Marcegaglia
| Marcegaglia | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Holding |
| founding | 1959 |
| Seat |
Gazoldo degli Ippoliti ( MN ), Italy
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| management | Antonio Marcegaglia (CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors Marcegaglia Holding), Emma Marcegaglia (CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors Fin.Mar.) |
| Number of employees | 6,500 (2017) |
| sales | 5 billion euros (2017) |
| Branch | Steel processing |
| Website | www.marcegaglia.com |
Marcegaglia is an Italian industrial group that operates in Europe and worldwide on the steel market.
history
The origins and development in Italy and worldwide
The history of the Marcegaglia Group began in 1959 when Steno Marcegaglia († September 10, 2013), then just under thirty years old, took over a craft business together with a partner through the company Marcegaglia-Caraffini di Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (Mantua) Manufactured irrigation pipes and metal rails for roller shutters.
Four years later, the Ipas company was founded in Contino di Volta Mantovana, which manufactured drawn bars from flat and round steel with around ten employees. In Gazoldo degli Ippoliti , where around 30 employees were already involved in the production of open profile parts , the production of the first tubes made of cold-rolled strip steel began. From 1963 the production activities of these small companies were strengthened and expanded through ongoing investments. In 1969 a new rolling mill for the production of cold-rolled strip steel was acquired.
In 1974 the plant in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti built a further 250,000 square meters of production hall. The production range was diversified and expanded with the addition of tubes made of hot-rolled strip steel. In 1978, after the takeover of Laminatoi Meridionali in Arzano (Napoli), the Marcegaglia Group began to advertise troubled production plants that were rehabilitated and made competitive.
In 1982, when the total number of employees had already reached 640, the second most important plant of the group was built in Casalmaggiore and equipped with the technologically modern systems from “Oto Mills” from Boretto (Reggio Emilia). This company, which was taken over with other partners in 1979, subsequently played a key role in the technical innovation of the Marcegaglia Group's production facilities.
In 1983 three other companies were taken over: Lombarda Tubi in Lomagna (Lecco), Saom in Boltiere (Bergamo) and Trisider in Tezze (Vicenza). The total turnover of "Made in Marcegaglia" had risen to 175 million euros in 1983 and over 860 people were employed. The group continued to be personally managed by Steno Marcegaglia, supported by his wife Palmira Bazzani, and later also by the children Antonio and Emma. In 1984 the structure of the group was redesigned based on an internal restructuring plan. The former Metallurgica Marcegaglia, the former Ipas and the former Tubi Acciaio merged in the newly founded company Marcegaglia Spa. Lombarda Tubi took over the former Saom, while Trisider and Oto Mills retained their corporate autonomy in sales and engineering.
In 1985, the Marcegaglia Group expanded its industrial activities by taking over three major companies in the Maraldi Group: Maraldi Company in Ravenna , Forlisider Company in Forlimpopoli (Forlì) and Salpa Company in Cervignano del Friuli (Udine), all specialized in the Manufacture of pipes for water, gas and methane pipes, which were then converted and processed in the new Marcegaglia plants in Forlì, Cervignano and Ravenna.
In 1985, after the takeover of the company Cct in Santo Stefano Ticino (Milan), the company Profilnastro in Dusino San Michele (Asti), which was active in the production of pipes from hot-rolled strip steel, was taken over, which at that time was in the process of legal restructuring . The management of the companies resulting from the reconversion , the control of the group’s interests in non-metallurgical companies, and the management of a significant stock and bond portfolio led to the establishment of a new company in 1987, the Fingem Spa a financial service provider at national and European level.
In 1987 Antonio Marcegaglia joined the company. In 1988, Credit Suisse acquired the island of Albarella on the Adriatic coast and expanded it into a holiday complex.
