Abs inaugurates new Service Center in Sweden to strengthen itself in Northern Europe
Acciaierie Bertoli Safau focuses on proximity, logistics and sustainability with the Värnamo hub
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- Abs - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau has inaugurated a new Service Center in Värnamo, Sweden.
- The investment aims to strengthen the presence in Northern Europe by offering special steels, cutting-to-length services, logistics and metallurgical consultancy.
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Why It Matters
Abs Steel Nordic was born in November 2025 as the Northern European division of Abs - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA.
Abs - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA, the Steelmaking division of the Danieli Group, has inaugurated the new Abs Steel Nordic Service Center in Värnamo (Sweden), an investment that "strengthens the company's presence in Northern Europe and marks an evolution of the business model", the company says. In addition to the production of special steels, Abs focuses on proximity to the customer: stock availability, cutting to size, logistics and metallurgical consultancy.
The new hub, operational within ten months of the project, in collaboration with Aspehof Fastigheter, will serve the markets of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, addressing large industrial customers and SMEs (who will also be able to purchase small batches already cut to size from the steel manufacturer) and mechanical workshops. The center will be dedicated to special steels. The Service Center covers an area of 25 thousand square meters, with a new building of 5,500, in the logistics heart of Scandinavia.
It completes the project announced in November 2025 with the birth of Abs Steel Nordic, the division for Northern Europe, and confirms the company's desire to grow in "Europe's most demanding market in terms of quality, sustainability and service". The building has obtained the Miljöbyggnad Silver environmental certification, the second level of the main Swedish building sustainability certification system, managed by the Sweden Green Building Council.
"We are taking a decisive step in our international growth path", said Camilla Benedetti, President of Abs Acciaierie. "We want to be ever closer to our customers - large user companies, distributors, small and medium-sized mechanical workshops - by offering not only certified steel, but a complete ecosystem of product, logistics, cutting to size and technical consultancy".
The inauguration was attended by Michele Pala, Ambassador of Italy to Sweden; Torbjörn Isaksson, Chief Analyst of Nordea Bank, and Peter Bryntesson, CEO of the Swedish Automotive Manufacturers Association.
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- What is the expected annual production volume for the new hub?
