Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks ( pl, Huta im. T. Sendzimira) is the second largest

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. It opened on July 22, 1954, in a newly built, easternmost district of

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

called Nowa Huta. The steelworks as well as the district were located in the area formerly occupied by the village of Mogiła and surrounding farmland. During the Communist rule, the plant was called ''

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Steelworks''. The name was changed in 1990, following the

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, and the factory was renamed to commemorate the scientist and engineer

Tadeusz Sendzimir Tadeusz Sendzimir (originally Sędzimir; July 15, 1894 in Lwów – September 1, 1989 in Jupiter, Florida) of Ostoja coat of arms was a Polish engineer and inventor of international renown with 120 patents in mining and metallurgy, 73 of which were ...

. In its heyday – in the 1970s – the plant employed around 40,000 people and annually produced almost 7 million tons of steel. In the 1980s, it was one of the most important centers of anticommunist resistance, with numerous strikes and street demonstrations taking place in Nowa Huta. In January 2005, the plant was purchased by the Mittal Steel Company and now it is owned by Arcelor-Mittal, the largest steelmaker in the world. Its current name is ''ArcelorMittal Poland S.A. Oddział Kraków'', but the name ''Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks'' is still commonly used.

External links

ArcelorMittal webpage
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