What Fisher Edelstaal does

Fisher Edelstaal BV is a Dutch national wholesale distributor of stainless steel (RVS) semi-finished products, operating as the dedicated stainless steel division of family-owned Douma Holding, a steel trade group founded in 1918 in Sneek, Netherlands. The company supplies a broad assortment of stainless steel products across six categories: round tubes (including welded, seamless, food/dairy, flat-oval, and elliptical), square and rectangular profile tubes, solid bars and profiles (round, square, angle, flat, U-, T-), pipe fittings (weld, threaded, flanges, brackets), plates and sheets (cold/hot-rolled, tear plate, mirror, perforated), and specialty profiles. All products are delivered with material certificates and serve industrial and construction clients across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium in sectors including pharmaceuticals, food processing, automotive, interior construction, yacht building, construction, machine building, and precision machining.

The company's primary operational differentiator is its in-house grinding and polishing factory in Sneek with over 40 years of domain experience, capable of applying grit 120-600 sanded finishes through to mirror polish grades 5-8, plus brush and high-gloss treatments. Material is sourced from own stock, finished in-house, professionally packaged, and delivered via an own transport fleet. Recent capability extensions include the 2024 launch of Douma Laser — a profile laser cutting service using the BLM Group Adige LT24 (Ø610mm capacity, 18m in/out feed) — and a 2025 saw-cutting service for solid stainless steel at -0/+2mm tolerance targeting machining shops.

Commercially, Fisher Edelstaal runs a sales-led go-to-market through a Dutch inside sales (binnendienst) team with quote-based pricing governed by Metaalunie general terms. The firm has 11-50 employees, pursues direct customer relationships over digital channels, and uses regional sponsorship (IFKS Frisian sailing) for brand visibility. There is no disclosed AI, software, or recurring-revenue product surface; revenue derives entirely from physical product sales, processing services, custom cutting, and logistics.

Name

Fisher Edelstaal

Legal name

Fisher Edelstaal BV

Website

https://fisheredelstaal.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fisher Edelstaal BV is a Dutch national wholesale distributor of stainless steel semi-finished products with an in-house grinding and polishing factory, serving pharmaceutical, food, automotive, yacht, construction, and machining clients across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sneek

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Stainless Steel Product Sales: Sale of stainless steel semi-finished products including tubes, hollow sections, plates, fittings, and specialty profiles. Products are sold to businesses in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
2. Grinding and Polishing Services: Value-added processing services including grinding to various grit sizes (180, 240, 320, 400, 600), brush finishing, and high-gloss mirror polishing (grade 6, 8). Materials from own stock can be processed and delivered.
3. Custom Fabrication: Custom cutting services including sawing solid stainless steel to size (100mm to 250mm diameter in 304 and 316 grades) with tolerance -0/+2mm for machining companies.
4. Logistics and Transport: Own transport services delivering professionally packed materials to customer addresses throughout the service area.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fisher Edelstaal BV is a national wholesale distributor of stainless steel (RVS/roestvast staal) semi-finished products, supplying tubes, square/rectangular profiles, solid bars, fittings, plates/sheets, and specialty profiles. The company also operates an in-house factory providing value-added grinding and high-gloss mirror polishing services, with products distributed to industrial customers across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium via own transport.

Product overview

Fisher Edelstaal is a national wholesaler of stainless steel (RVS) semi-finished products, operating as part of Douma Holding. The company offers a broad and deep assortment of stainless steel products across six main categories: RVS buis (pipes/tubes), RVS koker (square/rectangular tubes), RVS massief (solid bars/profiles), RVS fittingen (fittings), RVS plaat (plates/sheets), and RVS specials (special profiles). All products can be processed in their own factory with grinding and high-gloss polishing finishes. The company serves industries including pharmaceuticals, food processing, automotive, interior construction, yacht building, and construction companies, delivering to customers in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RVS buis (Stainless Steel Pipe/Tube)

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ years of experience in RVS grinding and polishing
• +1 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• IFKS (Iepen Fryske Kampioenskippen Skûtsjesilen)minorOthers · 1 January 2011Fisher Edelstaal sponsors the IFKS sailing event since 2011. The IFKS is an open sailing championship for traditional Frisian freight boats (skûtsjes). Douma Staal became main sponsor in 2014 while Fisher Edelstaal is sub-sponsor. The sponsorship provides brand visibility during summer sailing events across Friesland.
• Douma Staal BV / Douma HoldingcoreOthersFisher Edelstaal is a subsidiary of Douma Staal BV (Douma Holding). Douma Staal was founded in 1918 and is a 100-year steel supplier with modern machinery and refined logistics. Fisher Edelstaal operates as the stainless steel division of the group.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Nedstaal: Dutch producer of special steel wire rod and bars, based near the Dutch industrial heartland. Comparable Dutch/regional steel semi-finished peer serving overlapping machine-building and industrial customers.
• Salzgitter Mannesmann: German steel group with a strong stainless and carbon tube business serving Benelux/German industrial buyers. Comparable regional player focused on tube and pipe products similar to a major share of Fisher Edelstaal's portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Klöckner & Co: One of Europe's largest metal service center networks distributing steel, stainless and aluminum to industrial customers. Comparable as a multi-metal, multi-country distribution competitor with much greater scale than Fisher Edelstaal.
• Voestalpine: Austrian steel and technology group producing and distributing stainless and special steel long products to industrial customers. Comparable broad incumbent serving similar machinery, automotive and construction end markets across Europe.
• Outokumpu: World's largest stainless steel producer, with European production and an integrated distribution channel. Comparable as a stainless-focused upstream/downstream player but operating at vastly greater scale across the value chain.
• ThyssenKrupp Materials Services: Global materials distribution arm of ThyssenKrupp, offering stainless, carbon steel and aluminum with extensive processing services. A broad incumbent that competes for the same industrial B2B accounts but at much larger scale and across multiple metals.

Direct peers

• Böllinghaus Steel: Netherlands-headquartered manufacturer of stainless steel profiles, bars and custom shapes, with in-house processing capabilities. Closely comparable in product mix (RVS semi-finished + value-added cutting) and in geographic orientation toward Benelux/German industrial customers.
• Rimex Metals: UK specialist in stainless steel finishes and surface treatments (grain, mirror, patterned, coloured finishes). Highly comparable in the value-added finishing layer of the business that differentiates Fisher Edelstaal from commodity resellers.
• Wieland Group: German producer and distributor of stainless steel, copper and copper-alloy semi-finished products (rods, tubes, profiles, sheets). Highly comparable in selling mill-level semi-finished metal to industrial OEMs and in offering finishing/cutting services as part of the value proposition.
• Aperam: Luxembourg-based stainless steel service center and producer serving European industry with flat and long stainless products. Directly comparable as a stainless-focused distributor/services company with similar industrial customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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