Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation
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Parent Baowu Steel Group | | |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | www.wuganggroup.cn | |
Footnotes / references in consolidated financial statement[1] |
Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔhàn gāngtiě (jítuán) gōngsī |
Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) is a Chinese state-owned enterprise. It started to operate in 1958 in
.It was administered by
According to the
History
The steel plant in
In 1997, a subsidiary,
In September 2012 Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation agreed to acquire the automotive components manufacturer Tailored Blanks from ThyssenKrupp for an undisclosed price.[4][5] At the time of the agreement Tailored Blanks had annual sales of around 700 million euros and a global market share of about 40 percent in automotive laser-welded blanks.[4]
Its executive chairman, Deng Qilin, was investigated for corruption in 2015. New chairman, Ma Guoqiang, who replaced Deng Qilin in June 2015, had announced a plan to cut 50,000 staff from their current 80,000.[6]
On 21–22 September 2016 the merger plan between Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation and
References
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- ^ "World Steel Association - Top steel-producing companies". Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ^ "武汉钢铁(集团)公司关于化解过剩产能实施脱困发展的公告" (PDF). Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b "ThyssenKrupp to sell Tailored Blanks to WISCO". Reuters. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ^ "Sale of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) completed". ThyssenKrupp. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "武钢减员五万人背后:他为何两度「逃离」?" (in Chinese). ifeng.com. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ "China's Top Steel Mills Step Closer to Creating Arcelor Rival". Bloomberg. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "China completes merger that creates nation's biggest steel company". Reuters. December 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.