Estel

For other uses, see Estel (disambiguation).
Estel
Industry Steel
Predecessor IJmuiden steelworks, Hoesch Dortmund steelworks
Successor IJmuiden steelworks, Hoesch Dortmund steelworks
Founded 1972
Defunct 1982
Headquarters Nijmegen, Netherlands
Number of locations
 IJmuiden, Dortmund
Products Iron, Raw steel, finished steel, manufactured steel

Estel (also styled as ESTEL)[1] was a steel company formed by the merging of Koninklijke Hoogovens IJmuiden steel plant and Hoesch's main steel plant in Dortmund. The company existed from 1972 to 1982 until de-merged.

History

In 1966 the board of Koninklijke Hoogovens voted in favour of merging their IJmuiden steelworks with the Dortmund plant of German steelmaker Hoesch; Hoesch would benefit from the IJmuiden steelwork's port, and Koninklijke Hoogovens' 43% shareholding in the Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion (DHHU) was converted into a 15% shareholding in Hoesch with Hoesch acquiring DHUU.[note 1] The two firms made agreements on division of work between the plants – IJmuiden was to concentrate on pig iron, crude steel, and semi-manufactured products, whilst Hoesch's Dortmund plant was to produce finished steels and manufactured products. The two entities were merged in 1972, forming Estel NV, headquarter in Nijmegen.[3][4][5]

In the mid 1970s the Steel crisis caused overcapacity in steel production throughout Europe; Estel needed to invest to improve production quality and efficiency to compensate for loss of production volume, and to cut production costs; additionally Hoesch's branch of Estel was making losses, and required support; as such it sought investment from both the German and Netherlands government; however the Dutch government was only willing to invest if the German state also supported the venture, whilst the German state wished any restructuring and investment to be done in collaboration with Krupp (also loss making) which was not acceptable to Dutch banks.[3][6] As a result in 1982 the 50:50 partnership of Estel was dissolved, with Hoesch taking 61% of its liabilities.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Koninkijke Hoogoven had a share in Phoenix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb of Dortmund which had been merged into Vereinigte Stahlwerke; following the breakup of that concern in 1953 Hoogoven's share was converted into a holding of the Dortmund based Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Staff (31 Jan 1975). "Envirotech, Dutch Firm Sign Pact". The Times (San Mateo, California). p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Hans Schenk (2001), "6. A 'Dutch Miracle' in steel policy? Laissez-faire intervention, wage restraint and the evolution of Hoogovens", in B. Guy Peters; Mark Bovens; Paul 't Hart, Success and failure in public governance: a comparative analysis, New Horizons in Public Policy, series editor Wayne Parsons, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 84–104 [94]
  3. 1 2 Jay P. Pederson, ed. (2008), "Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken NV", International Directory of Company Histories (Gale) 91, via www.encyclopedia.com
  4. ↑ Karl Eckart (2003), "2.4.2 The companies of iron and steel industry: Estel-Hoesch, Thyssen, Klöckner", Social, economic and cultural aspects in the dynamic changing process of old industrial regions: Ruhr District (Germany), Upper Silesia (Poland), Ostrava Region (Czech Republic), LIT Verlag Münster, pp. 51–52
  5. ↑ Günter K. Stahl; Mark E. Mendenhall (2005), Mergers and acquisitions: managing culture and human resources, Stanford University Press, pp. 326–331, 335–336
  6. ↑ Hans Schenk (May 2000), "IS POLDER-TYPE GOVERNANCE GOOD FOR YOU? Laissez-Faire Intervention, Wage Restraint, And Dutch Steel" (PDF), repub.eur.nl, pp. 11–13
  7. ↑ "History of Koninklijke Hoogovens" (PDF), www.tatasteeleurope.com (Corus)
  8. ↑ "Hoesch Partnership", www.nytimes.com (New York Times), 17 November 1982

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