Antonio Marcegaglia drove the diversification of the group by founding the Bioindustrie Mantovane in 1988, by taking over the companies Oskar in Osteria Grande (Bologna), Nuova Omec, Ennepi in Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna), and Imat in Fontanafredda (Pordenone) , 1989 the CCT in Gallarate (VA) and the Elet.Ca in Capalle (FI) as well as the establishment of Marcegaglia Impianti in Saronno (VA) in 1989. In the same year, shares in Fergallo in Motteggiana (MN), SIM in Sant'Atto (TE) and Elletre in Montebello Vicentino (VI) were acquired. In 1991 the group acquired Resco Tubi in Cusago (Milan) and OMF in Fiume Veneto (PN). In 1994 she acquired the Brollo Profilati company in Desio (Milan), which then moved to the former Breda site at the gates of Milan, to a total area of 80,000 square meters, which was acquired in 1996. In 1995 the company ETA Euro Tubi Acciaio followed in Milan and a stake in the company Allu's in Sesto al Reghena (PN).
The new operating and production constellation made it possible for the group to also be represented in the areas of metal household items as well as electrostatic painting of metals and metal components for the household appliance industry. The metallurgical department was expanded to include the production of thin stainless steel tubes and cold-rolled profiles.
In 1996, the Euro Energy Group was also founded to develop systems for generating energy from renewable energies. In January 1997, Nuova Forsidera was acquired with its plants in Corsico (Milan) and Albignasego (Padua), which specialize in cold rolling, transforming and galvanizing steel. In 1998, “Boiler Expertise” was founded for the planning and manufacture of industrial and heating boilers.
Also in 1998 the group took over the Astra company in Mezzolara di Budrio (BO); In addition, the former Siderplating factory, where sheet metal is manufactured on rolling mills, was taken over under the name of Marcegaglia San Giorgio di Nogaro (Udine). In 1999 the companies Morteo Nord in Pozzolo Formigaro (Alessandria) and Ponteggi Dalmine in Milan were taken over.
This was followed by the takeover of the Pugnochiuso holiday complex in the Apulian foothills of the Gargano in 2001 in the tourism sector . In December 2001, after an investment of around 500 million euros within a few years, a new plant was opened in Ravenna : the second largest Italian industrial complex in the iron and steel sector. In 2002, on the former site of the Belleli company, the second largest production facility in southern Italy, after the one in Potenza, went into operation in Taranto .
In 2003 the area of products for the household appliance industry expanded further with the takeover of BVB in San Lorenzo in Campo (Pesaro). In 2004 the group expanded its activity in the tourism industry by taking over 49% of Sviluppo Italia Turismo together with Banca Intesa and the Ifil group.
In 2007 Antonio Marcegaglia subscribed to the capital of the real estate company Gabetti Property Solutions and expanded his factory in Ravenna with a further investment of 300 million euros. He expanded in the energy sector and tackled the solar power sector with the company he controlled, Arendi , in order to manufacture photovoltaic elements . In addition, he increased his involvement in the tourism industry by taking over the management of the Forte Village resort in Santa Margherita di Pula in Sardinia . A little later the holiday club “Le Tonnare” in Stintino in the province of Sassari was added. In 2007 he also expanded the plant in Boltiere (BG). In 2008 he took over the Castel Monastero hotel complex in Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI) and the “Ex Arsenale” real estate complex on La Maddalena (SS).
The internationalization of the group
In 1989 Antonio Marcegaglia started the internationalization policy of the Marcegaglia Group.
In 1989, Marcegaglia Germany Düsseldorf was founded to market the Group's products on the German market and the markets of Northern European countries. In addition, United Stainless Steel was founded near London in Great Britain and shortly afterwards Marcegaglia UK for the production of welded tubes from hot and cold rolled strip; 1997 then Marcegaglia UK in Dudley , West Midlands. In 1991, the group in the United States took over The New Bishop Tube in Philadelphia and in February 1992 the Damascus company in Greenville , two production sites from which the Damascus-Bishop Tube Company, which specializes in stainless steel, emerged.
