The rating of the leading stainless steel suppliers in the first six months of 2014.

Currently more than 300 companies sell stainless products on the Russian market. However, public data and transparency of many companies is wide open for criticism.
Due to lack of information about metal company activities it’s difficult for the customers to make an intelligent choice in favor of one or another supplier.  
The main aim of compiling the SpetsStal rating is the expert assessment of the reliability of the Russian vendors and their bargaining strength.
The first half year of 2014 has gone. It was marked by price hike on stainless products in overseas and local markets, weakness of the ruble rate and clouded prospects of the economic growth in Russia.
Despite the negative background it should be noted that the majority of top metal traders kept their leading positions in the market.
According to results of the SpetsStal expert assessment and stainless consumer surveys the leading metal trading companies are considered the following companies: 

The assessment technique of the leading metal traders include the following basic highlights such as sales volume, market experience, company openness and transparence, regional coverage, maintaining of stock movement, availability of services, numbers of workers, product differentiation, availability of foreign economic activities, the number of the regular customers, business reputation, customer’s and consumer’s opinion.