Plantfacts by BCG is a state-of-the-art online tool that provides fast and in-depth insights into the global steel production landscape. It captures the essence of technical data by analyzing and visualizing it from a use-case perspective.
Key features of Plantfacts by BCG – a steel capacity database
How can Plantfacts by BCG help?
Grasp market structure and competitor technology; identify production sites for specific products.
Identify carbon-intensive production sites and green steel transformation needs.
Develop sourcing strategy for downstream companies based on detailed analysis of plant types and related product portfolio.
Analyze gaps and overlaps in a joint production setup, develop CapEx strategy.
3 sample questions Plantfacts by BCG can help you answer:
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What does an optimized production network look like after an acquisition?
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What is the market size for refractories producers in a specific region?
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Where should a new production site be built based on network and competitor analysis?
Plantfacts by BCG offers relevant insights in various contexts for different stakeholders in the steel ecosystem:
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Plantfacts by BCG is the ideal tool to gain market and company intelligence
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Gain insight: Creates unmatched transparency about technical capabilities, future-readiness, and competitive position of countries and companies in the steel industry. -
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Create transparency: A state-of-the-art online tool for comprehensive, flexible analysis and visualization of steel capacity data, adding a layer of relational information for de-averaged analysis. -
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Build upon top data quality: Offers an up-to-date, comprehensive, reliable dataset on worldwide steel capacities and technical specs along all production steps.
Coverage
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70%Coverage of worldwide crude steel production
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36Plant types
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15k+Plant data
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100+Countries
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~1500+Companies
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20+Years of historical data
Analytical dimensions
Plantfacts by BCG offers a broad range of analytical dimensions to slice and dice data based on custom demands and ensures maximum insights.
Plantfacts data offers both the holistic view across regions and equipment types and deep-dives on detailed specs level.
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If you would like to know more, please contact:
Nicole Voigt is BCG’s Global Topic Lead for Metals and a core member of the Industrial Goods Practice at BCG. She has gained extensive experience helping clients build competitive advantage, focusing on operational excellence and (digital) supply chain transformations in Metals & Mining.
Ingo Mergelkamp is a core member of BCG’s Industrial Goods Practice with a special focus on the iron and steelmaking industries. He manages BCG’s Metals & Mining knowledge teams in Dusseldorf and Boston. In the past, Ingo has developed various proprietary tools for the analysis of spreads, steel trade and profit pools.
*Plantfacts used to be owned and maintained by the German Steel Institute VDEh and was acquired by BCG in December 2020. The launch of Plantfacts by BCG marks the database’s transition to a digital platform with enhanced analytical options.