ArcelorMittal (Sint-Kruis-Winkel)

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  Kante (guest)Kante (guest)

  i worked there for awhile is a very big Company it belongs to the biggest Metal Concern of the world

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  ageirnaertageirnaert

  Sidmar Construction began in 1964, with a cold rolling mill completed in March 1966, and a hot rolling operational by the end of that year, the first blast furnace in 1967 and a second in 1968. Expansion continued in the early 1970s with a coking factory and second cold rolling mill. The 1973–75 recession caused a crisis in the global steel market in the mid 1970s. Though the company fared better than the southern Belgian steel producers, investors other than Arbed disposed of their shares; Cockerill sold its 21.9 share to Arbed in 1975 due to its own financial problems, giving Arbed, which had previously increased its holding to 62.2% by 1973 a large majority shareholding of over 80%. By the beginning of the 1980s some re-investment and expansion started again; a continuous rolling mill in 1981, as well as acquiring stakes in ALZ, and Klöckner. In 1989 Sidmar's steel capacity represented 30% of total Belgian steel production. By 1994 Sidmar had majority share ownership of Klöckner which was renamed Stahlwerke Bremen. Further investment in the 1990s and 2000s gave the plant galvanising facilities (through a joint venture Galtec with dutch steelmaker Hoogovens opened 1998, and renamed Sidgal in 2002, followed by two more lines Sidgal 2 and Sidgal 3 in 2000 and later the ability to continuous cast slab steel, as well as blast furnace expansion. In 2002, as part of Arbed the company became part of Arcelor, and was renamed Arcelor Ghent in 2006. ArcelorMittal Ghent Under ArcelorMittal ownership production continued, as Arcelor Mittal Ghent. The company produces ~5million tonnes pa of flat steel, with automotive manufacturers being a major source of custom. Flat steel is produced as hot or electrolytically galvanised, and plastic coated steel. The plant produces steel from ore, and has coking plants, sinter plants (blast furnace feedstock production), blast furnaces of total capacity over 4million tonnes pa, and hot and cold rolling facilities.

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