In 1993 Marcegaglia took over the Belgian company Cotubel, which markets tubes and stainless steel products in France and the Benelux countries, and founded the trading company Central Bright Steel for the marketing of welded tubes in Great Britain. This began in 1997 with the production of the same in the Birmingham area . In the summer of 1998, a large industrial area was acquired in Munhall near Pittsburgh to give the new Marcegaglia USA quarters, which then also took over the Damascus-Bishop Tube Company. In Bremen a joint venture with the Arbed Group was founded the first company of Marcegaglia for the production of high quality steel in the frame.
In 2000 this was taken over by the Earcanal Group from Leioa (Spain). After the joint venture with Arbed, the Marcegaglia Group reached an agreement with the Corus Group in 2004 to jointly manage the facilities of its English steelworks in Teesside for ten years , which means that it can supply at a purchase price of one million tons of slabs per year for the production of coils and sheet metal secured. In the same year the Oto Mills do Brasil company was founded in São Paulo .
In 2005, Antonio Marcegaglia continued the expansion of the Marcegaglia do Brasil company and in June opened the group's fourth production site abroad to manufacture refrigerator tubes, insulation panels and trapezoidal sheets in Praszka (Poland). A year later, the Kluczbork site for the production of tubes and drawn bars was added at a distance of 20 kilometers. In 2007, Marcegaglia founded the company Marcegaglia Gulf in Doha in Qatar . The expansion of industrial activities was continued in 2008 with an expansion to China, where the first Asian plant for the production of high-precision stainless steel and carbon steel tubes was established in Yangzhou , 350 km northeast of Shanghai. Marcegaglia Romania was also established in Cluj , and work began on a new production facility in Vladimir (Russia).
Areas of activity
The Marcegaglia Group today
The Marcegaglia Group is active in Italy and abroad with 50 companies and around 6,500 employees (as of 2012) in the metal and steel processing industry and a number of diversified production areas. The group is managed by the Marcegaglia family and achieved a turnover of 4.2 billion euros in 2012.
Metal and steel processing
In its 50 production facilities in Italy and abroad (Europe, USA, South America, Asia), which are all equipped with technologically modern systems, around 5 million tons of steel are processed per year and around 5,000 kilometers of welded pipes, profile parts, Drawn rods, panels, strips and sheets made of stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum in all sizes and thicknesses, which are used in vehicle construction, the production of household appliances, heat exchangers, furniture and shelves, as well as in the construction sector and for large infrastructures, in the field of steel construction , in the paper industry, the food industry, etc.
The diversified activities
The Marcegaglia Group is represented by several controlled companies in other, diversified industrial sectors and other branches, such as: in engineering with the planning and construction of metal and steel processing plants and plants, in steel construction and the construction of electronic control systems , in the energy industry with the planning and construction of power plants for energy generation through the use of biomass, production of photovoltaic technology; in ecology with services for companies and individuals with regard to safety and environmental protection, in the metal products industry with the production of brooms, brushes and shovels for household cleaning, with the production of cooling coils and condensers for the household appliance industry, in agriculture with the management of agricultural and livestock businesses, in the tourism and real estate industries with the management of holiday resorts, hotels and holiday homes (Forte Village, Pugnochiuso, Albarella and Stintino).
Judicial proceedings
In 2008, the Marcegaglia company reached a settlement with the public prosecutor's office and accepted a fine of 500,000 euros plus 250,000 euros in confiscation in relation to bribes of 1,158,000 euros paid in 2003 to Lorenzo Marzocchi of EniPower . His controlled joint stock company, Ne / Cct spa, reached a settlement with the public prosecutor's office over a fine of 500,000 euros and 5,250,000 euros in confiscation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Stampa Marcegaglia: rilancio della Morteo in 3 anni ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Gazzetta di Mantova Operazione sui mercati esteri affidata da Steno al figlio Antonio Marcegaglia
- ↑ FinanzNachrichten Enel and Marcegaglia to install a 4 MW solar roof top
bibliography
- MS Sacchi, The Marcegaglia Group fully in the industry , Corriere Economia, 28-5-2007
- GM News (corporate information sheet), Julia 1999
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- Marcegaglia, Corporate profile 2007
- Steno Marcegaglia, "The Lord of Steel - The human and entrepreneurial adventure of the Steno Marcegaglia"