Simco Holdings

What Simco Holdings does

Simco Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-domiciled international trading and supply chain services company, established between 2013 and 2014 and headquartered in Tianjin, China. The company operates an integrated trade platform spanning four commodity verticals — steel products (HRC, CRC, HDGI, HDGL, ZAM, PPGI, PPGL, pipes, wire rods, and wire products across 16 SKUs), minerals mining (chrome ore and nickel ore sourced from South Africa and Indonesia via a Direct Train Service integration), agriculture (safflower, sunflower, and flax seeds with data-traceable smart farming), and biochemicals (PVC raw materials for toys, films, and profiles). Its products are exported to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, with stated coverage of approximately 40 countries, many aligned with China's Belt and Road initiative.

Simco supplements its trading activity with two distinct service layers. The finance service offering includes multi-currency transactions, futures hedging, fixed-asset-backed trade financing, and trade credit insurance, delivered through partnerships with SINOSURE, EULER HERMES, AIG, and the Big Four accounting firms (PWC, EY, KPMG, Deloitte). The logistics service offering provides warehouse-to-warehouse delivery, overseas warehousing at strategic global trade centers, door-to-door multimodal transport (air, rail, maritime, road), and aggregated freight discount sharing. Manufacturing capacity is accessed through strategic partnerships with three Chinese steel producers — XINGHAN (800,000-ton annual capacity), NTS/New Tianjin Steel Group (20 million tons, 30,000 staff), and Guanzhou (2 million tons, RMB 10B revenue) — while coatings supply is anchored by partnerships with Akzo Nobel, Becker, and PPG.

The revenue model is primarily transaction-fee-based on commodity trading volumes, supplemented by service fees from finance and logistics. The go-to-market motion is sales-led, built on direct enterprise relationships and reinforced by an extensive partnership network across financial, manufacturing, and logistics counterparties. The company employs approximately 40 staff and is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or financial statements.

Name

Simco Holdings

Legal name

Simco Holdings Limited

Website

http://www.simcohk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Simco Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-domiciled international trading and supply chain services company headquartered in Tianjin, China, exporting steel, minerals, agricultural commodities, and chemicals across 40 countries with integrated finance and logistics services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Trade Services

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051), Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Concentrates & Intermediate Feedstocks Marketing (Concentrates, Cathodes, Anodes, Alumina) (IMAKAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commodity Trade Finance (Soft/Hard Commodities) (FSABAHAI), Inventory & Warehouse Finance (Warehouse Receipts, Stock Finance) (FSABAHAF), Supply Chain Finance (Trade Credit, PO/Inventory Financing) (FSAKAGAE)

Keywords

• International steel trading
• Trade finance services
• Logistics management
• Minerals sourcing
• Agricultural commodities

Headquarters

HQ city

Tianjing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Steel Products Trading: Trading of steel products including HRC, CRC, galvanized steel, galvalume, pre-painted steel, pipes, wire rods, and wire products. Transaction-based revenue model with exports to Europe, America and Belt and Road countries.
2. Finance Services: Multi-currency services, supply hedging in Futures, fixed asset backed financing, direct finance to trade and supply chain. Revenue generated through service fees and financial partnerships.
3. Logistics Services: Organized delivery system from warehouse to warehouse, overseas warehouses, door-to-door services across air, railway, maritime, and road transport. Freight discount sharing and delivery time optimization.
4. Minerals Mining: Sourcing renewable raw materials for high value-added products including chrome ore and nickel ore from South Africa and Indonesia.
5. Agriculture Products: Trading of healthy cooking oil raw materials including safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds. Deep interaction with oil processing industry and animal feeds industry.
6. Chemicals Trading: Integration of upstream and downstream resources of biochemical industry chain including PVC toys, polyvinyl chloride film, PVC Profile with exports to Europe, America and Belt and Road regions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Simco Holdings is an international trading company that exports Chinese steel products (HRC, CRC, galvanized, galvalume, pre-painted, roofing sheets, pipes, wire rods and wire products) and sources raw materials including chrome ore, nickel ore, oilseeds and PVC-related chemicals. The company integrates finance services (multi-currency settlement, futures hedging, fixed-asset-backed financing via SINOSURE, EULER HERMES, AIG and Big-4 accounting partners) with logistics services (warehouse-to-warehouse, overseas warehouses, air/rail/maritime/road transport and door-to-door delivery) across 40 countries.

