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Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons

January 07, 2023

The Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry was a French steelmaking company, formed as a limited company in 1862 from the Société Bouguéret, Martenot et Cie., a creation from the combination of several French iron makers in 1846.

Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry
1862-1898

Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons
1898-1979
IndustryIron and steel
PredecessorSociété Bouguéret, Martenot et Cie (1846)[1]
Founded1862
Defunct1979
SuccessorUsinor, others
Headquarters
Paris
,
France

In 1898 the company merged with the Société métallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves-Maisons to form the Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons.

In 1979 the works became part of Usinor, forming part of the Unimetal division in 1984. By 2000 the plant in Neuves-Maisons had become part of the Riva Group and as of 2011 produces mainly long products including rebar from scrap metal using electric arc furnaces.

History

Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry

Metal working in the Châtillonais region dated back to the Iron Age, with a ready supply of wood from the region's forests, and near surface deposits of iron ore the area became one of the major production centres of iron in France in the 19th century,[2] the company Bazile, Louis-Maître & Cie. was formed in 1824 by several ironworks owners,[3] one of whom Auguste de Marmont had introduced the 'English process' of using coke from coal in iron production.[4]

In Allier, Nicholas Rambourg took advantage of the availability of wood for charcoal production in the Forest of Tronçais and started iron production in 1788.[5]

The organisation Société Bouguéret, Martenot et Cie.[note 1] was formed in 1846 from the merging of the businesses of forgemasters in Allier and Châtillon.[1] The founders of the company include members of the families Bouguéret, Martenot, Bazile, Rambourg, Maître, Humbert and others; the new société had 37 blast furnaces, 56 forges, 3 wire works, and 4 puddling furnaces.[7]

In 1862 conversion to a limited company took place, the company then took the name Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry.[1]

Société métallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves-Maisons

The Société Métallurgique de la Haute-Moselle was formed in 1872 by Victor de Lespinats and others; the loss of Alsace-Lorraine by France as a result the 1870 Franco-Prussian War meant the loss of many iron and steelworks; new production sites were needed and the site in Chavigny (Neuves-Maisons) was chosen a due to the presence of iron deposits, and proximity to the Nancy-Dijon railway line and the planned Canal de l'Est. The first blast furnace opened in 1874, and a second in 1882. The company also operated the mine of Maron-Val de Fert in Neuves-Maisons.[8]

In Liverdun iron making activities had begun in 1864 with the opening of an iron mine by Barbe et Schmidt. Three blast furnaces, a foundry and rolling mill had been built by 1868. Mineral extraction ended in 1877 and the associated works cease by 1879. Activities restarted in 1881 as des forges et laminoirs de Champigneulles.[9]

In 1887 the Métallurgique de Haute Moselle merged with the Forges de Champigneulles to form the Société Métallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves Maisons. In 1897 the company merged with Châtillon et Commentry.[8]

Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maison

In 1898 Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry merged with the Société métallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves-Maisons, and became the Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons.[10]

At Neuves-Maisons production continued; by 1898 the works had five blast furnace; in 1902 a Gilchrist–Thomas converter was installed, and in rolling mills for long products installed the following year, in 1905 a mill for slag was added. A Siemens-Martin furnace was added 1909, and the next year facilities for production of wire added. By 1914 seven blast furnaces had been installed.[8]

The Usine Saint-Jacques in Montluçon (Allier) (founded 1848.[11]) was initially a smelter, but had rapidly expanded into steel making using Siemens-Martin, Gilchrist, and Bessemer converters; by the 1900s it was operating 8 Siemens-Martin furnaces. It specialised in castings and forgings. It was affected negatively by the Washington Naval Treaty as production of battleship turrets, gun fittings and projectiles was an important element of its business, after which the company diversified into mechanical engineering, including turbines, railway and other transport equipment. A subsidiary rolling mill existed at Commentry.[12] It closed in 1964.[13]

In 1917 the company Forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maison together with the Société de Construction des Batignolles founded the locomotive manufacturer Compagnie générale de construction de locomotives (Batignolles-Châtillon) in Nantes.[14]

