About KME

KME in short

KME is a pan-European industrial group with a leading position in the global market for copper and copper alloy products.

Founded in 1886 as "SMI - Società Metallurgica Italiana", KME is today an industrial group with head offices in Florence and Europe-wide operations, with a leading position in the world copper processing industry.
With:

annual production of around 570,000 tons of copper and copper alloy semi-finished products
consolidated turnover of € 3,000 million in 98 countries
13 factories in the major European national markets and in China
2 industry-leading research centres
a network of sales branches which cover the major European countries as well as the American and Asian markets
a workforce of 6,700 employees in 16 countries
a network of 21,000 business partners counting clients and suppliers.
around 9,500 shareholders

KME is today:

Among the first fifteen multinational corporations in Italy
The number one Group in the world in the production of semi-finished copper and copper alloy products, with a product range including special high technology components
One of the first eight industrial groups in the world in the non-ferrous metals sector
One of the first thirty industrial groups in the world in the metals sector (ferrous and non-ferrous)

BRAND

On 1 May 2007 KME adopted the single brand KME^® to identify all its subsidiaries, whose plants are located in Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain and China.

DEALS OF THE YEAR FOR KME

KME Group was recognised by the international finance community for the financial contracts stipulated with a pool of banks.