Koninklijke Hoogovens

Koninklijke Hoogovens

Coordinates: 52°28′42″N 4°35′32″E / 52.47839°N 4.59212°E / 52.47839; 4.59212

The IJmuiden Steelworks was created between 1920 and 1940 by Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken (KNHS) that was known after 1996 as Koninklijke Hoogovens or informally as Hoogovens.; a Dutch steel producer founded in 1918 based in IJmuiden, the Netherlands.

The IJmuiden plant was expanded between 1920 and 1940, first producing iron, later steel, with hot and cold rolling producing flat products. In the 1960s the company diversified into Aluminium production.

The company briefly merged its IJmuiden steel plant with German steel company Hoesch from 1972 forming the joint venture Estel but demerged in 1982. In 1999, the company merged with the larger British Steel to create Corus Group steel company. The Alumium production assets were sold off during the Corus period. In 2007, Corus Group was purchased by India-based Tata Steel and was renamed Tata Steel Europe in 2010. The IJmuiden steel works thus now is a part of Tata Steel Europe.