Thy-Marcinelle

Thy-Marcinelle is a steelworks in Charleroi, Belgium, a subsidiary of the Riva group. The company is the descendant of one part of various steel companies based in the Charleroi industrial basin. Its history traces back through Cockerill-Sambre to the predecessors of Hainaut-Sambre, the companies Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau and Thy-Marcinelle et Providence.

Thy-Marcinelle
IndustrySteel
Headquarters
Charleroi
,
Belgium
ParentGruppo Riva

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
Thy-Marcinelle in Charleroi

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]

See also

References
  1. Thomas Derdak; Jay P. Pederson (1999). International directory of company histories. 26. St. James Press. p. 82.
  2. "Aciéries et Minières de la Sambre, Belgique". www.indsutrie.lu (in French).
  3. Michel Capron (1987). "The State, the Regions and Industrial Redevelopment: The Challenge of the Belgian Steel Crisis". In Yves Mény, Vincent Wright (ed.). The Politics of steel: Western Europe and the steel industry in the crisis years (1974-1984). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 692–790.
  4. André Mommen (1994). The Belgian economy in the twentieth century. Routledge. p. 135.
  5. "Gruppo Riva Storia" (PDF), www.rivagroup.com (in Italian), Riva Group, p. 5
  6. "Plants of Thy Marcinelle production unit, location in Charleroi (Belgium)". www.rivagroup.com.


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