WSM represents 5,000 German companies that employ 450,000 people and produce steel and metal products for customers in the automotive, machinery and electronics industries. WSM welcomes the IAA and supports its aim of promoting the development of European supplier industries. In recent years, imports of processed steel and metal goods into the EU have increased significantly.
SMA
Steel- and Metalprocessing Association (WSM e.V.)
Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 921351835520-23
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #782 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
4.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2019
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Orgalim →
- BDI
- ASMoR
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. (WSM)
- Head office
- Düsseldorf, Germany
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Steel- and Metalprocessing Association (WSM e.V.) filed 2 positions between 5 May 2026 and 18 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
What they argued
Dir sirs, in the attachment you find our recommondations to Omnibus 8, especially with focus on IED, which affects our branche. According to EU-Brussel declaration from 2024 we appreciate to improve IED to raise down burocratic burdens and reports, to accelerate approvals of industrial plants and to prevent IED-processes from moving to non-EU countries with lower environmental requirements.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- IDEE ECONOMICHE www.idee-economiche.it · 2 files in common
- Cefic · 2 files in common
- Wirtschaftskammer Österreich · 2 files in common
- European Environmental Bureau · 2 files in common
- Danish Industry · 2 files in common
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