A 10-year relationship with PALFINGER has enabled Tata Steel to develop a spectrum of outsourced services as well as supplying its world-renowned Ympress^® products. As a result, PALFINGER has significantly improved productivity and enhanced its market-leading position.

The challenge
With greater rivalry in the sector and rising costs, major manufacturers such as PALFINGER must continually improve performance if they are to retain their market-leading position and remain profitable.

The solution
By providing an end-to-end outsourcing solution as well as supplying high-performance steels, Tata Steel has played a pivotal role in PALFINGER’s successful initiative to continuously improve its products.

The product
Tata Steel’s Ympress range of steel, recognised for its high strength and outstanding formability, has helped PALFINGER strengthen its position for further growth.

As a leading global manufacturer of hydraulic lifting systems, PALFINGER must continually innovate across its extensive product range. This includes:

• Loader cranes
• Forestry and recycling cranes
• Container handling systems
• Offshore wind energy cranes

Delivering total supply-chain management
Against a commercial backdrop of intensified competition and rising costs, a simple materials supplier would not suffice. Instead, PALFINGER needed a comprehensive outsourced procurement service that could take on responsibility for all aspects of supply-chain management, including:

• Logistics
• Product development
• Associated data processing
• Supply of high quality steel

Finding the ideal product solution
At the core of PALFINGER’s international operations is the exceptionally reliable, stable and durable Ympress® steel used in modern cranes and lifting systems.

• The Ympress steel product range has been consistently relied upon by PALFINGER for 10 years
• Ympress steel is globally recognised for its high strength and outstanding formability

PALFINGER’s operations use approximately 8,000 tonnes of Ympress high strength steel every year.