In 1955 the works in Neuves-Maisons, plus the associated lime kilns in Vaucouleurs,[note 2] and wire mills in Sainte-Colombe and Vierzon became the Société des Aciéries et Tréfilerie de Neuves-Maisons Chatillon, this became a subsidiary of Hainaut-Sambre in 1967. The works was further developed; in 1969 the Gilchrist-Thomas unit was converted to Oxygen steelmaking, and in the 1970s more mill trains were added including a second wire mill. The Chatillon wire mill company merged with the Société des Hauts Forneaux de la Chiers, and the Compagnie des Forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Biache to form the Compagnie industrielle Chiers Châtillon (CICC) in 1977,[16] which was merged into Usinor in 1979.[1][17]

Legacy

Neuves-Maisons

After acquisition by Usinor in 1979 the works in Neuves-Maisons underwent restructuring - a transition to electrically produced steel, and a concentration towards long products took place in the 1980s: the Siemens-Martin plant and coke ovens were closed, and a new continuous casting plant built, in 1985 all the liquid phase operations ended and a UHP electric arc furnace installed. In 1993 the plant along with works in Montereau becomes part of the société des aciers d’armature du béton (SAM), and three cold drawing lines were installed. In 1995 the company is acquired by the British firm Allied Steel and Wire, then in 2000 is acquired by the Riva Group. In 2004 steel production was ~840,000t pa, and employed 441 people. In 2006 production was from scrap metal by electrical plant producing continuous cast billets, with processing to wire rod and rebar.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as the Société des forges de Châtillon et Commentry.[6]
  2. ^ The lime kilns date to 1875, founded by Ernest Good to produce lime from rock extracted from a nearby quarry. The kilns ceased operation in 1967.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sources:
    • "ANMT. fonds Compagnie des forges de Chatillon-Commentry et Neuves-Maisons", www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr (in French), Archives nationales
    • Anne Burnel (1995), La Société de construction des Batignolles de 1914-1939, pp.144, Footnote 20.
  2. ^ Debesse-Arviset (1928), "Le Chatillonnais", Annales de Géographie (in French), 37 (209): 428–451, doi:10.3406/geo.1928.9454, retrieved 3 September 2011
  3. ^ Bertrand Gille (1968), La Sidérurgie française au XIXe siècle, pp.139-140
  4. ^ Bertrand Gille (1968), La Sidérurgie française au XIXe siècle, p.134
  5. ^ Bertrand Gille (1968), La Sidérurgie française au XIXe siècle, pp.145-146
  6. ^ "CAMT. répertoire Compagnie des forges de Châtillon-Commentry et Neuves-Maisons", www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr (in French), Archives nationales
  7. ^ Bertrand Gille (1968), La Sidérurgie française au XIXe siècle, pp.151-154
  8. ^ a b c d Sources:
    • "Historique - SAM - Neuves Maisons", www.rivagroup.com (in French), Riva Group
    • Salih Keleş, "La sidérurgie à Neuves-Maisons", amo.fjep.pagesperso-orange.fr (in French)
    • "L'usine de Neuves-Maisons > Historique", www.axsane.fr (in French)
  9. ^ Sources:
    • Base Mérimée: IA54000114 : Mine de fer de la Croisette, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
    • "Mie de fer de la Croisette ; haut fourneau ; fonderie de fonte ; grosse forge ; laminoir", www.actuacity.com (in French)
  10. ^ "Châtillon, Commentry et Neuves-Maisons (Forges de)", www.patronsdefrance.fr (in French), Système d'information : patrons et patronat français XIXe-XXe siècles SIPPAF
  11. ^ Circuit Napoléon III (in French), 8. Les usines St Jacques de Châtillon-Commentry
  12. ^ Sources:
    • Baraud Fernand (1934), "L'industrie à Montluçon", Annales de Géographie (in French), 43 (244): 364–371, doi:10.3406/geo.1934.10616
    • Vacher Antoine (1904), "Montluçon", Annales de Géographie (in French), 13 (68): 121–137, doi:10.3406/geo.1904.6611
  13. ^ André Touret (2003), Montluçon après la tourmente: 1944-1977 (in French), éditions CREER, pp. 267–269, ISBN 2-84819-008-6
  14. ^ Anne Burnel (1995), La Société de construction des Batignolles de 1914-1939, pp.144-145
  15. ^ Sources:
    • "L'usine de Neuves-Maisons > Fours à chaux de Vaucouleurs", axsane.fr (in French)
    • "Fours à Chaux", www.actuacity.com (in French)
  16. ^ Anthony Daley (1996), "6. The Politics of Industrial Decline", Steel, state, and labor: mobilization and adjustment in France, University of Pittsburgh Press, ISBN 9780822974857
  17. ^ Jay P. Pederson, ed. (2001), International directory of company histories, vol. 42, St. James Press, p. 416 Usinor SA, ISBN 9781558624474, In 1979, another merger occurred at the government's initiative, between Denain-Nord-Est-Longwy (DNEL-Usinor) and Chiers-Châtillon-Neuves Maisons. The latter was a somewhat smaller group, also the result of multiple mergers between long-established steelmaking firms--its oldest factory, Châtillon, dated from the 18th century and had belonged to the marshall-duke of Marmont, a Napoleon general
    alternative source : Usinor Salicor via www.fundinguniverse.com

