Stainless steel is a healthy market
Stainless steel is a light, strong and endlessly recyclable material for the increasing needs of the modern world.
Creating value through sustainability, cost competitiveness, and value-added growth
Stainless steel is a light, strong and endlessly recyclable material for the increasing needs of the modern world.
We focus on strengthening the core by maximizing value from sustainability, cost and market leadership.
We have improved profit generation, strong balance sheet and enhanced downturn resilience.
We are the only stainless steel company with an approved 1.5C Science Based Target.
We are well positioned as the market leader in advanced products and cost leader in high-volume products.
We
are back to returning cash to shareholders via stable and
growing dividend.
Outokumpu´s business is dived in to three business areas, Europe, Americas and Ferrochrome. BA Europe and BA Americas include both coil and plate stainless steel operations in their market area, while BA Ferrochrome focuses on the chrome mine and ferrochrome operations. Our biggest business area is Europe, covering around 66% of Outokumpu sales. In Europe we are the market leader with approximately 26% market share and in the US the second biggest with market share approximately 22%. Our Kemi mine and our ferrochrome production in Tornio, Finland, are an integral part of our operations and a clear competitive advantage to us.
We are now on the second phase of the three-phase strategy with the aim of strengthening the core. We will continue our strong emphasis on sustainability to further improve our position as the sustainability leader in the stainless steel sector. We have also updated our financial targets for the second phase to reflect capital allocation priorities. The focus will be increasingly on strong shareholder returns.
Outokumpu is world leader in sustainable stainless steel production and we have ambitious targets to further reduce our carbon footprint. As material stainless steel is 100% recyclable and we use more than 90% recycled material in our stainless steel production.
Outokumpu gives quarterly outlook and reviews short-term risks and uncertainties in its interim reports.
Stainless steel is the fastest growing metal: it is in many ways the perfect answer to the increasing need of long-lasting and sustainable solutions for the world’s most critical challenges. Global megatrends – such as urbanization, mobility, economic and population growth, and climate change – are the main growth drivers for the stainless steel industry.
Get to know our business areas Europe, Americas and Ferrochrome! Our business areas are also our reporting segments, and they are represented in our management team.
Outokumpu publishes CEO Heikki Malinen's review each quarter in connection with its interim report.