Gruppo Riva

Riva FIRE is an Italian steel group headquartered in Milan. FIRE is the acronym for " Finanziaria Industriale Emilio Riva ".

History

Riva & C. S.A.S. was founded by the brothers Emilio and Adriano Riva 1954. The company produced iron and steel products from scrap, which Emilio Riva began in the post-war years the Italian reconstruction after the Second World War.

Steel production began in 1957 on the outskirts of Milan in the industrial area " Caronno Pertusella ", as the first electric arc furnace under the name " Acciaierie e Ferriere Riva " ( = iron and steel plant Riva ) made ​​his first racking to produce his first mold for rolled steel producer.

The first three-line continuous casting machine was developed at the Caronno - works by Emilio Riva, in collaboration with the engineer Enzo Colombo and the industrial plant builder Luigi Danieli. The development of continuous casting reduced the production costs and enabled Acciaerie di Caronno during the recession of 1964 the survival, meant the end for many competitors.

With the acquisition of the " Acciaerie e Ferriere del Tanaro " Lesegno in 1970 and the " Seii " in Malegno steel production was significantly increased, enabling Riva enter the market for long products, profile, rod and reinforcing bars in Italy.

At the end of the 1960s, the Riva group reached 8% of the mini-mills already have a total annual production of about 300,000 tons, which offered a wide range of long products. An important element of the Italian steel industry is the concentration of a variety of mini-mills in the area of Brescia, the process as raw materials, especially scrap.

By acquiring the Spanish " Siderurgica Sevillana " In 1971, the group took the first time a major overseas investment, which started with a small portion and was completed in 1988 with the acquisition and exported mini-mills outside the EC. The company had produced up to that point only reinforcing bars and diversified in 1977 to steel bars. 1980 reached the steel production of the Riva Group already 1.1 million tonnes per year, making 61 % of Italian, 28 % of Spanish and 11% of the French market on Riva and accounted for 670,000 tons of rolled products were generated.

With the acquisition of " Officine Fonderie e Galtarossa " in Verona, which specialized in round steel bars and wires, diversified Riva. Within five years, the production increased five-fold by the inclusion of new high-quality products such as welded structural steel for the construction industry.

With the acquisition of " Acciaerie di Cornigliano " of Ilva SpA, the consortium was led by then from COGEA in which the Italian state was the largest shareholder of the IRI, the privatization of an integrated steel plant in Italy was held for the first time. Riva doubled so that its steel production in Italy, reaching in 1989 an annual production of 3.2 million tons, of which accounted for 2.1 million tons to 1.1 million tons and its Italian on his Spanish and French iron and steel works. Of this total production accounted for 2.2 million tons of rolled steel products that are already accounted for a 10% share of the total steel bar production in the EU.

1977 was awarded the "VEB carbon and stainless steel combine Brandenburg" through the mediation of the plant manufacturer Danieli a know -how transfer the Riva group. When the THA dissolved the Combine and in March 1992 privatized the electric steel plant and the wire rod mill the "Brandenburg Elektrostahlwerke GmbH " and the electrical steel plant of Hennigsdorfer Stahl GmbH, Riva resorted to, modernized the plants by cross and increased production within a few years.

1994 production reached the Riva Group 5.8 million tonnes, 5 million tonnes accounted for rolled steel products in the five countries with which it aufrückte among the major European steel producers.

With the acquisition of " Ilva Laminati Piani SpA " - today Ilva SpA completed the IRI government privatization of the iron and steel industry in Italy. Riva completed so that its range of stainless steel both in flat - as in long- rolled steel products and thus targeted synergies both in Italy and abroad to.

Meanwhile Riva also acquired a majority stake in "Hellenic Steel" in Thessaloniki, Greece, which operates a cold rolling mill and produces coated products.

The " Ilva Servizi Marittimi " with 13 ships belongs to Riva Group for the transport of ore and scrap.

2000 took over Riva Usinor the " SAM " group, in which the electric steel interests of the French group with locations Neuves Maisons, Vauvert, Montereau and Lampert home were summarized.

In 2004, the Riva Group was exposed with an annual production of 16,650,000 tons, 25,000 employees and a turnover of almost € 8 billion in fourth place in the ranking of European steel producer and eleventh in the world.

The government Letta replaced in 2013 by government decree, the family Riva by the official receiver Enrico Bondi to clean up the steel plant Taranto.

Steelworks

  • Belgium ( Charleroi)
  • Germany (Brandenburg an der Havel, Hennig village, Lampert Home )
  • France ( Bonnières -sur -Seine, Gargenville )
  • Greece ( Thessaloniki )
  • Italy ( Caronno Pertusella, Lesegno, Sellero, Tarentum, Verona )
  • Spain ( Seville )
  • Tunisia ( Bizerte )
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