Sources

  • Anne Burnel (1995), "VI. Vers la constitution d'un groupe : 2. La Compagnie générale de construction de locomotives (Batignolles-Châtillon)", La Société de construction des Batignolles de 1914-1939: histoire d'un déclin, Mémoires et documents de l.école des chartes (in French), Librairie Droz, pp. 144–, ISBN 9782600000949
  • Bertrand Gille (1968), "Les Origines d'une grande société métallurgique Chatillon-Commentry", La Sidérurgie française au XIXe siècle (in French), Librairie Droz, ISBN 9782600040464

Literature

  • Alain Auclair; Pierre Couderc (2000), La sidérurgie en Bourbonnais. Essor industriel et croissance urbaine de 1840 à 1990 (in French), ISBN 2-85579-019-0

External links

  • "Le chemin de fer industriel de l'Usine de Neuves Maisons (France)", www.rail.lu (in French), Railways of the Neuves-Maisson steelworks
  • Michel Freyssenet (April 1979), La sidérurgie française 1945 – 1979 : L'histoire d'une faillite , Les solutions qui s'affrontent (PDF) (in French), Savelli, ISSN 1776-0941
  • 48°36′37″N 6°06′57″E / 48.610194°N 6.115881°E / 48.610194; 6.115881 Steel works at Neuves-Maisons

