About Us

GLOBAL REACH

LOCAL EXPERTISE

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With more than 50 years of metal trading and exporting experience,
two entities came together to combine their knowledge and
expertise to revolutionize metal packaging.

Historical alliances

Historical alliances with top global brands in steel and aluminum

+300.000

Over 300.000 tons sold in 2023 – Largest non–producing seller of
raw material for metal packaging in the world.

Offerings

Offerings in coil, sheet with lithographed and lacquered

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2 plants for processing: slitting, cutting, lacquering & printing

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36 logistically strategic warehousing locations around the world

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Established Ports and Distribution Points Worldwide

Why Steelforce
Packaging?

Why Steelforce Packaging?

1

Global business model gives you the global reach, the scale and the high – level connections to purchase and efficiently ship with the expertise, specialized knowledge, and service – first mentality of a local service center.

2

Full transparency of pricing logistics and industry dynamics as well as third party agreements where mills and end-users negotiate directly with each other.

3

SFP Market Insights – our proprietary market intelligence, including specific origin pricing, products vs. end-use technical matching and industry costing.

Get to know all our products to define which one best suits your company's needs.

Mission

We build long-term partnerships by empowering our team to develop innovative strategies and solutions. Through a collaborative culture, we ensure every member contributes to shared success—for our company, our partners, and our broader community.

Vision

We aim to create a connected global network that brings together our employees, partners, and communities in the pursuit of excellence. Our vision is to drive meaningful innovation, inspire high performance, and lead sustainability from within.

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Values

At the core of our culture is a deep commitment to supporting one another, sharing knowledge, and advancing our industry together. We lead with visionary awareness—setting trends and driving progress through thoughtful foresight and bold innovation. Resilience and reliability define our approach, as we anticipate challenges, adapt quickly, and transform obstacles into opportunities to ensure lasting success and stability.

Commitment

A life commitment so supplying, advising, and promoting the metal packaging industry.

Market Intelligence

Why let the next market trend dominate you, when you can lead the way toward a new industry balance.

Supply Guarantee

Supply Guarantee: Atrack record at anticipating logistics disruption and systematically turning transport drama into competitive advantage.

Company
History

Company History

Founded in Antwerp, Belgium, in the early 1970s, Steelforce Group established itself as a global leader in steel trading and distribution. Building on this strong foundation, Steelforce Packaging was launched in 2011 as the dedicated team for the metal-packaging industry.

With the desire to revolutionize the sector, Steelforce Packaging utilizes the global sourcing expertise of Steelforce Group with exceptional local service, ensuring tailored solutions for packaging manufacturers worldwide.

Steelforce Packaging has evolved into a leader in the metal packaging supplies industry, thanks to our deep expertise in both technical and global sourcing. Our commitment to innovation and our focus on diverse end-use applications drive our ability to offer cutting-edge products that meet the unique needs of our customers.

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2012

The official merger of two of Europe's top entities in metal packaging to create Steelforce Group.

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2014

SOQ Trading company, led by CEO Davide Padovani, is added as a valued partner to enhance packaging know-how.

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2019

The American Metal Packaging Company was acquired in Colombia to serve Latin American markets.

Warehouses were established in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Brazil.

The joint venture reached for the first time a net yearly invoiced tonnage of two hundred thousand tons, consolidating sales from Europe, Latam, and Africa.

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2020

Decision to restructure the joined businesses into a specialized metal-packaging group. The new entity was named Steelforce Packaging, and it would involve all the metal-packaging units.

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2021

Steelforce Packaging invested in a new service center in Barranquilla (Colombia) to reduce lead time and increase quality control of lacquered and printed products in the Latin American region.

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2022

Opened our North American sales office strategically located in Pittsburgh, PA, a city renowned for its historical ties to the steel industry. This allowed us to establish strategic partnerships across Canada, US and Mexico.

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2023

Became the world's largest seller of steel and aluminum for metal packaging for production – More than 300,000 tons.

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2024

Increased production capacity at our Barranquilla plant by implementing a 2nd lacquer line. Opened commercial sales office and 2 customer warehouses in Brazil.

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