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Società Italiana Acciaierie Cornigliano (SIAC) was an Italian steelworks
It was established in 1934 to group the Ansaldo steelworks - started up in 1898 and centered on the
company
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.
History
It was established in 1934 to group the Ansaldo steelworks - started up in 1898 and centered on the Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
Campi plant.
In the same year the company passed under the control of the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale
The Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI; English: "Institute for Industrial Reconstruction") was an Italian public holding company established in 1933 by the Fascist regime to rescue, restructure and finance banks and private companies ...
(IRI).
In 1938 the entire stock package was held by Finsider.
In 1939 the SIAC started the construction of the Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
Cornigliano
Cornigliano, also called Cornigliano Ligure (to distinguish it from similar namesake Corigliano; lij, Cornigén) is a western quarter of the Italian city of Genoa.
Geography
Cornigliano lies on the coast about 7 kilometres west of the center ...
plant that, after the destruction of the Second World War
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, was dedicated to Oscar Sinigaglia
Oscar Sinigaglia was an Italian engineer and industrialist who was born into the Roman Senigaglia family on October 20, 1877.
Life
In 1893, at the age of sixteen, he took over the management of his family's failing business, the ''Ferriere di ...
.
In 1951 the SIAC entrusted the reconstruction and expansion of the Oscar Sinigaglia plant to Cornigliano Società per Costruzione Impianti Industriali (founded by Finsider in 1948), which will take over the name of Cornigliano S.p.A.
On April 14, 1951, for expanding the plant, the Castle Raggio was demolished, which was already heavily damaged by the bombings of the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
Finally, in 1962, SIAC entrusted the management of the Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
Campi plant to Italsider Alti Forni and Acciaierie Riunite Ilva and Cornigliano
Cornigliano, also called Cornigliano Ligure (to distinguish it from similar namesake Corigliano; lij, Cornigén) is a western quarter of the Italian city of Genoa.
Geography
Cornigliano lies on the coast about 7 kilometres west of the center ...
.
In 1967 the company was incorporated into Italsider.
See also
*Steel industry in Italy
The steel industry in Italy originated in the 19th century.
History
The beginnings of the steel industry in Italy were strongly influenced by the modest presence of underground iron ore and coal in particular, that occurred in 1880, an increas ...
* ILVA
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References
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