MC Metallhandel GmbH

What MC Metallhandel GmbH does

MC Metallhandel GmbH is a Frankfurt-based B2B trading and processing company specializing in non-ferrous (NE) metals. Founded as an independent subsidiary in 2001 under the privately held Metall-Chemie Gruppe (Hamburg), the company operates from a single site at Gwinnerstr. 11 in Frankfurt, where it maintains its own warehouse and sorting facility. Its core business is the wholesale trading of NE-metal scrap — including copper, brass, bronze, zinc, lead, aluminum, magnesium, and nickel-containing stainless-steel materials — to manufacturers and recyclers across the European metal industry, complemented by a secondary line trading primary metals such as electrolytic copper cathodes Grade A, copper wire rod, nickel cathodes, and lead and zinc blocks.

The company generates revenue through transaction-based trading margins on each ton of material sourced from suppliers and sold to customers, with pricing set per quote based on metal type, quantity, quality, and prevailing market conditions. Within its Frankfurt warehouse it performs in-house processing services — sorting, pressing, cutting, and packaging — tailored to individual customer specifications. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: long-term B2B relationships are cultivated through the company website, phone, and email rather than digital marketing or distribution platforms. The firm is led by Managing Director Dr. Christoph Kuhlmann and, per available leadership data, Managing Director Frank Murawski.

MC Metallhandel holds three regulatory credentials that materially shape its operating posture: Entsorgungsfachbetrieb certification under § 52 KrW-/AbfG (since 2001) for waste-handling compliance, ISO 9001 quality management certification (since 2008), and an AQSIQ export license enabling certified shipments into the Chinese market. Its customer base is described as national and international industrial buyers in the European metal industry, with no named logos or segment revenue splits disclosed. The company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary within the Metall-Chemie Gruppe, with no external funding, M&A, or public-market activity recorded.

Name

MC Metallhandel GmbH

Legal name

MC Metallhandel GmbH

Website

https://mc-metallhandel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MC Metallhandel GmbH is a Frankfurt-based B2B trader and processor of non-ferrous metal scrap and primary metals, serving European industrial customers with in-house sorting, pressing, and packaging at its own warehouse. It operates as a subsidiary of the Metall-Chemie Gruppe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Ferrous Metal Trading

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510), Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining (331410)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051), Primary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3330)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Brokerage (Aluminum, Copper, Brass/Bronze, Lead, Zinc, Nickel) (IMAKAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Metal Scrap Trading & Brokerage (Ferrous & Non-Ferrous) (IMAKAJAI)

Keywords

• Non-ferrous metal trading
• Metal scrap recycling
• Secondary metals supply
• Metal processing services
• Wholesale metals distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Non-ferrous metal scrap trading: Trading of NE-metal scraps (copper, brass, bronze, zinc, lead, aluminum, magnesium, stainless steel, and other nickel-containing materials) sourced from suppliers and sold to European metal industry customers.
2. New/primary metal trading: Trading of new metals including electrolytic copper cathodes Grade A, electrolytic copper cast wire, nickel cathodes, and lead and zinc blocks.
3. Metal processing and preparation services: Processing services in own warehouse including sorting, pressing, cutting, and packaging of metal scraps according to customer specifications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

MC Metallhandel GmbH is a Frankfurt-based B2B trading company specializing in non-ferrous (NE) metal scraps and primary/new metals (copper, brass, bronze, zinc, lead, aluminum, magnesium, stainless steel, nickel). The company operates its own warehouse and sorting facility where it provides customized processing services—sorting, pressing, cutting, and packaging—tailored to customer specifications for European metal industry buyers and international clients.

Product overview

MC Metallhandel GmbH operates as a metal trading and recycling company offering two core product categories: Altmetalle (scrap/secondary metals) and Neumetalle (primary/new metals). The company maintains its own warehouse and sorting facility in Frankfurt where scrap metals are sorted, pressed, cut, and packaged according to customer specifications. The product portfolio covers non-ferrous (NE) metals including copper, brass, bronze, zinc, lead, aluminum, magnesium, and stainless steel materials in both scrap and new metal forms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Altmetalle (Scrap Metals) Secondary non-ferrous metals (scrap metals) traded and processed at the Frankfurt warehouse, including copper scrap, copper-bearing residues, copper alloy scrap, brass, red brass, bronze, old zinc, zinc alloy scrap, zinc ashes, old lead, type metal and lead ashes, aluminum scrap of all kinds, magnesium scrap, stainless steel scrap, and other nickel-containing materials. Targeted at European metal industry manufacturers and recyclers.
• Neumetalle (New Metals) Primary/new metals including electrolytic copper cathodes Grade A, electrolytic copper cast wire, nickel cathodes, and lead and zinc blocks. Targeted at metal industry buyers needing primary metal inputs.
• Metal Processing and Preparation Services Customized metal processing services in the company's own warehouse including sorting, pressing, cutting, and packaging of metal scraps to customer specifications. Provided to long-term national and international customers and suppliers requiring processed metal inputs.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Metall-Chemie GruppecoreOthersMC Metallhandel GmbH is a subsidiary company of the Metall-Chemie Gruppe (MC Group) based in Hamburg. The parent company originally founded the metals department which later evolved into MC Metallhandel. The subsidiary operates under the umbrella of the Metall-Chemie Holding GmbH.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ELG Haniel GmbH: Duisburg-based global trader and processor of non-ferrous scrap metals including stainless steel, nickel alloys, and superalloys; directly comparable due to overlapping product portfolio (especially nickel-containing materials and stainless steel scrap) and B2B trading model.
• Wieland Group: Germany-based global leader in copper and copper alloy semi-finished products; comparable as a major downstream European consumer of non-ferrous metals that overlaps with MC Metallhandel's customer base in the German metal industry.
• Aurubis AG: Germany-based leading European copper producer and metals recycler; directly comparable as a Frankfurt-region-headquartered, copper-focused non-ferrous metals company with overlapping customer base and significant copper scrap processing operations.
• Hindrichs & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG: German-based family-run non-ferrous metals trader and processor; directly comparable as a similarly-sized German private company trading and processing copper, brass, and other non-ferrous scrap for industrial customers.
• TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG: One of Europe's largest metal recyclers specializing in non-ferrous and ferrous scrap collection and processing; directly comparable as a German-headquartered scrap trading and processing business with overlapping customer base across European metal industries.
• Scholz Recycling GmbH (now SCR): German-based major metal recycling group; directly comparable as a domestic competitor in the German non-ferrous scrap trading market with similar customer focus on European metal industry buyers.
• EMR European Metal Recycling: Global scrap metal recycler with strong European footprint; comparable as a non-ferrous scrap trader serving industrial customers across Europe with similar product breadth across copper, brass, aluminum, and zinc scrap.

Regional players

• Stena Recycling AB: Sweden-based major metal recycler with Nordic and European operations; comparable as a non-ferrous scrap trader/processor with overlapping product categories, though geographically centered in Northern Europe rather than Germany.

Broad incumbents

• Trafigura Pte Ltd: Global commodities trading house with significant non-ferrous metals trading activity; comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same international flows of copper, zinc, lead, and nickel products.
• Glencore plc: Global diversified commodities trader with a major non-ferrous metals trading desk; comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same non-ferrous metals markets at vastly greater scale across copper, zinc, lead, and nickel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mc-metallhandel-gmbh

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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