general trading

What general trading does

Cogentra (legal entity: Commodity General Trading USA, LLC) is a privately held B2B steel trading and distribution company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Miami, Florida. It sources steel products from producers in Slovenia (SIJ/Metal Ravne), India (Jindal), and Kazakhstan (KSP Steel), and resells them directly to industrial end-users — steel mills, steel processing facilities, and machining shops — across global markets through representative offices in Houston, Montreal, and Weggis (Switzerland), with logistics routed through the ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania), Houston, and Miami.

The company's product portfolio spans six categories: seamless pipes (OD 21.3-273.05 mm), steel wire rod (Ø5.5-22.0 mm), concast steel billets (125x125 to 150x150 mm), hot-rolled round bars (Ø20-160 mm including carbon, alloy structural, and bearing steel grades with optional peeling/polishing to h9/h11 tolerances), casing and tubing couplings, and specialized oil and gas components including H2S cold-resistant couplings and directional perforating gun bodies manufactured from Grade 4130 seamless pipe with ACME-2G trapezoid threading. Products are produced to multiple international standards — GOST (Russian), API (American), DIN (German), and ISO — enabling the firm to serve cross-jurisdictional buyer specifications.

Revenue is generated through transactional distribution on steel commodity sales with flexible payment terms offered to buyers. The company operates without disclosed institutional capital, headcount, or financial metrics, and its primary marketing channel is a multilingual (English, German, Russian) website with downloadable supplier catalogs and detailed product specifications. End-user relationships are managed directly without intermediary distribution layers, and the firm's specialized oilfield equipment line (perforating gun bodies, sour-service couplings) represents a higher-value segment within an otherwise commodity-oriented book.

Name

general trading

Legal name

Commodity General Trading USA, LLC

Website

https://cogentra.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cogentra is a privately held Miami-based B2B steel trading and distribution company, sourcing from mills in Slovenia, India, and Kazakhstan to resell pipes, billets, bars, couplings, and oilfield perforating components directly to steel mills, processors, and machining shops worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Distribution and Trading

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050), Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Products Trading & Service Centers (Flat, Long, Pipe & Tube, Rebar) (IMAKAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pipe & Tube Manufacturing (Seamless & Welded OCTG/Line Pipe/Structural Tube) (IMAKABAI)

Keywords

• Steel distribution
• Seamless steel pipes
• Hot-rolled round bars
• Concast steel billets
• Oil and gas couplings

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Steel Products Distribution: Cogentra generates revenue through the sale of various steel products (pipes, wire rod, concast billets, round bars, couplings, perforating gun bodies) directly to end-users including Steel Mills, Steel Processing Facilities, and Machining Shops worldwide. The company provides flexible payment terms and uses global logistics infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Cogentra distributes and trades specialized steel products — seamless pipes, wire rod, concast steel billets, hot-rolled round bars, casing/tubing couplings, and bodies of perforating guns — directly to industrial end-users worldwide. Products comply with GOST, API, DIN, and ISO standards and are shipped through ports in Klaipeda, Houston, and Miami with flexible payment terms. The portfolio targets Steel Mills, Steel Processing Facilities, Machining Shops, and the oil and gas industry.

