Metalimex

What Metalimex does

Metalimex is a Czech industrial commodity trading and services company headquartered in Prague at Štěpánská 621/34, Praha 1. Founded in 1948 and operating as METALIMEX a. s. (a Czech joint-stock company), the company employs 51-100 people and serves industrial sector partners across Central Europe. Its commercial offering spans five integrated product categories: chemical products, trading metals, raw materials, energy commodities, and packaging materials, complemented by recycling services positioned to support circular economy development.

The company's business model is structured as a comprehensive industrial solutions package rather than discrete commodity transactions. Metalimex provides integrated services covering raw material procurement, energy sourcing, recycling, and logistics optimization under a single provider relationship, which the company describes as differentiating it from competitors. Its customer base consists of partners in the industrial sector requiring solutions from raw materials through to refined commodities, with horizontal segmentation across multiple industrial verticals. Pricing details are not publicly disclosed. Contact channels include dedicated phone lines for the CEO, CFO, CCO, and HR functions, with general inquiries handled via [email protected].

Metalimex is privately held with no stock exchange listing, ticker symbol, or disclosed parent company. There is no public information on shareholders, investors, subsidiaries, partnerships, certifications, or regulatory actions. The company's primary contact is its Prague headquarters; no other office locations, international footprints, or geographic restrictions are documented in the source material. The 2024 website refresh under the "From raw to refined" positioning represents the most recent observable commercial activity, with the company explicitly emphasizing recycling and circular economy as strategic pillars alongside traditional commodity trading.

Name

Metalimex

Legal name

METALIMEX a. s.

Website

https://metalimex.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Metalimex is a Prague-based Czech industrial commodity trading and services company founded in 1948, trading chemicals, metals, raw materials, energy commodities, and packaging while offering recycling and logistics services to industrial sector partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Commodities Trading

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Scrap Metal Export/Import & Trading (International Sourcing, Compliance, Documentation) (IMAKAMAL), Industrial & Manufacturing Scrap Recycling (Factory Scrap, Turnings, Offcuts) (IMAKAMAE)

Keywords

• Industrial commodities trading
• Metals and raw materials
• Energy commodities supply
• Chemical products distribution
• Industrial recycling logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Praha

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Metalimex is a Czech industrial trading and production company that trades and distributes chemical products, metals, raw materials, energy commodities, and packaging materials. The company supports circular economy development through recycling services and provides optimized logistics, delivering comprehensive supply-chain solutions to partners in the industrial sector.

Product overview

Metalimex is a Czech commodity trading and services company offering an integrated portfolio of industrial solutions, including trading and distribution of chemical products, metals, raw materials, energy commodities, and packaging materials. The company supports circular economy development through recycling services and optimized logistics. Their offering is structured as a comprehensive service package rather than a modular software product—serving industrial sector partners from raw material sourcing and energy supply through to recycling and logistics optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chemical Products Trading

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Tradium GmbH: German metals and raw materials trading house specializing in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, scrap, and ferroalloys for industrial customers. Directly comparable in trading-house business model and metals/recycling product mix.
• Wieland Group: German-headquartered copper and copper-alloy semi-finished products group with European trading and recycling activities. Comparable to Metalimex's non-ferrous metals trading and recycling scope serving industrial customers in Central Europe.
• Umicore: Belgian materials technology and recycling group with operations across non-ferrous metals and circular economy services. Highly comparable to Metalimex's combination of metals trading and recycling-focused industrial solutions.
• Boliden: Swedish non-ferrous metals miner and recycler operating across copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals. Comparable to Metalimex as a multi-metal European platform combining primary and recycled metal supply to industrial customers.
• Aurubis: Hamburg-based integrated copper producer and recycler with multi-metal trading and recycling operations. Highly comparable to Metalimex as a European non-ferrous metals and recycling platform serving industrial customers across the value chain.
• KGHM Polska Miedź: Polish state-linked copper and silver miner/processor with metals trading activities across Central Europe. Directly comparable as a neighbouring-CEE non-ferrous metals trader serving industrial partners in the same regional market as Metalimex.
• KME Group: Italian-headquartered European copper and copper-alloy semi-products manufacturer and trader. Comparable to Metalimex as a European player focused on non-ferrous metals serving industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Trafigura: Singapore/Switzerland-based global commodity trader with extensive metals, energy, and minerals operations. Comparable broad incumbent competitor in metals and raw materials trading for industrial end markets.
• Glencore: Swiss-headquartered global commodity trader and producer operating across metals, energy, and agricultural products. Comparable as a major incumbent in the commodity trading space that Metalimex competes against for industrial customers and supply contracts.
• voestalpine: Austrian steel and technology group with metal trading activities and a Central European industrial customer base. Comparable as an incumbent metals/industrial platform in the same Austrian/Czech geography Metalimex serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metalimex

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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