My name is John Vernon and I am the Managing Director of Metstok International Ltd based in the UK and I am a 2019 Queens Award winner for International Trade in stainless steel. I have been in the stainless steel industry since 1977 and have been the owner manager of both stockholding and international trading companies selling and distributing hundreds of thousands of tonnes of stainless steel flat and long products.

My companies have distributed material from major mills including Jindal, Outokumpu, Aperam, Tsingshan, Mexinox and Acerinox serving customers in the UK, Europe and The Americas.

Our international sales team are all experienced stainless steel specialists with decades of experience and bring strong corporate and personal relationships which have been grown by understanding the international stainless industry but also the local markets, languages and cultures.

We are a service based enterprise and our focus is on developing new partnerships and maintaining high service levels for all of our business partners.