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Techint S.A.
Company typeprivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1945, Milan, Italy
1946, Argentina
HeadquartersLeandro Alem Avenue 1067, Buenos Aires,
 Argentina
Key people
Paolo Rocca
(Chairman and CEO)
Gianfelice Rocca
(Chairman)
ProductsSteel, Steel Tubes, Hospitals, Engineering, Construction
RevenueUS$ 26.0 billion (2008)[1]
Number of employees
53,075 (2008)[1]
WebsiteTechint

Techint is a multinational group based in Argentina founded in 1945 by Italian industrialist Agostino Rocca, who had been a steel manufacturer in Milan. Techint currently holds stock in over 100 engineering, steel, oil, gas and service companies in more than 35 countries. Techint, with its subsidiaries, is the largest steel making company in Latin America, (fifth in the Americas). Techint is the world's largest manufacturer of seamless steel tubes, mainly used in the oil industry.[1]

Techint is not limited only to production of steel. They also provide many services for other companies, for example, Telecom Argentina used Techint's services during the '90s when upgrading Argentina's phone systems. Techint installed thousand of underground cables for Telecom Argentina (mostly in Buenos Aires).[2]

History

Agostino Rocca, an executive at Ansaldo (a steel and artillery maker based in Milan), left for Argentina following Dictator Benito Mussolini's declaration of the Italian Social Republic over Northern Italy, in 1943. Techint was founded in Milan, but was reestablished in Buenos Aires in 1946, and its original company name, Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale (italian, Technical International Company), was changed shortly after to Techint, its abbreviated telex code.[1][3]

Awarded a contrct to build a 1,600 km (1,000 mi) gas pipeline from Comodoro Rivadavia to Buenos Aires in 1949 by President Juan Perón, Techint became a leading government contractor during Perón's ambitious infrastructure program. Establishing subsidiaries in Brazil (1947), Chile (1951), and Mexico (1954), the company opened its first seamless steel tube plant in Campana, in 1954; in 1969, Techint's Ensenada plant became the only Argentine manufacturer of cold rolled steel.[1]

A staple of large engineering projects all over South America, Techint participated in the privatization drive of the early 1990s, purchasing a stake in Argentina's then-leading steel manufacturer, the state-owned SOMISA. A significant part of Techint's core manufacturing strength has since been concentrated in the San Nicolás-Villa Constitución oil-and-steel corridor, where the company is a regional leader in the production of cold rolled steel. Its bids came in second place for the two electrical companies serving the Buenos Aires area; but consortia including Techint prevailed in other segments.[1]

On August 23, 2005, the Techint group bought 99.3% of Mexican Hylsamex for US $2.2 billion.[4] In press release, Techint informed that the Mexican steel manufacturer, and its previous steel manufacturers Siderar (Argentina) and Sidor (Venezuela) would be under a new subsidiary called Ternium, headquartered in Luxembourg.[5]

On April 30, 2007, Ternium, a division of Techint, announced that it had entered into an agreement in which it expects to gain control of Grupo IMSA, a major player in the Mexican steel industry.[6]

Divisions

  • Tenaris: NYSE: TS A global supplier of tubular products and services used in drilling, completion and production of oil and gas, in process and power plants, and in specialized industrial and automotive applications. Companies owned by the Techint group through Tenaris include: Siderca and Siat (Argentina), Confab (Brazil), Tamsa (Mexico), Algoma (Canada), Dalmine (Italy), Silcotub (Romania) and has a joint venture with NKK (Japan), holding 51% of NKK shares since 1999, making it the first Japanese steel company in foreign majority ownership.[7][8] Its total steel tube shipments exceeded 4.5 million tons in 2008.[1]
  • Ternium: A Latin American supplier of flat and long steel products, produced in three integrated steel mills located in Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico, with an overall capacity of nearly 11 million tons per year; The steel mill in Venezuela was nationalised by the government of Hugo Chavez in May 2008.
  • Techint Engineering Construction: A group of companies rooted in Italy, Argentina, Mexico and other Latin American countries, specialized in the design and construction of pipelines, oil and gas facilities, petrochemical plants, power plants and transmission lines, mining and metal complexes, and other infrastructure and civil projects.
  • Tenova: Composed of companies operating on five continents that supply direct reduction plants, melt shops, secondary steel making, reheating furnaces, heat treatment furnaces, strip processing lines, roll grinders, automated roll shops, and bulk material handling systems.
  • Tecpetrol: Active in oil and gas exploration and production in several Latin American countries.
  • Humanitas: Holds a number of research-committed health care institutions of high complexity in Italy, managed through a patient oriented approach relying on a generalized application of state-of-the-art integrated information technology systems.

Techint remains an industry leader in Argentina, as well as a preferred destination for top engineering graduates. Its "young professionals" training program was considered Argentina's best.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Techint
  2. ^ Article on the steel industry in Latin America
  3. ^ The Independent
  4. ^ Article on Hylsamex acquisition
  5. ^ Article on the creation of Ternium (August 22nd, 2005)
  6. ^ Ternium to Obtain Control of Mexico-Based Grupo Imsa (April 30, 2007)
  7. ^ Article on the acquire of Romanian Donasid S.A. by Tenaris (May 4th, 2005)
  8. ^ NKK press release on the Joint Venture with the Techint Group (August 1st, 2000)
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