NLMK Group opens a sales office in Brazil

NLMK Group, a leading Russian steel producer and one of the most efficient metallurgical companies in the world, announced the opening of its sales office in São Paulo and a logistics department in São Francisco do Sul (Brazil). These offices will strengthen the position of NLMK Group in the promising Brazilian market, as well as in other rapidly developing markets in South America.

NLMK's Brazilian office offers premium wear-resistant and high-strength steel for manufacturers of construction and mining equipment and other rolled metal Russian-made. The use of this steel will allow Brazilian machine builders to significantly improve the operational and environmental characteristics of their products by reducing the weight of machine parts while ensuring high structural strength. In addition, NLMK will supply special plates made of high-strength steels for the production of trailers, cranes and equipment for the power industry.

NLMK Group is in talks with a number of large machine-building companies in the Americas for long-term supplies of high-quality plates. An agreement has already been reached to supply Quard 450 steel for one of the leading American manufacturers of wear-resistant components for equipment used in the mining and construction sectors, as well as agricultural machinery and equipment.

NLMK Quard 450 inserts will also be used in the production of wear-resistant machine parts for the sugar industry, one of the leading sectors of the Brazilian economy. Ilya Gushchin, Vice President of Sales, NLMK Group, noted that “There is only one manufacturer in Brazil that produces steel plates with characteristics similar to those of NLMK. The growth in consumption of this country is covered by imports. supplying high quality steel for components. The well-developed infrastructure of the region allows the company to optimize its supply in Brazil and other South American countries. "