KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál

What KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál does

KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál s.r.o. is a privately held Slovak trading and light-processing company (private limited company under Slovak law) headquartered in Trnava with two additional branches in Nové Mesto nad Váhom and Dunajská Streda, serving customers across Western and Central Slovakia. Founded in 1993 by Ľuboš Klimo (then as a sole proprietorship) and reorganized into the s.r.o. structure in 2007, the company wholesale and retail trades metallurgical materials including cold-rolled and hot-rolled steel sheets, patterned sheets, thick sheets, zinc-coated and trapezoidal sheets, sectional steel (round, square, flat bars and I/U/H profiles), concrete reinforcing steel with KARI welded meshes, steel tubes, and hollow sections.

The company's core technical capability is an EU-funded (2010) combined cutting line that performs cross and longitudinal division of steel coils into custom panel and band sizes, covering thin (0.4–3mm) and thick (1.5–8mm) gauges across hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and hot-dip galvanized steel grades. Material certification under EN10204 applies to concrete reinforcing steel and welded meshes. The operating footprint is approximately 30,000 m² of warehouse space with more than 10,000 tons of materials held in stock for immediate purchase.

KLIMEX operates a sales-led, direct distribution model with no digital marketplace channel, generating revenue through one-time sales of metallurgical materials priced by quantity and specification, unit-priced cutting services (saw cutting at €0.50 per cut, flame cutting at €0.05 per kg), and bundled logistics using an own transport fleet (24-ton semi-trailers plus 7/9.5/12-ton hydraulic-arm vehicles). Target customers are in the building and construction, engineering and machine production, and metalworking sectors. The company does not disclose revenue or accept external institutional capital.

Name

KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál

Legal name

KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál s.r.o.

Website

https://klimex.sk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál s.r.o. is a Slovak steel service center, founded 1993, that wholesales and retails metallurgical materials (sheets, profiles, tubes, hollow sections, reinforcing steel) across three branches in Western and Central Slovakia, with custom coil cutting, 10,000+ tons of stock, and owned delivery fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Trnava

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel and Metallurgical Materials Sales: Wholesale and retail sale of metallurgical materials including steel sheets, profile steel, tubes, hollow sections, concrete reinforcing steel, and welded meshes. Revenue generated through product sales with pricing based on total quantity and required dimensions.
2. Material Processing Services: Cutting services including saw cutting (0.50 EUR per cut), flame cutting (0.05 EUR/kg), and coil processing at service centers. Technical consultancy and custom cutting to specifications.
3. Logistics and Transport Services: Own transport fleet providing delivery services to customers, with semi-trailers up to 24 tons and vehicles with hydraulic arms (7, 9.5, 12 tons). Delivery services included in full delivery service offering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál is a Slovak wholesale and retail distributor of metallurgical materials, including steel sheets (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, galvanized, patterned, thick, trapezoidal), profile steel (bars, I/U/H profiles), concrete reinforcing steel, welded meshes, tubes, and hollow sections. The company maintains over 10,000 tons of stock across 30,000 m² of warehouse space in three Slovak branches, and provides value-added processing through an EU-funded combined cutting line for cross and longitudinal cutting of coils into custom panels and bands, complemented by its own transport fleet.

Product overview

KLIMEX Hutnícky materiál s.r.o. is a Slovak trading company (wholesale and retail) for metallurgical materials, established in 1993 and transformed in 2007. The company operates a platform of steel products and metalworking services. The core product portfolio includes: Cold-Rolled Steel Sheets, Hot-Rolled Steel Sheets, Patterned Steel Sheets, Thick Hot-Rolled Sheets, Zinc-Coated Sheets, and Trapezoidal Sheets (under the Sheets category); Circular/Square/Flat Bars, I/U/H Profile Bars, and Concrete Reinforcing Steel with Welded Meshes (under Sectional Steel category); Steel Tubes and Hollow Sections; plus a Combined Cutting Line service for cross-cutting and longitudinal cutting of coils. The company stocks over 10,000 tons of materials and operates from three branches in Western Slovakia (Trnava, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Dunajská Streda) with approximately 30,000 m2 of warehouse space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cold-Rolled Steel Sheets (Oceľové plechy valcované za studena)
• Hot-Rolled Steel Sheets (Oceľové plechy valcované za tepla)
• Patterned Steel Sheets (Oceľové plechy valcované za tepla - vzorované)
• Thick Hot-Rolled Sheets (Hrubé plechy)
• Zinc-Coated Sheets (Plechy pozinkované)
• Trapezoidal Sheets (Plechy trapézové)
• Circular, Square and Flat Bars (Tyče kruhové, štvorcové, ploché)
• I, U, H Profile Bars (Tyče tvarového priemeru I, U, H)
• Concrete Reinforcing Steel and Welded Steel Meshes (Betonárska oceľ a výstužné siete zvárané)
• Steel Tubes (Rúry)
• Hollow Sections (Jaklové profily)
• Combined Cutting Line Service (Kombinovaná deliaca linka)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ArcelorMittal Europe: ArcelorMittal operates downstream distribution and service-center businesses across Europe that compete with KLIMEX for sheet, profile, and rebar customers, including in Slovakia and surrounding markets where local sourcing and certified supply chains drive specification.
• Voestalpine AG: Voestalpine is a major Austrian steelmaker with an integrated steel processing and distribution arm serving the same Central European construction and engineering customers as KLIMEX, albeit as part of a much broader upstream and downstream portfolio.
• Salzgitter AG: Salzgitter, via its Salzgitter Mannesmann and international trading subsidiaries, is a large German steel and tubes group with distribution activities that overlap KLIMEX's profile and tubes offerings, addressing construction and mechanical-engineering end markets.
• Aperam S.A. Aperam is a European stainless and specialty flat steel producer with downstream service-center activities that overlap KLIMEX's sheet processing offering for industrial customers in similar end markets.
• SSAB AB: SSAB is a Nordic high-strength steel producer with growing distribution and service-center capability across Europe, competing for engineering and machine-production customers similar to those served by KLIMEX.
• Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe: Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe produces and distributes flat steel products (hot-rolled, cold-rolled, galvanized) that compete with KLIMEX's core sheets category, and operates downstream service centers where it processes coils into cut sheets — the same value-add KLIMEX performs through its EU-funded cutting line.

Direct peers

• Klöckner & Co SE: Klöckner & Co is one of Europe's largest independent steel and metal distribution groups, combining warehousing, processing (cutting, bending, surface treatment), and multi-channel sales — the same service-platform model KLIMEX operates at a regional level, only at pan-European scale.
• Ferona a.s. Ferona is a Central European steel products distributor headquartered in the Czech Republic with operations across Slovakia, trading sheets, profiles, tubes, reinforcing steel, and providing cut-to-size processing — a near-identical business model and customer mix to KLIMEX at slightly larger regional scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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