Combined strengths The KCM 2000 Group manages a wide portfolio of companies across a number of fields such as nonferrous metals production, trade and engineering, and includes Europe’s largest producer of lead and zinc alloys, KCM AD. Industry Europe looks at the group’s activities and how the synergies between each of its companies have enabled it to grow in strength in the years since its establishment.
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rivatised in 2000, the joint-stock company KCM 2000 AD manages a diverse portfolio of companies, employing over 3000 people across the fields of nonferrous metals production trade, industrial engineering and industrial service. It is the role of the parent company to assist each of its subsidiaries in the management and control of their various activities when it comes to innovation, production, trade and marketing. 138 Industry Europe
KCM AD is the main production unit of the group and the leader in nonferrous metals production in south-eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. The company remains at the cutting edge of metallurgical development and works actively to promote the sustainable credentials of its materials. The group also holds a 49 per cent share in Luki Invest Plc, a producer of lead and zinc ore. Meanwhile VARBA-BATANTSI, established in 2011, is focused on the mining and processing of ore
