Teham Pongers

What Teham Pongers does

Teham Pongers BV is a regional Dutch distributor of steel, stainless steel (RVS) and aluminium products, headquartered in Hengelo (Overijssel) and operating from a single site at Diamantstraat 13 that combines warehouse, in-house sawing department, sales office and pickup counter. Founded in 1963 as Teham in Enschede, merged in 1973 with Pongers Buizenhandel, and acquired in 1991 by the O. de Leeuw Groep (of which sister companies Geertsema Staal, Leeuwbouw, IJzerleeuw and Leeuwtechniek are part), the business serves B2B customers in East Netherlands (Overijssel, Gelderland, Drenthe) and the adjacent German border region within a ~75 km radius.

The core offering is a broad stock range — tubes, hollow sections, bright steel, special steel, bar steel, plates, beams, cold-rolled profiles, floor gratings, stair treads, plus RVS qualities 303/304/316 and aluminium — held in an extensive in-house warehouse where all materials are QR-coded for full traceability. Value-added services include custom sawing and mitre-cutting in the in-house sawing department, project-based packaging in plastic crates per drawing, and delivery on a fleet of curtain-side trucks with built-in loading/unloading cranes that run daily routes in the region; same-day pickup at Hengelo is available within two hours of ordering. The company holds ISO 9001, FPC certifications (EN 10219-1, EN 10025-1), NEN-EN-10204 3.1/3.2 material certificates and CE marking, and carries the 'Hofleverancier' (Royal Supplier) designation and Staalfederatie's 'Staal Promotor' recognition.

The business model is B2B distribution under a quote-based pricing structure (no public price list; a brochure with prices is available on request). Customers place orders via contact form, email, phone, WhatsApp or same-day pickup, with a self-serve webshop under construction. Target segments are the metalworking industry (machining, machine building, welding and construction works, agro-industry, bodywork construction, technical services, metal construction training), stainless-steel buyers, machining and machine-building users (e.g., 11SMn30, C45, 20MnV6, 42CrMo4V), and special-steel users in machine and apparatus construction. No financial figures are disclosed.

Name

Teham Pongers

Legal name

Teham Pongers BV

Website

https://teham-pongers.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teham Pongers BV is a regional Dutch distributor of steel, stainless steel and aluminium products, founded in 1963 in Hengelo, serving B2B metalworking, construction and machine-building customers in East Netherlands and the German border region with cut-to-length, project-packaged and crane-delivered material.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hengelo

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel, stainless steel (RVS) and aluminium sales: Sale of carbon steel, stainless steel (qualities 303, 304, 316) and aluminium products in standard trade lengths, including tubes, hollow sections, bright steel, special steel, bar steel, plates, beams, cold-rolled profiles, floor gratings and stair treads. Stock items are the core revenue driver.
2. Custom cutting and mitre-cutting services: Value-added sawing/mitre-cutting services on customer materials in own sawing department, removing the customer's need for an offcut/waste stream.
3. Project packaging and protected delivery service: Optional protective packaging for fragile parts and project-based packaging into plastic crates per drawing, billed as a service add-on.
4. Transport and on-site delivery (own fleet): Delivery using own curtain-side trucks equipped with loading/unloading crane; same-day pickup also offered at Hengelo location.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Teham Pongers BV supplies carbon steel, stainless steel (RVS) and aluminium products in standard trade lengths, including tubes, hollow sections, bright steel, special steel, bar steel, plates, beams, cold-rolled profiles, floor gratings and stair treads. The company operates a large warehouse in Hengelo, an in-house sawing department for straight and mitre cutting, project-based packaging into plastic crates, and a fleet of curtain-side trucks with loading and unloading cranes for regional delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steel, stainless steel (RVS) and aluminium product supply Sale from stock of carbon steel, stainless steel (RVS) and aluminium products in standard trade lengths, including tubes, hollow sections, bright steel, special steel, bar steel, plates, beams, cold-rolled profiles, floor gratings and stair treads, plus RVS tube components and aluminium sections. Targeted at metalworking, machining, machine-building, construction, agro-industry and technical-services B2B customers in the Netherlands and German border region.
• Custom sawing and mitre-cutting service Value-added sawing and mitre-cutting of customer-ordered steel, RVS and aluminium material to specified lengths in Teham Pongers' own sawing department, removing the need for the customer to manage offcuts. Available to B2B buyers purchasing material from the company.
• Project packaging and protected delivery service Cut parts are assembled per drawing, packaged in plastic crates and delivered as a complete project kit, with protective packaging available for fragile parts. Sold as an add-on service to B2B customers ordering cut-to-length material.
• Transport and on-site delivery service (own crane fleet) Delivery of steel, RVS and aluminium orders using own curtain-side trucks equipped with loading and unloading cranes, allowing unloading at any site within approximately 75 km of Hengelo without requiring the customer to provide a crane. Offered to B2B customers purchasing material from stock.

