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Avesta Sheffield

From Graces Guide

of Sheffield

1992 British Steel Corporation and Avesta of Sweden agreed to put their stainless steel activities into a JV company Avesta Sheffield. This included British Steel plants at Sheffield and Panteg[1]

1994 British Steel acquired a larger interest in Avesta Sheffield, giving it effective control[2]

1999 the Stocksbridge works were taken over by Corus Group, becoming part of the Corus Engineering Steels group.

2000 Avesta Sheffield, the stainless steel section of Corus Group, was acquired by Outokumpu of Finland[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times July 30, 1992
  2. The Times Sept. 14, 1994
  3. The Times Sept. 28, 2000