Former Ilva: Federacciai, together with 14 member organisations, submits an expression of interest
The cold-forming sector, as Federacciai’s president, Antonio Gozzi, pointed out, will be the focus of the expression of interest and of our commitment.
The Italian consortium for the former Ilva is taking shape. On 18 August, Federacciai, the industry association, announced that it had submitted an expression of interest for the former Ilva plants: Taranto, Genoa, Novi Ligure and Racconigi.
The statement – which follows the meeting with the Minister for Enterprise, Adolfo Urso, on 5 August, and the Federacciai board meeting on 10 August – was signed not only by Federacciai itself, but also by 14 member companies: ABS Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, Acciaieria Arvedi, Acciaierie Venete, Advanced Steel Solutions (Asonext Group), AFV Acciaierie Beltrame, Alfa Acciai, Compagnia Siderurgica Italiana, Duferco Travi e Profilati, Feralpi Siderurgica, Ferriera Valsabbia, Lucchini RS Holding, Marcegaglia Carbon Steel, O.R.I. Martin and Rubiera Special Steel.
By submitting an expression of interest – which precedes any formal bid – the Italian consortium will now be able to access the data room and examine the data relating to the former Ilva.
Following the meeting on 5 August, the Italian steelmakers convened at the Federmeccanica board meeting shortly before Ferragosto, where their willingness to proceed was formalised. “We’re on board,” said Federacciai’s president, Antonio Gozzi. “Now it’s a matter of verifying that the necessary conditions are in place. We’ll be doing this with the Italian Government over the coming days.”
In recent days, in fact, the association’s board has authorised Mr Gozzi himself “to submit to the relevant authorities, in the name and on behalf of a group of companies that have already expressed an interest in participating in the initiative, and those that may join in the coming days, an expression of interest, subject to the fulfilment of a series of enabling conditions necessary to facilitate the industrial project”.
