Klšckner & Co is one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products and one of the leading steel service center companies worldwide. Based on its distribution and service network of around 170 locations in 12 countries, the Group supplies around 130,000 customers. As a pioneer of the digital transformation in the steel industry, Klšckner & CoÕs target is to fully digitalize its supply and service chain and to support the launch of an independent open industry platform, which shall become the dominant vertical platform of the steel and metals industry. Currently Klšckner & Co has around 8,800 employees. The Group had sales of around Û5.7 billion in fiscal 2016. The shares of Klšckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the regulated market segment (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbšrse) with further post-admission obligations (Prime Standard). Klšckner & Co shares are listed in the SDAX¨-Index of Deutsche Bšrse.