Acerinox

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Acerinox, SA

Type	Public
Founded	1952
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Key people	Victoriano Muñoz Cava (Chairman of the Board and CEO)
Industry	Steel
Products	Stainless steel
Revenue	€ 4.214 billion (2005)
Employees	6,695
Website	www.acerinox.es

Acerinox, SA, (IBEX-35:ACX) is a Spanish stainless steel manufacturing conglomerate group. The company was founded in 1952. The headquarters are in Madrid. The chairman is Victoriano Muñoz Cava.The company is the 5th in world production.

The conglomerate group is formed by the follow companies and factories:

1 Companies and Factories
2 External links
3 Accidents
4 Notes

[edit] Companies and Factories

Fábrica del Campo de Gibraltar - In
Roldán SA - In
Inoxfil SA - In
Inoxcenter SA - In
Inoxidables de Galicia SAU - In
Metalinox Bilbao SA - In
Inoxmetal SA - In
Acimetal - In
Inoxcenter Canarias SA - In
Acerol - Comércio e Indústria de Aços Inoxidáveis - In
Acerinox France - In
Acerinox UK Ltd - In
Acerinox Schweiz SA - In
Acerinox Italia SRL - In
Betinoks Turquía - In
Columbus Stainless - In - Columbus Stainless
Acerinox Malaysia - In
Acerinox Argentina - In
Acerinox Chile - In
North American Stainless - In - North American Stainless

[edit] External links

Acerinox Official Website

[edit] Accidents

"A Spanish steel plant (Acerinox) in Algeciras, Cadiz adds a capsule filled with cesium 137 to scrap metal before melting it down. The radioactive substance is released into the atmosphere and nuclear authorities in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland detect 2,400 micro bequerel of radiation in the air, 1,000 times higher than usual ground reading." ^[1]

"Cesium-137 is water-soluble and extremely toxic in minute amounts. Once released into the environment, it remains radioactively lethal for 300 years. It can cause cancer 10, 20 or 30 years from the time of ingestion, inhalation or absorption." ^[2]