Corus International sets up office in Bucharest
24 Jul 2007
Corus International has established a new office in Bucharest, Romania to further expand its network of offices aimed at focusing on packaged steel supplies for in-country projects in the infrastructure, energy and mining sectors.
The new office adds to Corus International's already expansive network across the growing Central and Eastern Europe region, including facilities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Kieron Wilkinson, Managing Director of Corus International said, "The establishment of a new office in Bucharest will allow us to strengthen our presence and our understanding of these markets and will pave the way for further investments in this fast growing region."
The head of Corus International’s Romanian office, Ionel Negoita, has a considerable background in the steel industry and will lead a team who will also work alongside Romanian contractors involved in major overseas projects to meet their steel requirements.
Corus International forms part of the Corus Distribution & Building Systems Division and consists of two major business streams, namely Trading and Projects, and is responsible for managing the Company’ network of sales offices around the world.
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Marketing Enquiries:
Ionel Negoita
Corus International Romania SRL
Tel: +40 (0) 21 323 2090 / +40 (0) 723 160381
Fax: +40 (0) 21 323 2091
bucharest@corusgroup.com
Media Enquries:
Annanya Sarin
Corporate Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7717 4532
annanya.sarin@corusgroup.com
Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with revenues of £9.7 billion and crude steel production of 18.3 million tonnes in 2006, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Corus’ four divisions comprising Strip Products, Long Products, Aluminium and Distribution & Building Systems provide innovative solutions to the most demanding markets around the world such as construction, automotive, aerospace, packaging, rail and general engineering worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest steel producer. With a combined presence in nearly 50 countries, Tata Steel including Corus has 84,000 employees across five continents and a pro forma crude steel production of 27 million tonnes in 2007.
Corus’ Distribution & Building Systems Division provides an essential link between the Corus production facilities and steel user industries through its distribution and building products businesses, its trading and project activities and its worldwide network of sales offices. Corus has a number of stockholders and service centres in various EU countries for the distribution of finished products, a number of which offer further processing facilities to sectors such as the automotive, construction and earth moving equipment industries. Corus’ building product businesses, mainly manufacture goods used in the construction of an industrial building’s external envelope. Products range from profiled steel and aluminium sheets to sandwich panels to clad roofs and walls to other ancillary items. Corus’ Kalzip business also designs and manufactures complete roofs and walls (primarily from aluminium) and supplies to many high profile construction projects worldwide. Corus International forms part of the Company’s Distribution & Building Systems Division and consists of two major business streams, namely Trading and Projects, and is responsible for managing Corus’ network of sales offices around the world.