Product overview

Simco Holdings operates as an international trade and financing services enterprise founded in 2014, covering 40 countries and regions. The company offers a diversified portfolio consisting of steel products (HRC, CRC-FH, CRC-SOFT, HDGI, HDGL, ZAM, PPGI, PPGL, Corrugated Roofing Sheet, Wire Rod, Steel Pipe, Black Annealed Wire, Razor Wire, GI Wire, Welded Wire Mesh, and Barbed Wire), finance services (multi-currency, hedging, trade financing), logistics services (air/railway/maritime/road transport, overseas warehouses), and business segments in minerals mining (chrome ore, nickel ore), agriculture (oilseeds, smart farming), and chemicals (PVC raw materials). The company maintains strategic manufacturing partnerships with XINGHAN (founded 2006, 500+ employees), NTS/New Tianjin Steel Group (30,000 staff), and operates its own Guangzhou factory (founded 1985, 2,600 employees).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chemicals Trading Integration of upstream and downstream resources of the biochemical industry chain, including PVC toys, polyvinyl chloride film and PVC profile applications, with exports to Europe, America and Belt and Road countries.
• HRC (Hot Rolled Steel Coil/Sheet) Hot rolled steel coil and sheet products with widths from 1000mm to 1524mm and thickness from 1.2mm to 25.4mm, available in grades including JIS G3101-SS400, JIS G3132-SPHT1/2/3, and ASTM A36. Sold to international steel distributors and manufacturers.
• CRC-FH (Cold Rolled Steel Coil Full Hard) Cold rolled steel coil in full hard condition with JIS G3141-SPCC-1B and SPCC-1D grades, coil ID of 508mm or 610mm, with slight oil finish. Sold to industrial buyers.
• CRC-SOFT (Cold Rolled Steel Coil Soft) Cold rolled steel coil in soft condition with thickness ranging from 0.2mm to 2.5mm, available in dull or bright finish with bright or black annealed options.
• HDGI (Hot Dipped Galvanized Steel Coil/Sheet) Hot dipped galvanized steel coil and sheet with zinc coating from Z20g/m² to Z600g/m², thickness from 0.12mm to 2.5mm, sourced from HBIS, Guanzhou, NTS and Xinghan mills.
• HDGL (Hot Dipped Galvalume Steel Coil/Sheet) Hot dipped galvalume steel coil with aluminum-zinc alloy coating from AZM20g/m² to AZM200g/m², thickness ranging from 0.12mm to 3.0mm.
• ZAM (Zinc-Aluminium-Magnesium Coated Steel) Zinc-aluminium-magnesium coated steel coils with thickness from 0.3mm to 2.0mm, featuring anti-fingerprint surface treatment and coating from ZM40 to ZM275g/m².
• PPGI (Pre-Painted Hot Galvanized Steel Coil/Sheet) Pre-painted hot galvanized steel coil with chromated chemical treatment and zinc coating from Z30g/m² to Z275g/m² for both-side total coating thickness.
• PPGL (Pre-Painted Hot Galvalume Steel Coil/Sheet) Pre-painted hot galvalume steel coil with zinc-aluminum coating from AZ30g/m² to AZ150g/m², available paint materials include RMP, SMP, HDP, and PVDF.
• Corrugated Steel Roofing Sheet Corrugated steel roofing sheets with width from 665mm to 1000mm, thickness from 0.13mm to 0.7mm, length from 1000mm to 5900mm, available in various mould types.
• Wire Rod Wire rod products with diameter from 5.5mm to 16mm, available in grades SAE 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015, 1018, 1020, 77B and 82B, with coil weight of about 2 tons.
• Steel Pipe (Round/Square) Steel pipes including round and square configurations with outer diameter from 21.3mm to 610mm, thickness from 0.5mm to 30mm, length from 3m to 25m, supporting various ASTM, API, EN and Chinese grades.
• Black Annealed Wire Black annealed wire with diameter from 0.5mm to 6.0mm, featuring soft texture and good stretching resistance, primarily used as tie wire or binding wire in construction.
• Razor Wire Razor barbed wire made from galvanized steel sheet/wire or stainless steel, with razor thickness of 0.5mm to 0.6mm, wire diameter of 2.7mm, and standard length per coil of 8m to 16m.
• GI Wire (Galvanized Iron Wire) Galvanized iron wire available in hot dipped and electro galvanized variants, with wire diameter from 0.55mm to 4.06mm, standard BWG wire gauge from BWG8 to BWG24, featuring high tensile strength and corrosion resistance.
• Welded Wire Mesh Welded wire mesh available in electro galvanized, hot-dipped galvanized and PVC coated variants, with wire diameter from 0.4mm to 5.0mm and opening sizes from 6.4mm to 50.8mm.
• Barbed Wire Barbed wire available in hot dipped galvanized, electro galvanized, PE and PVC coated variants, with wire sizes from 12#x14#x3-6" to 16#x16#x3-6", and barb length of 1.3cm to 1.5cm.
• Finance Service Financial services including partnerships with SINOSURE, EULER HERMES, AIG and Big-4 accounting firms (PwC, EY, KPMG, Deloitte); multi-currency services; futures hedging; and fixed-asset-backed financing for trade and supply chain operations.
• Logistics Service Organized warehouse-to-warehouse delivery system including air, railway, maritime and road transport; overseas warehouse network in main trade centers; door-to-door services designed to minimize exchange rate, price change and product damage risks.
• Minerals Mining Sourcing Sourcing of renewable raw materials for high value-added products, including chrome ore and nickel ore from South Africa and Indonesia, integrated into a Direct Train Service system linking mines, processing plants and end users.
