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Smorgon Steel
Smorgon Steel was an Australian steel manufacturing company. It was the last remaining part of Smorgon Consolidated Industries, founded in 1958 by Victor Smorgon, member of the Smorgon family.[1]
| Industry | Steelmaking |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Founder | Victor Smorgon |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Successor | OneSteel |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Key people | Graham Smorgon (Chairman) |
| Revenue | $3.2 billion (2006) |
| $782 million (2006) | |
| $264 million (2006) | |
Number of employees | 5,800 (2006) |
| Website |
In 1997, Smorgon purchased structural materials Welded Mesh from Leighton Holdings.[2] In December 1998, Smorgon Steel took over Australian National Industries.[3][4] It was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in February 1999.[5][6]
In December 2001, Bradken was sold to Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners.[7][8] In 2007 Smorgon Steel merged with OneSteel, with its distribution operations sold to BlueScope.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Smorgon Steel Group Ltd". Company Histories. Smorgon Consolidated Industries: 231–241. 1974. doi:10.25291/vr/1974-vr-231.
- ^ Australian Financial Review 17 April 1997
- ^ Smorgon Steel 17 December 1998
- ^ Smorgon Steel 29 January 1999
- ^ Smorgon Steel 3 February 1999
- ^ Metal Bulletin 21 February 1999
- ^ Smorgon Steel Completes Sale of Bradken Resources Division Smorgon Steel 24 December 2001
- ^ Smorgon Offloads Bradken in $185 Million Buyout Railway Digest December 2001 page 7
- ^ OneSteel, Smorgon Steel and BlueScope Steel finalise agreement Smorgon Steel 5 April 2007