Metals and SMEs: strong in craftsmanship
The current metal sector in the Netherlands is fragmented and characterised by many smaller players. Such smaller companies and their entrepreneurs have – given the size of their businesses – their hands full managing daily operations.
Challenges
In such smaller enterprises, there is – as a rule – simply too little time and money to act in an enterprise-transcending manner and to devote sufficient attention to the key challenges that loom over the metal sector in general.
Commerce
Current situation
- Focus on serving the current customer base, often combined with (significant) customer concentration
- Commercial growth often overlooked due to lack of time and focus
- Lack of a structural plan on the commercial side
Staff
Current situation
- Shortage of (qualified) technical personnel in the market
- A large proportion of the existing staff are often approaching retirement age.
- A structural/holistic HR policy and ‘employer branding’ is often missing
Investments
Current situation
- Lack of vision for future market developments and resulting investments
- Investments often limited to only strictly necessary investments or replacement investments
Our ideas
We are convinced that intensive cooperation between such companies within the MetaLink group can more effectively tackle the challenges of the metal industry, with the following two principles:
- Focusing on solving sector-wide challenges (commerce and personnel) at the MetaLink level, with the different individual Business units decentralised in their strength and can focus on what they are good at: delivering high-quality products and services to their customers
- Allocating financial resources at the MetaLink level to investments that are essential for the business units under our umbrella to remain competitive: investing in people, investing in innovative solutions, and investing in complementary enterprises through acquisitions.
Get in touch
Curious if MetaLink might be a good home for your business? We'd be delighted to talk and get to know you and your company. Feel free to contact our team, for example Johan Kasper (06 43 55 01 21).