Product overview

Commodity General Trading USA, LLC (Cogentra) is a steel trading and distribution company offering a portfolio of six core steel product categories: Pipes (seamless pipes for mechanical engineering, oil/gas, and casing applications), Wire Rod (for cold heading, wire drawing, and welding), Concast Steel Billets (continuous cast semi-finished steel), Hot-Rolled Round Bars (carbon, alloy, and bearing steel in various sizes), Couplings (casing and tubing connectors for oil/gas industry), and Bodies of Perforating Gun (specialized components for oil/gas well completion). The company operates from Miami, Florida with regional offices in Houston, Texas; Montreal, Canada; and Weggis, Switzerland, serving steel mills, processing facilities, and machining shops worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pipes Seamless steel pipes for mechanical engineering, oil and gas pipelines, steam boilers, and casing/tubing applications. Outer diameter range from 21.3 mm to 273.05 mm with various wall thicknesses. Sourced for industrial end-users including Steel Mills, Steel Processing Facilities, and Machining Shops.
• Wire Rod Steel wire rod in diameters Ø5.5–22.0 mm for cold heading, extrusion, wire drawing, welding, and tire cord production. Distributed to steel processing and machining customers.
• Concast Steel Billets Continuous cast steel billets in cross-section sizes 125x125 mm to 150x150 mm with lengths of 8000-12000 mm, made from carbon quality, alloy structural steel, and SAE grades. Supplied to steel mills and processing facilities.
• Hot-Rolled Round Bars Hot-rolled round bars in diameters Ø20-160 mm including carbon quality, alloy structural, and bearing steel grades. Available in bars and coils with optional peeling and polishing services achieving diameter tolerances to h9 and h11 and surface roughness Ra minimum 2.5 µm.
• Couplings Casing and tubing couplings in sizes Ø73.0 mm to Ø269.88 mm, compliant with GOST 632-80, GOST 633-80, API Spec 5CT, and GOST 31446-2017 standards. Includes H2S cold-resistant couplings (steel grade 30F, 25HMFA) for sour gas applications in the oil and gas industry.
• Body of Perforating Gun Perforating gun bodies made from seamless pipe of steel grade 4130 (30ХМА equivalent) with ACME-2G trapezoid threads, niobium-micro-alloyed composition, and high purity level providing high corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. Designed for directional cumulative perforating systems in oil, gas, and directionally inclined wells. Subject to mandatory random inspection including physical explosion testing.

Segments4 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

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SIJ (Slovenia)coreOthersSIJ (Slovenian steel company) is listed as a supplier on the Cogentra website. SIJ's Metal Ravne division specializes in production of various steel grades.
• Jindal IndiacoreOthersJindal India is listed as a supplier of steel products on the Cogentra website.
• KSP Steel KazakhstancoreOthersKSP Steel (Kazakhstan) is listed as a supplier of steel products on the Cogentra website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stemcor: One of the world's largest independent steel traders, distributing slabs, billets, plates, and pipes globally. Directly comparable to Cogentra as a B2B steel trading house serving mills, processors, and end-users across multiple standards.
• Duferco: Global steel and raw materials trading group headquartered in Switzerland with multi-standard distribution across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Closely comparable to Cogentra in product breadth, geographic reach, and B2B end-user focus.
• Metal One Corporation: Joint venture between Mitsubishi and Sojitz and one of the largest steel trading companies globally. Comparable as a steel products trader with multi-standard offerings and global logistics infrastructure serving mills and processors.
• Macsteel: Steel service center and products distributor operating across Africa and internationally, offering processed plate, coil, sheet, bar, and structural products. Comparable to Cogentra as a steel products distributor with value-added processing.

Broad incumbents

• Kloeckner Metals: One of the largest producer-independent steel and metal distribution and service-center groups in Europe and the Americas. Overlaps Cogentra's metal distribution activities but at significantly larger scale and broader product/format mix.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Largest metals service center company in North America, processing and distributing more than 100,000 metal products. Comparable to Cogentra as a B2B metals distributor serving industrial end-users, though vastly larger and more diversified.
• Marubeni-Itochu Steel: Major Japanese steel trading company with global operations in steel product distribution, processing, and supply chain services. Comparable to Cogentra in multi-standard B2B steel trading serving mills and end-users worldwide.
• Schnitzer Steel Industries: North American metal recycler and manufacturer of finished steel products operating one of the largest metals recycling businesses in the U.S. Comparable to Cogentra as an industrial metals distribution and processing player serving manufacturing end-users.

Emerging players

• Tenaris: Leading global manufacturer and supplier of seamless and welded steel pipe products primarily for oil and gas. Comparable through Cogentra's pipe and OCTG product lines (casing, tubing, couplings) sold into the same energy end-market.
• Vallourec: Global supplier of premium tubular solutions for the energy sector, including OCTG and line pipe. Overlaps with Cogentra's pipe and couplings offering into oil & gas, particularly for sour-service and H2S-resistant applications.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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