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Solia is a distribution company specialized in origination, logistics, and sales of Metals & Agri products within Spain and Portugal

Our focus is to build up a portfolio of clients able to provide a recurrent and consistent trade flow to our principals in an exclusive basis.

Solia run business with transaction and financial discipline.

Team

Multidisciplinary team, with more than 20 years of experience in international markets, focused on people and serving projects.

Market Analysis

A big portion of our resources and time are dedicated to market analysis and trade control, enhanced by our own programs and first-class data providers.

Risk Management

Through financial tools, Solia has been able to cover its operational risk, by hedging within product prices and FOREX summing to a trade flow of over 150 million USD.

Track Record

250 million EUR in transaction value with Steel products

30 million EUR in revenues from Zinc products

20% of the market share in Spain and Portugal

Current Capacity

Steel

(1) Origination from 6+ mills located across the globe

(2) Operation of 50+ specs of steel coils

(3) Distribution of roughly 220,000 MT of steel coils a year

(4) Recurrent supply, with 15+ vessels a year

(5) Sale network of 20+ biggest players in the market

Zinc

(1) Origination from both foreign & domestic refineries

(2) Loading of 250+ trucks a year for delivery

(3) Capacity of 6,000 MT of Zinc Products

(4) Supplying 25+ biggest Zinc industrial consumers in Spain and Portugal

Lead

(1) Origination from international factories

(2) Capacity for partial load trucks

(3) Flexiable specs for any type of usage

(4) Network expanding across Spain and Portugal

Biodiesel

(1) Origination of advanced & normal double counting oils from in and out of EU

(2) Feedstock supply of Veg Oils, Animal Fats, and Used Oils

(3) Stable production capacity upto 60,000 MT/year

(4) Destilation capacity, final product complying with EN 14214

(5) Sales of biodiesel, and its’ byproducts such as glycerine and biofuel

(6) Operations in accordance with ISCC, RED, and REACH regulations

PRODUCTS

Steel

(i) Hot-rolled Coils
(ii) P&O Coils
(iii) Cold-rolled Coils

Zinc

(i) Zinc SHG Ingots & Jumbos
(ii) Continuous Galvanizing Grade (CGG) Ingots
(iii) ZnNi (Technigalva) Jumbos
(iv) ZnAI (Galva5 & Galva15) Ingots

Lead

(i) LME 99.985pct Pb
(ii) Others

Biodiesel

(i) FAME EN 14214
(ii) Glycerin
(iii) Biofuel (Bio Heating Oil)

Team

GUILLERMO ZATARAIN

Economist with 20 years of experience developing projects in the naval and industrial markets. After 7 years as a charterer shipbroker, he has developed relevant projects in various European markets and has carried out shipping and trading policies in a multinational company. In addition, he advised institutions and private equity funds in acquisitions of port assets and companies with significant exposure in natural resources.

GONZALO OSBORNE

Lawyer, with experience in the creation and consolidation of commercial networks. As a consultant for 3 years, he has worked on after-sales strategies for automotive brands. Since 2012 he has oriented his career to the wholesale trade of raw materials, mainly olive oil, and has developed commercial networks in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Since 2018 he has joined Solia’s market and business development team for non-ferrous metals, where he has been able to foster the network and capture value.

JOAO ROLIM

Economist, with experience in project development and business strategy. As a treasury analyst, worked within the Brazilian banking market operating overnight transactions & developing econometrics for fixed income market analysis. As a Brazilian native, focused his research on natural resources and international trade finance.