UrBC, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, July 13, 2015. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK made it to the top of the Russian flat rolled products manufacturers list. The rating of leading national ferrous and non-ferrous metal goods producers in the first half of 2015 was carried in the latest issue of Metallosnabzheniye I Sbyt magazine.

MMK also came second on the list of galvanized and paint-coated metal goods producers and third on the list of bars and rods manufacturers. MMK Group’s metal goods plant MMK METIZ proved one of the country’s top three metal goods makers in the first half of the year.

‘We proved No.1 on the domestic flat rolled products market thanks to our decade-long strategy aimed at developing our forming facilities, with a focus on high value-added goods. Several advanced high quality rolled sheet production lines have been launched at the plant over the last few years, including, among others, our heavy plate Mill5000 and cold-roll Mill2000 that make products for the car-making, building, and white goods industries,’ the press service says.

The magazine’s rating typically features Russia’s leading manufacturers of rods and bars, sheets, pipes, metal goods, stainless steel, aluminum, and non-ferrous metals. The rating is based on the feedback provided by the nominees’ customers, on the results of surveys involving the market experts, and on the in-depth analysis of the companies’ performance. The nominees were ranked along the following criteria: business development dynamics, supply scale, level of after-sales service, goods quality, compliance with contractual obligations, and transparency.