CELSA Group is a multinational group of steel companies headquartered in Spain, mainly in the industry of steel reinforcement or

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History

It was formed in 1967 as the Compañía Española de Laminación. Competitors of the company include

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, of

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in Germany.

Structure

It is headquartered in

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in Spain. It is composed of eight main

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companies, across Europe.

Celsa Steel UK

GB Railfreight No.08924/Celsa No.2 shunts steel wagons at Celsa Steel UK, Cardiff Celsa Steel UK is in

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, and is the UK's largest manufacturer of steel reinforcement products. In November 2015, two people died at its Cardiff manufacturing site on East Moors Road. During the

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, the UK government provided Celsa Steel UK with a £30 million bailout to help it continue trading providing it met a set of conditions. This made it the first company to receive a loan through the government's financial support scheme known as

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. Since 2010, the plant has used

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for freight services. This includes both incoming supply of scrap steel, outgoing finished products, as well as on-site shunting services using remotely-controlled

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locomotives, supplemented by sub-contract locomotive supply from

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History

Structure

Celsa Steel UK

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