Smorgon Steel
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| Industry | Steelmaking |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Founder | Victor Smorgon |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Successor | OneSteel |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Key people | Graham Smorgon (Chairman) |
| Revenue | $3.2 billion (2006) |
| $782 million (2006) | |
| $264 million (2006) | |
Number of employees | 5,800 (2006) |
| Website | www.smorgonsteel.com.au |
Smorgon Steel was an Australian steel manufacturing company. It was the last remaining part of Smorgon Consolidated Industries, founded in 1958 by Victor Smorgon, member of the Smorgon family.[1]
In 1997, Smorgon purchased structural materials Welded Mesh from Leighton Holdings.[2] In December 1998, Smorgon Steel took over Australian National Industries.[3][4] It was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in February 1999.[5][6]
In December 2001, Bradken was sold to Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners.[7][8] In 2007 Smorgon Steel merged with OneSteel,[9] with its distribution operations sold to BlueScope.[10]