What Cardalda S.A. does

Cardalda S.A. is a privately held, family-owned Argentine siderometallurgical company founded in 1996 and headquartered at the Parque Industrial y Tecnológico de Quilmes in Bernal Oeste, Provincia de Buenos Aires. The company sells a broad catalog of steel products — seamless tubes, welded tubes, galvanized welded pipes and conduit, welding accessories, fire-protection accessories, structural pipes, C and U profiles, steel sheets and plates, expanded metal, and both national and imported profiles — to construction and industrial buyers across Argentina. Alongside the product catalog, Cardalda offers five metalworking services: sheet coil planching with custom cutting to client plans, sheet plate fabrication, pipe threading/coupling/grooving, pickling and galvanizing of various materials, and pipe coating and lining.

The company runs a traditional sales-led go-to-market built on same-day quotations, direct customer contact via website and phone, and an own-fleet delivery operation that supports a stated 48/72 hour nationwide delivery window across Argentina. The full-stack model — products plus in-house processing plus captive logistics from a single industrial-park site — is positioned to reduce customer dependence on multiple third-party suppliers and to shorten lead times for project-based buyers. The headquarters facility integrates warehouse, distribution, and manufacturing operations.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed and Cardalda carries no institutional investors, parent company, public listing, or external capital. The firm markets itself on approximately 30 years of family-business experience in the metallurgical market. Marketing and customer acquisition are minimal: a corporate website with a downloadable PDF catalog, no active social media profiles, and no disclosed partnerships, certifications, or industry awards. Customer logos are not published, customer concentration cannot be assessed, and the underlying business is a commodity steel distribution and processing operation with no disclosed AI, software, or proprietary technology components.

Name

Cardalda S.A.

Legal name

Cardalda S.A.

Website

https://cardalda.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cardalda S.A. is a family-owned Argentine siderometallurgical company founded in 1996 that sells steel products and provides integrated metalworking services—including galvanizing, threading, and custom cutting—to construction and industrial customers across Argentina via its own delivery fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Siderometallurgical Products & Services

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices (5051)

akta.pro primary industry

Long Products Manufacturing (Rebar, Wire Rod, Merchant Bar, Sections/Beams) (IMAKABAH)

Keywords

• Steel product distribution
• Metal fabrication services
• Construction materials supply
• Industrial metalworking services
• Steel pipe manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Quilmes

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel and Metal Products Sales: Cardalda generates revenue through the sale of a wide range of steel and metal products including seamless tubes, welded tubes, galvanized welded pipes, structural pipes, C and U profiles, sheets, expanded metal, and construction materials. Sales are conducted directly to construction and industrial customers with same-day quotation capability and nationwide delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cardalda S.A. is a family-owned siderometallurgical company based in the Parque Industrial y Tecnológico de Quilmes in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, that distributes a wide in-stock range of steel products — seamless tubes, welded tubes, galvanized conduit, structural pipes, C and U profiles, sheets, expanded metal, welding accessories, fire protection accessories, and national/imported profiles — alongside value-added metalworking services including sheet coil planching, custom cutting to specification, plate fabrication, pipe threading/coupling/grooving, pickling and galvanizing, and pipe coating. The company sells to construction and industrial customers with same-day quotations and 48/72 hour nationwide delivery via its own logistics fleet.

Product overview

Cardalda S.A. is a siderometallurgical company offering a comprehensive portfolio of 12 steel product categories alongside 5 industrial processing services. The product line spans seamless tubes, welded tubes, galvanized conduit, welding accessories, fire protection accessories, structural pipes, C and U profiles, steel sheets, expanded metal, and national/imported profiles. The service offerings complement the product portfolio with value-added metalworking capabilities including sheet coil planching, custom cutting, sheet plate manufacturing, pipe threading/coupling/grooving, pickling and galvanizing, and pipe coating. The company operates with a same-day quotation system and 48/72 hour delivery across Argentina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seamless tubes (Tubos sin costura) Seamless steel tubes offered for industrial and construction applications.
• Welded tubes (Tubos con costura) Welded steel tubes offered in a wide range for various industrial uses.
• Galvanized welded pipes / Conduit (Caños con costura galvanizados/Conduit) Galvanized welded pipes and conduit for electrical and structural applications.
• Welding accessories (Accesorios para soldar) Accessories for joining steel components in construction and industrial settings.
• Fire protection accessories (Accesorios de protección contra incendios) Accessories and materials for fire suppression and protection systems.
• Structural pipes (Caños estructurales) Structural steel pipes for construction and industrial applications.
• C and U profiles (Perfiles C y U) C and U shaped steel profiles for structural and construction purposes.
• Steel sheets (Chapas) Steel sheets and plates for various industrial and construction applications.
• Expanded metal (Metal Desplegado) Expanded metal products for fencing, grating, and architectural applications.
• National steel profiles (Perfilería nacional) Nationally manufactured steel profiles for domestic construction and industry.
• Construction materials (Materiales para construcción) Construction materials including steel components for building projects.
• Imported steel profiles (Perfilería importada) Imported steel profiles for specialized construction and industrial requirements.
• Sheet coil planching and custom cutting (Planchado de bobinas de chapa y cortes a medida) Sheet coil planching and custom cuts to client specifications and drawings for construction and industrial projects.
• Sheet plate fabrication (Fabricación de planchuelas de chapa) Manufacturing of sheet steel plates (planchuelas) tailored to customer requirements.
• Pipe threading, coupling, and grooving (Roscado, cuplado y ranurado de tuberías) Threading, coupling, and grooving services for pipes and tubing to meet project technical requirements.
• Pickling and galvanizing (Decapado y galvanizado) Pickling and galvanizing treatment services for various steel materials to prevent corrosion.
• Pipe coating (Revestimiento de tuberías) Pipe coating and lining services for protection and durability.

Quantifiable outcome

• 48/72 hour delivery nationwide
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Ternium Argentina: Ternium is one of Argentina's largest flat and long steel producers, part of the Techint group. It operates a far broader product portfolio and serves the same construction and industrial customers that Cardalda supplies, but at a vastly larger scale and including primary steelmaking.
• Acindar: Acindar is Argentina's leading long steel producer (ArcelorMittal subsidiary) and directly competes with Cardalda's niche in profiles, structural pipes, and rebar. It is an incumbent primary manufacturer rather than a distributor/service center.
• Gerdau: Gerdau is the largest long steel producer in the Americas with operations across Latin America. It competes with Cardalda in long products (profiles, structural sections) and serves overlapping construction and industrial markets, but as a primary steelmaker rather than a distributor.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Reliance is the largest metals service center in North America, operating a global network of value-added metal processing and distribution facilities. It is comparable to Cardalda in business model (metals service center + processing services) but at vastly larger scale and geographic scope.

Direct peers

• Tenaris: Tenaris is a global steel tube manufacturer with major Argentine operations (formerly Siderca). It overlaps directly with Cardalda's seamless and welded tube categories and serves similar industrial and construction buyers, though at vastly larger scale.
• Tubos Argentinos: Tubos Argentinos is an Argentine steel tube manufacturer and distributor with a similar product overlap to Cardalda's tube and pipe categories, serving comparable construction and industrial customers in the domestic market.
• Ryerson: Ryerson is a North American metal service center offering value-added processing (cutting, coating, fabrication) of a broad range of steel products — directly comparable to Cardalda's integrated distribution-plus-services model.
• Kloeckner & Co: Kloeckner is a global steel and metals distributor with extensive value-added processing capabilities. Its business model of multi-product metals distribution combined with processing services closely mirrors Cardalda's operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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