Thy-Marcinelle

Thy-Marcinelle
Industry Steel
Headquarters Charleroi, Belgium
Parent Gruppo Riva

Thy-Marcinelle is a steelworks in Charleroi, Belgium, a subsidiary of the Riva group. The company is the descendent of one part of various steel companies based in the Charleroi industrial basin.

The companies history traces back through Cockerill-Sambre to the predecessors of Hainaut-Sambre; the companies Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau and Thy-Marcinelle et Providence.

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History

Predecessors

The forge at Thy-le-Chateau dates to at least 1763.[1]

The company of Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau (TMM) was formed in 1966 by the merger of Aciéries et Minières de la Sambre (formed 1936 when split from Ougrée-Marihaye)[2] and the steelworks of Thy-le-Chateau,[3][4] this company merged with the Forges de la Providence in 1979 forming the company Thy-Marcinelle et Providence (TMP).[3] This group of companies merged with Hainaut-Sambre in 1980 and became part of the Cockerill-Sambre group in 1981.

Thy-Marcinelle

At the beginning of the 1990s the Italian Riva Group acquired a rolling mill in Charleroi, forming its subsidiary Thy-Marcinelle from it.[5]

As of 2010 the plants facilities include electric furnaces, a continuous casting machine, reheating furnace and a wire mill (rebar).[6]

References

  1. ^ Thomas Derdak; Jay P. Pederson (1999). International directory of company histories. 26. St. James Press. p. 82. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=18-6AAAAIAAJ. 
  2. ^ "Aciéries et Minières de la Sambre, Belgique" (in french). www.indsutrie.lu. http://www.industrie.lu/AMS.html. 
  3. ^ a b Michel Capron (1987). "The State, the Regions and Industrial Redevelopment: The Challenge of the Belgian Steel Crisis". In Yves Mény, Vincent Wright. The Politics of steel: Western Europe and the steel industry in the crisis years (1974-1984). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 692–790. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eYZinsF8qEAC. 
  4. ^ André Mommen (1994). The Belgian economy in the twentieth century. Routledge. p. 135. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vIQOAAAAQAAJ. 
  5. ^ "Gruppo Riva Storia" (in italian), www.rivagroup.com (Riva Group): pp. 5, http://www.rivagroup.com/download/ita/RIVAFIRE_Storia.pdf 
  6. ^ "Plants of Thy Marcinelle production unit, location in Charleroi (Belgium)". www.rivagroup.com. http://www.rivagroup.com/eng/belgio/BelgioRiva_Charleroi.htm.