets across Europe. Comparable to ORI Martin on premium-grade European special steels with automotive exposure.
- Marcegaglia: Largest Italian steel processor with integrated steelmaking and downstream processing into tubes, flats and bars. Comparable to ORI Martin as a major privately held Italian steel platform with broad downstream capabilities.
- Voestalpine AG: Austrian integrated steelmaker with a large Special Steel division producing wire rod, bars and special grades for the automotive and engineering sectors. Closest direct comparable to ORI Martin on specialty long products for European OEMs.
- Dillinger Hütte: German heavy-plate and special steel producer with European industrial and energy customer base. Comparable to ORI Martin on specialty steel production for demanding engineering applications.
- Swiss Steel Group (formerly Schmolz + Bickenbach): European producer of specialty long steel products including engineering steel, stainless and tool steel serving automotive and industrial markets. Closely comparable to ORI Martin on long-product specialty grades and customer mix.
- AFV Beltrame Group: Italian-led steel producer with mills across Europe focused on merchant bars, wire rod and special profiles. Comparable to ORI Martin in European long-products markets and downstream bar processing.
- Riva Group: Family-controlled Italian steel group operating EAF steel mills producing wire rod, rebar and bars. Directly comparable to ORI Martin on geography, feedstock (scrap-based EAF), and product mix serving construction and industrial customers.
Broad incumbents
- ArcelorMittal: World's largest steelmaker with deep European footprint including automotive sheet and long products. Indirect competitor and broad incumbent; serves many of the same automotive and industrial customers as ORI Martin.
- Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe: Major German flat steel producer with automotive and engineering customers across Europe. Overlaps with ORI Martin in serving European OEMs but is a much larger, flat-steel-focused incumbent.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
O.R.I. Martin compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance8 records
O.R.I. Martin financial estimates
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O.R.I. Martin leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
O.R.I. Martin subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries8 records
O.R.I. Martin funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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O.R.I. Martin M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about O.R.I. Martin
What does O.R.I. Martin do?
O.R.I. Martin S.p.A. operates as an integrated electric arc furnace steel mill and rolling mill producing more than 200 standard special steel grades in the form of wire rod, hot rolled bars (round, square, flat), hot rolled and continuous casting billets, and induction tempered wire, sold primarily to automotive component manufacturers and mechanical engineering customers. Production is vertically integrated from scrap melting through billet casting, controlled-temperature rolling, heat treatment and finishing at plants in Brescia, Ospitaletto, Ceprano, San Pietro Mosezzo and Villar Perosa.
Is O.R.I. Martin a public or private company?
O.R.I. Martin is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was O.R.I. Martin founded?
O.R.I. Martin was founded in 1933. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is O.R.I. Martin based?
O.R.I. Martin is headquartered in Brescia, Italy, in the Europe region.
How does O.R.I. Martin make money?
One revenue line is on record: steel Products Sales.
Who are O.R.I. Martin's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are SSAB, Aperam, Marcegaglia, Voestalpine AG, Dillinger Hütte, Swiss Steel Group (formerly Schmolz + Bickenbach), AFV Beltrame Group and Riva Group. Broad incumbents are ArcelorMittal and Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe.
Does O.R.I. Martin have an API?
No public API is recorded for O.R.I. Martin.
What industry is O.R.I. Martin in?
O.R.I. Martin's product category is Special Steel Manufacturing. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAKABAE, Hot Rolling & Primary Mills (Plate, Hot-Rolled Coil/Sheet, Strip), with a secondary code of IMAKABAD, Steel Casting (Continuous Casting, Ingots, Semi-Finished Slabs/Billets/Blooms). Its NAICS code is 3311 and its SIC code is 3310.