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The Compagnie anonyme de Chatillon et Commentry was a French steelmaking company formed as a limited company in 1862 from the Societe Bougueret Martenot et Cie a creation from the combination of several French iron makers in 1846 Compagnie anonyme de Chatillon et Commentry1862 1898Societe des forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maisons1898 1979IndustryIron and steelPredecessorSociete Bougueret Martenot et Cie 1846 1 Founded1862Defunct1979SuccessorUsinor othersHeadquartersParis FranceIn 1898 the company merged with the Societe metallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves Maisons to form the Societe des forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maisons In 1979 the works became part of Usinor forming part of the Unimetal division in 1984 By 2000 the plant in Neuves Maisons had become part of the Riva Group and as of 2011 produces mainly long products including rebar from scrap metal using electric arc furnaces Contents 1 History 1 1 Compagnie anonyme de Chatillon et Commentry 1 2 Societe metallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves Maisons 1 3 Societe des forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maison 2 Legacy 3 Notes 4 References 4 1 Sources 4 2 Literature 5 External linksHistory EditCompagnie anonyme de Chatillon et Commentry Edit Metal working in the Chatillonais region dated back to the Iron Age with a ready supply of wood from the region s forests and near surface deposits of iron ore the area became one of the major production centres of iron in France in the 19th century 2 the company Bazile Louis Maitre amp Cie was formed in 1824 by several ironworks owners 3 one of whom Auguste de Marmont had introduced the English process of using coke from coal in iron production 4 In Allier Nicholas Rambourg took advantage of the availability of wood for charcoal production in the Forest of Troncais and started iron production in 1788 5 The organisation Societe Bougueret Martenot et Cie note 1 was formed in 1846 from the merging of the businesses of forgemasters in Allier and Chatillon 1 The founders of the company include members of the families Bougueret Martenot Bazile Rambourg Maitre Humbert and others the new societe had 37 blast furnaces 56 forges 3 wire works and 4 puddling furnaces 7 In 1862 conversion to a limited company took place the company then took the name Compagnie anonyme de Chatillon et Commentry 1 Societe metallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves Maisons Edit The Societe Metallurgique de la Haute Moselle was formed in 1872 by Victor de Lespinats and others the loss of Alsace Lorraine by France as a result the 1870 Franco Prussian War meant the loss of many iron and steelworks new production sites were needed and the site in Chavigny Neuves Maisons was chosen a due to the presence of iron deposits and proximity to the Nancy Dijon railway line and the planned Canal de l Est The first blast furnace opened in 1874 and a second in 1882 The company also operated the mine of Maron Val de Fert in Neuves Maisons 8 In Liverdun iron making activities had begun in 1864 with the opening of an iron mine by Barbe et Schmidt Three blast furnaces a foundry and rolling mill had been built by 1868 Mineral extraction ended in 1877 and the associated works cease by 1879 Activities restarted in 1881 as des forges et laminoirs de Champigneulles 9 In 1887 the Metallurgique de Haute Moselle merged with the Forges de Champigneulles to form the Societe Metallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves Maisons In 1897 the company merged with Chatillon et Commentry 8 Societe des forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maison Edit In 1898 Compagnie anonyme de Chatillon et Commentry merged with the Societe metallurgique de Champigneulles et Neuves Maisons and became the Societe des forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maisons 10 At Neuves Maisons production continued by 1898 the works had five blast furnace in 1902 a Gilchrist Thomas converter was installed and in rolling mills for long products installed the following year in 1905 a mill for slag was added A Siemens Martin furnace was added 1909 and the next year facilities for production of wire added By 1914 seven blast furnaces had been installed 8 The Usine Saint Jacques in Montlucon Allier founded 1848 11 was initially a smelter but had rapidly expanded into steel making using Siemens Martin Gilchrist and Bessemer converters by the 1900s it was operating 8 Siemens Martin furnaces It specialised in castings and forgings It was affected negatively by the Washington Naval Treaty as production of battleship turrets gun fittings and projectiles was an important element of its business after which the company diversified into mechanical engineering including turbines railway and other transport equipment A subsidiary rolling mill existed at Commentry 12 It closed in 1964 13 In 1917 the company Forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maison together with the Societe de Construction des Batignolles founded the locomotive manufacturer Compagnie generale de construction de locomotives Batignolles Chatillon in Nantes 14 In 1955 the works in Neuves Maisons plus the associated lime kilns in Vaucouleurs note 2 and wire mills in Sainte Colombe and Vierzon became the Societe des Acieries et Trefilerie de Neuves Maisons Chatillon this became a subsidiary of Hainaut Sambre in 1967 The works was further developed in 1969 the Gilchrist