• Agriculture Products Trading of healthy cooking oil raw materials including safflower seeds, sunflower seeds and flax seeds, with operations spanning scientific planting, cattle breeding and data-traceable systems aimed at upgrading agriculture for developing countries.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• China Baowu Steel Group CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor Chinese steel producer partner for sourcing and supplying steel products. One of the strategic partners in SIMCO's supply chain network.
• Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) CO., LTD.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor Chinese steel producer partner for sourcing and supplying steel products in the supply chain.
• Shanxi Xin Gang LiancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic steel partner for sourcing and supplying steel products.
• Akzo NobelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for coating materials and pre-painted steel production with Akzo Nobel.
• BeckerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for industrial coatings and paint solutions for steel products.
• PPGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for industrial coatings and paint solutions for steel products.
• XINGHANcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner factory - Founded 2006, 500+ employees, 17 production lines, annual production capacity 800,000 tons Cold Rolled and Coated Steel, sales revenue RMB 5 Billion. Produces cold rolled, galvanized, galvalume, pre-painted coils and corrugated sheets.
• NTS (New Tianjin Steel Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner factory - Renamed 2019, 30,000 staff, annual production capacity 20 million tons, Top 500 Private Enterprises in China. Formerly Tianjin Bohai Steel which integrated Tianjin Tiantie Group, Tianjin Iron and Steel Group, Tianjin Metallurgical Group in 2010. Produces cold rolled annealed coils, galvanized coils, galvalume coils, zinc-aluminium-magnesium steel coils.
• GuanzhoucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner factory - Founded 1985, 1 million square meter area, 2,600 employees, sales revenue RMB 10 Billion, annual production capacity 2 million tons Cold Rolled and Coated Steel. Awarded Shandong Brand Name Products. Strategic partnerships with Akzo Nobel, Becker, PPG. Project experiences in Airport, Train Station, Automobile Factory, Power Plant, Chemical Plant, Breeding Farm, and Logistics Park.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trafigura: Global commodities trader with integrated trading, logistics and trade finance, operating across metals, minerals, and energy. Closely comparable to Simco in combining physical commodity flows with financing and shipping services for emerging-market clients.
• Mercuria Energy Trading: Independent commodities trader with integrated supply-chain and financing services across metals, minerals and soft commodities. Comparable to Simco in offering cross-border trade flows bundled with hedging and logistics, including into emerging markets.
• Gunvor Group: Global commodity trader with active metals, minerals, and crude/products trading alongside logistics and trade finance. Comparable to Simco's mix of physical commodities, financing partnerships, and cross-border emerging-market exposure.
• COFCO International: Chinese-headquartered global commodities trader focused on grains, oilseeds, sugar, cotton, and metals. Comparable to Simco's combination of agriculture trading, Chinese sourcing, and broad emerging-market footprint including Africa and Belt and Road countries.
• China Minmetals Corporation: State-owned Chinese metals and minerals trader with full-stack trading, finance, and logistics services, including steel and non-ferrous metals. Comparable to Simco in bundling metals trading with financial and logistics services, though at materially larger scale.
• Tsingshan Holding Group: Chinese stainless steel and nickel producer with vertically integrated mining in Indonesia. Comparable to Simco's vertical-integration play in nickel and chromium mining, and steel product export, including to Belt and Road countries.
• Standard Chartered (Trade Finance): Global bank with deep emerging-market trade finance franchise. Comparable to Simco in providing trade-credit, FX/hedging, and supply-chain financing to cross-border commodity buyers, particularly in Africa and Asia, though as a regulated bank rather than a trader.

Broad incumbents

• Glencore: Largest diversified global commodity trader with significant metals, minerals, and energy operations. Comparable to Simco at the product-category level, but operates at vastly larger scale and capital base.
• HBIS Group: One of China's largest steel producers with its own trading and international sales operations. Comparable to Simco in Chinese steel product range and export orientation, though as a producer rather than a pure trading intermediary.
• China Baowu Steel Group: World's largest steel producer and a named Simco partner. Comparable as a Chinese-origin steel supplier with global export ambitions; however, scale and integration dwarf Simco's trading operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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