PURCHASES

Using our purchasing power

The close similarity between different Group members gives us real muscle power when negotiating our purchasing (235 million euros at the end of August 2008). We have a central purchasing organisation for raw material, production requirements and merchandise.

The Altrad Group's main markets are the following:

Raw materials

Steel tubes
Sheet steel
Steel bands and cut plates
Standard laminates
Aluminium profiles
Aluminium sheets
Wood
Powder paint
Gas

Production equipment

Castings
Forged items
Wheels and castors
Bearings and axel supports
Diesel/petrol engines
Electric motors
Plastic mouldings
Driving belts
Fastenings

Sub-contracting

Laser cutting/ Sheet metal working
Pre-treatment

Merchandise purchasing

Construction equipment

Purchasing objectives in terms of our approach to current and future partners:

to reduce acquisition costs;
guarantee the safety and quality of supplies;
reduce the risks inherent to the world of our outside partners.

We therefore establish close relations with our partners. We expect them to take into account our efforts to:

capitalize on the purchasing power of the Group to improve the purchasing conditions of each company, while securing supplies;
improve our knowledge of purchasing markets and suppliers by sharing experiences in order to choose the most competitive suppliers, in terms of both quality and price;
develop our specifications for greater technical optimisation;
compare the best purchasing solutions by company, via internal follow-up reporting of group purchasing performance;
use the services of our sourcing company in Asia to establish benchmarks between Asian and European purchasing opportunities.