Welcome to Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice.

Combining the best.

As a future-orientated company we have optimised our proximity to customers and our service for you. Welcome to Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice. Combining the best taking this as our motto, we offer you two important success factors from a single source: the flexibility of a medium-sized company and the reliability of a large group. At the start of 2014 the two steel service specialists Hövelmann & Lueg GmbH and Stahl-Metall-Service Gesellschaft für Bandverarbeitung mbh joined forces to form SMS, Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice GmbH with its head office in Karlsruhe, under the umbrella of Salzgitter AG. Together with Salzgitter Flachstahl we are pursuing a common market strategy offering you many benefits. As a modern service centre we offer the flexibility and fast response times that you are familiar with and appreciate from us. The integration into the globally active Salzgitter Group also guarantees you a wealth of services and security. We look forward to the continued collaboration! Best regards, Klaus Widmann Co-Managing Director Dr. Gerhard Erdmann Co-Managing Director

4 Wherever you need us, we are there for you. Salzgitter Schwerte Benefit from short communication channels and our closer proximity to customers. Nuremberg Karlsruhe Fellbach On-site anywhere in Germany and more efficient as part of a group. SMS is opening up new perspectives for successful collaboration. The consolidated Group not only optimises the geographical proximity to customers, but also our efficiency and innovative strength. The new SMS is presented as a reliable and long-standing partner for long-term planning and collaboration. Our high quality standards, the special precision of our strip machining and our high level of flexibility make us a strong partner as steel service specialists within the consolidated Salzgitter Group. With sites in Schwerte, Karlsruhe, Fellbach and Nuremberg, we command an equally good position in the north and west as well as in the south. Our Group offers you an exceptionally wide range of products and services together with Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, a developer and producer of high-tech steel products. Whether it's automotive, automotive suppliers, mechanical and plant engineering or household appliances: we offer new solution concepts for a wide range of industries through the strong consolidated Group. 5

6 Committed and efficient: SMS demonstrates flexibility to perfection. More services, more expertise. Rely on proven quality on a new scale. The new SMS continues to offer the familiar high level of flexibility thanks to the consolidation of the two steel service centres. At the same time, you benefit from an even wider range of products and services, offering the appropriate response for every requirement. The strong ties and collaboration within the Group create added value for our customers. Thanks to the collaboration between our two steel service specialists and Flachstahl, the largest steel site in the Salzgitter Group, SMS offers you a wide range of products and efficiency that rank among the best on the German market. The provision of consulting and service is still the focus of our business. We can draw on the experience of the materials and applications engineers at SMS and Flachstahl and Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung at any time if necessary. 7

8 SMS provides you with high-quality products for every individual requirement. Information about our complete product range can be found on our website at www.salzgitter-ssc.de A large diversity of quality grades, sizes and surfaces. Our broad spectrum ensures your competitive edge for the future. Our extensive product range offers you a wide selection of standard and customised formats, blanks, split strips and coils in all common quality grades and sizes. We have the perfect solution for all your requirements. Whether it's hot-rolled, cold-rolled, surface-treated or plastic-coated you will obtain high-quality products at Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice thanks to the consolidation of the two steel service centres. Perfect in terms of quality and material properties, precise in terms of surface and dimensions. We set the same high quality standards for our machinery as we do for our products. Operational safety, reliability and adherence to deadlines are guaranteed at all times. Place your trust in our expertise and decades of experience. Multi-blanking line with electrostatic oiling Rectangles, trapezoids, rhombuses, triangles and parallelograms for the highest quality surface requirements Thicknesses of 0.5 to 3 mm Widths of 400 to 2,100/2,150 mm Aluminium machining Organically coated special boards Split strips Thicknesses of 0.4 to 16 mm Strip widths of 20 to 2,000 mm Panels and blanks Thicknesses of 0.5 to 16 mm Widths up to 2,200 mm Lengths up to 22,000 mm Additional machining options Rerolling Levelling Winding Rounding Of course, you can also request our wide range of services as contract work. 9

»Our warehouse stocks coils with a weight of up to 30 tons so that we can react quickly and flexibly to customer requests. Our customers manufacture a wide diversity of products from them from building hardware and barrel rings through to clutch parts and office furniture.all customers benefit from our collaboration because we uniquely combine our expertise as a developer and producer of steel products with the services of both service centres.«dr. Sebastian Bross, Sales and Logistics Managing Director of Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH Roland Schneider, Head of Production/Logistics»Both service centres work hand in hand and are totally customer-focused. Our motto "The best of both worlds" applies both to the products and also to the machines, logistics, purchasing and sales. Flexibility and security are a perfect match at SMS.«www.salzgitter-ssc.de Klaus Widmann, Co-Managing Director of Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice GmbH»Geographical proximity to our customers plays a very important role within our Group. Schwerte provides optimum support to steel fabricators in the Rhine and Ruhr regions. We command a strong position in the south with sites in Karlsruhe, Fellbach and Nuremberg. The diversity of services in this combination is also certainly unique in Germany.«Dr. Gerhard Erdmann, Co-Managing Director of Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice GmbH»We provide our customers with individual consulting, also with the support of Salzgitter Flachstahl, to find the optimum product for every application. Exploring a product's technical feasibility is crucial to the customer to ensure the reliable processing of our products.«dr. Guido Nicolini, Head of Engineering/Quality

