Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
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BMAD: ACX | |
ISIN | ES0132105018 |
Industry | Steel |
Founded | 1970 |
Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
Key people | Carlos Ortega Arias-Paz (Chairman), Bernardo Velázquez (CEO) |
Products | Stainless steel |
Revenue | €4.500 billion (2010)[1] |
€232.2 million (2010)[1] | |
€122.7 million (2010)[1] | |
Total assets | €4.240 billion (end 2010)[1] |
Total equity | €1.924 billion (end 2010)[1] |
Number of employees | 7,390 (end 2010)[1] |
Website | www.acerinox.es |
Acerinox, S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [aθeɾiˈnoks]) is a stainless steel manufacturing conglomerate group based in Spain. The company was founded in 1970, and initially received technical support from the Japanese firm Nisshin Steel. Nisshin continues to hold approximately 15% of Acerinox as of April 2010.[2] As for 2008, the company was the world's largest producer of stainless steel.[3]