This is our latest edition of VL Connect, Van Leeuwen’s online magazine for our customers and other key business relations. It is our pleasure to keep you informed three times a year of major – and minor – news from our global network through means of VL Connect.

Van Leeuwen is a leading internationally operating trading company and a specialist in steel pipes, and pipe and tube applications. The company, with its head office in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, has 70 offices and stock-keeping locations in 33 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America. Our global logistics and knowledge of products and customer applications make us a leading, specialized company in our markets. With the VL Connect, we share news from our global network with our customers and relations.

In this edition of VL Connect, we reflect on some of Van Leeuwen’s milestones in 2022. We tell you about our sustainability strategy, in this VL Connect focusing on our ambition to become the greenest pipe and tube distributor of the world. Ruggero Nestri, Regional Managing Director of Southeast Europe, shares insights into the European steel market and discusses our company in Italy. Jörg Hassler, Commercial Director of Van Leeuwen Germany and Austria, explains how we support our major customers through Key Account Management in their business.

Enjoy reading!