12 We help you to become even more successful. Product quality is easy to measure: with the satisfaction of our customers. Our current certificates can be viewed at any time on our website at www.salzgitter-scc.de Quality that you can believe in and that sets new standards. The demands that we place on ourselves give you a decisive advantage in the market. What makes SMS stand out is the precision of our products excellent flatness, extremely low-stress properties and the narrowest of size tolerances. Our qualified employees put this high standard of quality into practice with a careful quality management system. We work with strict quality management systems in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 and ISO/TS16949:2009 to guarantee the excellent quality of our products. Our sites in Karlsruhe and Schwerte have state-of-the-art test laboratories and monitor every individual processing step from the receipt of materials through to dispatch. Our customers benefit from the large consolidated Salzgitter Group in many respects. For example, our partner Salzgitter Flachstahl is very innovative in the development of new materials that have been optimised for the particular application. Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH carries out comprehensive development and research work on steel and works closely with us so that we can continue to provide you with the best quality in the future, tailored to your needs. 13

14 Focused on climate protection, safety and health. Environmental protection and occupational safety are important objectives and are part of the mission statement of the new SMS. As a modern company we focus on sustainability and accept responsibility for climate protection with a certified environmental management system. Our commitment also applies to the health of our employees. You can find our certificates at www.salzgitter-ssc.de SMS participates in the Group-wide energy efficiency programme of Salzgitter AG and is committed to reducing or avoiding the impact that day-to-day processes and corporate policy decisions have on the as much as possible. Our site in Schwerte provides support on reducing the impact on the climate thanks to its certified environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001. The Karlsruhe site is distinguished by its well thought-out infrastructure. Thanks to the excellent connections by rail, road and water, we offer you environmentally-friendly transport options and thus make our contribution to reducing CO 2 emissions. We have an exemplary certified occupational health and safety management system in Schwerte that far outperforms the statutory requirements. The integrity and health of our employees is a top priority for us. Comprehensive preventative measures maintain a high level of occupational safety. 15

16 We help you make savings, make your life easier and protect the environment. Salzgitter Benefit from locational advantages and optimised logistics with SMS. Schwerte Germany Nuremberg Karlsruhe Fellbach Our four sites in Germany provide logistical advantages and proximity to customers. Intelligent logistics and proximity to customers. The new SMS offers you important locational advantages throughout Germany. One factor remains important for corporate success even in global markets: customer proximity. The geographical proximity to our customers is therefore an important reason for the consolidation of SMS throughout Germany. Rising transport costs, time pressure, just-in-time deliveries: anyone wanting to be competitive today must make all their processes as economical as possible. As a modern company, we rely on direct proximity to our customers. Our site in Schwerte provides optimum support in the north and west of the country. We command an optimum position for customers in the south with sites in Karlsruhe, Fellbach and Nuremberg. We are also active in the east and in nearby countries from all of our sites. Our sites are well positioned close to the steel fabrication centres and main motorway connections. In addition, Karlsruhe has direct water access at the port. Karlsruhe and Schwerte are both served on a weekly basis by full trains from Salzgitter so you will save upfront costs for your primary materials. Place your trust in the first-class infrastructure of SMS and gain significant benefits. 17

18 And what can we do for you? Our service is just as precise and tailor-made as our products. The particular proximity of SMS to customers also defines our individual service. New ideas, flexible organisation of work and a rapid response to your requests our motivated service team will impress you with their tailor-made range of services. Place your trust in our decades of experience and highly efficient, tried-andtested workflows. Thanks to our four sites, we can offer you rapid just-in-time deliveries and service at short notice that meets all requirements. Our integrated IT solutions support you in the optimisation of your process and supply chains and improve your material flows. We hold customer-specific primary material in finished sizes in a warehouse with around 70,000 m 2 of storage space so that we are able to deliver at any time. 19

Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlservice GmbH www.salzgitter-ssc.de Registered office / Karlsruhe site Schwerte site Werftstrasse 13 76189 Karlsruhe (Rhine port) Germany Telephone +49 721 95578-0 Fax +49 721 95578-50 karlsruhe@salzgitter-ssc.de Emil-Rohrmann-Str. 22 58239 Schwerte Germany Telephone +49 2304 944-0 Fax +49 2304 944-144 schwerte@salzgitter-ssc.de Fellbach site Nuremberg site Bahnhofstrasse 57 70734 Fellbach Germany Telephone +49 711 957917-0 Fax +49 711 957917-50 fellbach@salzgitter-ssc.de Röderweg 42 90455 Nuremberg Germany Telephone +49 9129 908841 Fax +49 9129 908842 nuernberg@salzgitter-ssc.de