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day pickup available within 2 hours of ordering at Hengelo site
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / parent group, core (sister company within o. de leeuw groep), minor (association membership), minor (certification partner) and minor.

• O. de Leeuw Groepflagship / parent groupStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeham Pongers is a subsidiary of O. de Leeuw Groep (acquired 1991). Through the group it benefits from shared purchasing scale, knowledge sharing, and coordination with sister companies Geertsema Staal, Leeuwbouw, IJzerleeuw and Leeuwtechniek.
• Geertsema Staalcore (sister company within o. de leeuw groep)Strategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within the O. de Leeuw Groep. Listed as one of Teham Pongers' partners inside the group, sharing market/product knowledge and innovation across the group.
• Leeuwbouwcore (sister company within o. de leeuw groep)Strategic or Co-development PartnerSister company inside O. de Leeuw Groep; collaboration through shared purchasing, market knowledge and innovation within the group.
• IJzerleeuwcore (sister company within o. de leeuw groep)Strategic or Co-development PartnerSister company inside O. de Leeuw Groep; named among the group's partner companies alongside Teham Pongers.
• Leeuwtechniekcore (sister company within o. de leeuw groep)Strategic or Co-development PartnerSister company inside O. de Leeuw Groep; named among the group's partner companies alongside Teham Pongers.
• Staalfederatie (incl. Staal Promotor)minor (association membership)OthersDutch steel industry trade body. Teham Pongers displays the "Staal Promotor" badge on its website, signalling membership of Staalfederatie.
• Bouwen met Staalminor (association membership)OthersDutch sector organisation promoting building with steel. Member logo is shown on the homepage as a trust signal.
• Kiwaminor (certification partner)OthersIndependent certification body that audits Teham Pongers' ISO 9001 quality management and the FPC certifications for EN 10219-1 and EN 10025-1. ISO 9001 logo shown on homepage.
• Werkbij O. de Leeuw Groep (vacancy platform)minorOthersGroup-level careers portal (werkenbijodeleeuwgroep.nl) used to publish Teham Pongers vacancies, e.g., "Commercieel Medewerker Binnendienst".

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Nedstaal: Dutch steel processor and distributor supplying plate, sheet and structural products; comparable downstream service model but larger scale and broader customer base than Teham Pongers.
• Klöckner & Co: Large European steel and metal distribution group with significant Dutch operations and online platforms; competes on product breadth, digital ordering and mill-direct sourcing rather than regional service.
• Salzgitter AG: Major European steel producer-distributor with broad product portfolio including tubes, plates and structural steel; overlaps with Teham Pongers' product categories but operates upstream and pan-EU.
• Van Leeuwen Buizen: Established Dutch steel tube and pipe distributor with broader national and international footprint; competes for the same RVS and structural tube customers but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• IJzerleeuw: Another O. de Leeuw Groep sister entity in steel/metal trade; comparable model as a Dutch regional stockholding steel distributor with custom cutting and project services.
• Leeuwbouw: Sister company within O. de Leeuw Groep; operates in adjacent steel/metal trade with overlap in construction and structural-steel customers served by Teham Pongers.
• Geertsema Staal: Sister company within O. de Leeuw Groep offering overlapping steel distribution and value-added services from another Dutch regional base; directly comparable product mix, customer base and group-level purchasing scale.
• Rimex Metals: Specialist stainless steel and aluminium distributor with custom cutting and finishing services; directly comparable on RVS/aluminium product mix and value-added cutting proposition.
• Leeuwtechniek: Sister company inside O. de Leeuw Groep operating in steel-related technical distribution; comparable customer segments (machine building, metalworking) and shared group procurement.

Regional players

• Multimex: Dutch non-ferrous metals distributor focused on aluminium, stainless steel and special alloys; comparable specialty metal distribution model but different geography and customer mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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