Duferco South Africa shifts focus to Africa as EU business stalls

May 03, 2012 | 08:16 AM |

The South African arm of Duferco Steel Processing is focusing on Africa, South America and the USA, as European business has been hit by the financial crisis in the region, marketing manager Nico van Wyk told Metal Bulletin. “We are export driven, but our focus has moved away from Europe because the market there is pretty dead right now,” he said. “The problems in Europe have certainly been affecting our bottom line.....





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