The Man of Steel doesn’t stop developing.

    Steel Solutions BV

Steel Solutions separates Meuse Terminals and continues to develop itself as a chain director.   The Man of Steel doesn’t stop developing.   Steel Solutions knows where the business is done in the land of steel. This chain director currently has the international steel industry as its playfield, an annual 1,5 billion ton industry. The company makes good use of challenges and chances  which are offered by the changing steel industry. But it must be said that these chances lie elsewhere in Europe, rather than just the Netherlands and rather than just Maastricht, which is still the largest concentration of steel companies of the country.       Because of the growth in our role as chain director which conducts business in the world wide steel industry, a whole new global work terrain has developed, sketches Director Wibo Feijen. Steel- Solutions has gone through some turbulent developments in the past years. “Our new business concept depends less on the capacity of our terminals in Maastricht because we are now collaborating with terminals in the rest of Europe and beyond. This means that we have to create a new future for our own terminals. It would be a shame to reserve this available storage and transhipment capacity solely for the steel industry, especially now that the import of steel to Europe is left behind. That why we decided use our terminals for other purposes rather than our own company. A new company, Maasterminal Maastricht BV will make these terminals accessible for third parties who are looking for smart multimodal solutions in the region. Steel Solutions continues to develop itself in the niche market for steel, where clients  like to do business with us, “The Men of Steel”.   Maasterminal Maastricht. In Maasterminal Maastricht BV, both of the Steel Solutions’ terminals at the Ankerkade are incorporated. These terminals account for 20.000 m2 of storage capacity, transhipment and VAL activities. They are located near the Juliana canal with covered docks and railway connection. Maasterminal Maastricht BV will be offerings its terminals across sectors. “We are continuing to specialize in logistics”, says current Director Operations Gijs van Lier, who will running this company. “The opportunities to bundle the logistics of different kind of products, we hope that we will be working with different companies, add value in the entire logistics chain and give the terminals a new future as logistical link between diverse modalities.

Quick scan.   The market’s problem. >> It will take years before the demand of steel products on the European markets will rise again. The European Steel industry thus faces huge overcapacities. Apart from that are clients constantly increasing their demands regarding costs, efficiency and stock. Smart direction requires to value added services in the logistics chain.   Our vision. >> Optimisation of the supply chain is the factor of success to be able to grow in the steel business. We have to develop innovative products and services in order to develop in new markets.   Our solutions. >> Steel solutions will continue to develop in the worldwide (super smart) chain direction of steel. The tested recipe of the bundling of steel suppliers has proven to be successful. This recipe will be extended with other products and goods, rather than just steel product, under the new Maasterminal Maastricht BV.