Aleksandar Gechev

IGM-Trade

Since its foundations as a trading company in 1994, IGM-Trade has been rapidly developing as a greenfield investment becoming one of the largest producers of steel welded pipe and profile in South-Eastern Europe. Today we have over 500 employees working in our premises in Kavadarci in an area of 500.000 m2 with covered space of 280.000 m2. Our production facilities have a combined annual capacity of 250.000 tonnes per year. We are continuously investing in new technology in order to sustain our position as a market leader. IGM-Trade is an export-oriented company with 95% of the total output sold outside Macedonia, in the EU and CEFTA markets. Our highly-motivated and experienced sales team is trained to work closely with our production department to ensure fast production, quick delivery and high degree of customer satisfaction. We work hard to satisfy the strict quality requirements of our customers Our secondary activity involves the processing of steel coils into sheets and strips with plans to further develop our in-house service center capabilities. Production takes places under the world recognized standards for manufacturing and quality ISO 9001:2015 and includes the following dimensions and sizes: Square hollow section from 13x13 up to 260x260 mm, with thickness up to 10.0 mm Rectangular hollow section from 30x10 up to 300x200, with thickness up to 10.0 mm Round tubes from ɸ 16 - ɸ 323,9 (3/8"- 12") with thickness up to 8.0 mm Pressure-tested tubes Oval and semi-oval tubes Special cross-section profiles - ZP profiles Steel grades: S235JR, S275JR, S355JR As part of our investment strategy, we now operate a production facility for steel structures and a construction company which are used extensively in the construction of IGM's new projects. At the end of 2015 IGM-Trade expanded its operations outside Macedonia with the purchase of former ALPOS, factory for welded steel pipe and profile located in Šentjur, Slovenia.