Thomas unit was converted to Oxygen steelmaking and in the 1970s more mill trains were added including a second wire mill The Chatillon wire mill company merged with the Societe des Hauts Forneaux de la Chiers and the Compagnie des Forges de Chatillon Commentry Biache to form the Compagnie industrielle Chiers Chatillon CICC in 1977 16 which was merged into Usinor in 1979 1 17 Legacy EditNeuves MaisonsAfter acquisition by Usinor in 1979 the works in Neuves Maisons underwent restructuring a transition to electrically produced steel and a concentration towards long products took place in the 1980s the Siemens Martin plant and coke ovens were closed and a new continuous casting plant built in 1985 all the liquid phase operations ended and a UHP electric arc furnace installed In 1993 the plant along with works in Montereau becomes part of the societe des aciers d armature du beton SAM and three cold drawing lines were installed In 1995 the company is acquired by the British firm Allied Steel and Wire then in 2000 is acquired by the Riva Group In 2004 steel production was 840 000t pa and employed 441 people In 2006 production was from scrap metal by electrical plant producing continuous cast billets with processing to wire rod and rebar 8 Notes Edit Also known as the Societe des forges de Chatillon et Commentry 6 The lime kilns date to 1875 founded by Ernest Good to produce lime from rock extracted from a nearby quarry The kilns ceased operation in 1967 15 References Edit a b c d Sources ANMT fonds Compagnie des forges de Chatillon Commentry et Neuves Maisons www archivesnationales culture gouv fr in French Archives nationales Anne Burnel 1995 La Societe de construction des Batignolles de 1914 1939 pp 144 Footnote 20 Debesse Arviset 1928 Le Chatillonnais Annales de Geographie in French 37 209 428 451 doi 10 3406 geo 1928 9454 retrieved 3 September 2011 Bertrand Gille 1968 La Siderurgie francaise au XIXe siecle pp 139 140 Bertrand Gille 1968 La Siderurgie francaise au XIXe siecle p 134 Bertrand Gille 1968 La Siderurgie francaise au XIXe siecle pp 145 146 CAMT repertoire Compagnie des forges de Chatillon Commentry et Neuves Maisons www archivesnationales culture gouv fr in French Archives nationales Bertrand Gille 1968 La Siderurgie francaise au XIXe siecle pp 151 154 a b c d Sources Historique SAM Neuves Maisons www rivagroup com in French Riva Group Salih Keles La siderurgie a Neuves Maisons amo fjep pagesperso orange fr in French L usine de Neuves Maisons gt Historique www axsane fr in French Sources Base Merimee IA54000114 Mine de fer de la Croisette Ministere francais de la Culture in French Mie de fer de la Croisette haut fourneau fonderie de fonte grosse forge laminoir www actuacity com in French Chatillon Commentry et Neuves Maisons Forges de www patronsdefrance fr in French Systeme d information patrons et patronat francais XIXe XXe siecles SIPPAF Circuit Napoleon III in French 8 Les usines St Jacques de Chatillon Commentry Sources Baraud Fernand 1934 L industrie a Montlucon Annales de Geographie in French 43 244 364 371 doi 10 3406 geo 1934 10616 Vacher Antoine 1904 Montlucon Annales de Geographie in French 13 68 121 137 doi 10 3406 geo 1904 6611 Andre Touret 2003 Montlucon apres la tourmente 1944 1977 in French editions CREER pp 267 269 ISBN 2 84819 008 6 Anne Burnel 1995 La Societe de construction des Batignolles de 1914 1939 pp 144 145 Sources L usine de Neuves Maisons gt Fours a chaux de Vaucouleurs axsane fr in French Fours a Chaux www actuacity com in French Anthony Daley 1996 6 The Politics of Industrial Decline Steel state and labor mobilization and adjustment in France University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN 9780822974857 Jay P Pederson ed 2001 International directory of company histories vol 42 St James Press p 416 Usinor SA ISBN 9781558624474 In 1979 another merger occurred at the government s initiative between Denain Nord Est Longwy DNEL Usinor and Chiers Chatillon Neuves Maisons The latter was a somewhat smaller group also the result of multiple mergers between long established steelmaking firms its oldest factory Chatillon dated from the 18th century and had belonged to the marshall duke of Marmont a Napoleon general alternative source Usinor Salicor via www fundinguniverse com Sources Edit Anne Burnel 1995 VI Vers la constitution d un groupe 2 La Compagnie generale de construction de locomotives Batignolles Chatillon La Societe de construction des Batignolles de 1914 1939 histoire d un declin Memoires et documents de l ecole des chartes in French Librairie Droz pp 144 ISBN 9782600000949 Bertrand Gille 1968 Les Origines d une grande societe metallurgique Chatillon Commentry La Siderurgie francaise au XIXe siecle in French Librairie Droz ISBN 9782600040464 Literature Edit Alain Auclair Pierre Couderc 2000 La siderurgie en Bourbonnais Essor industriel et croissance urbaine de 1840 a 1990 in French ISBN 2 85579 019 0External links Edit Le chemin de fer industriel de l Usine de Neuves Maisons France www rail lu in French Railways of the Neuves Maisson steelworks Michel Freyssenet April 1979 La siderurgie francaise 1945 1979 L histoire d une faillite Les solutions qui s affrontent PDF in French Savelli ISSN 1776 0941 48 36 37 N 6 06 57 E 48 610194 N 6 115881 E 48 610194 6 115881 Steel works at Neuves Maisons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Societe des forges de Chatillon Commentry Neuves Maisons amp oldid 1079955744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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