Severstal was the first steelmaker to implement a business model of finished steel production on a partnership basis. In this case the company acts as a supplier of give-and-take raw materials and seller of finished products, and the partner produces them at its site. Under the partner scheme in Russia racking systems and mezzanine structures are already produced, as well as dust and wind shields, power line supports, load-bearing profiled sheeting, sheet piles and piles.