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14-563: Couillet may refer to: Couillet (locomotive builder) Couillet, Belgium Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Couillet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Couillet&oldid=1036301831 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

28-460: A company that represented the majority of the steel production in the Charleroi area, which represented mostly long products. Since the steel crisis of the 1970s the company had been in a poor financial state; in 1980 the company had total debts of 1,115million EUR and no capital, Cockerill was in a similar position. On 16 January 1981 Hainaut-Sambre and Cockerill announced that they were to merge

42-587: A limited quantity of rods for reinforced concrete bars. The semi-finished products that feed the rolling mill are largely produced on site and only a tiny quantity is bought in from the full cycle plant. Rolling is only carried out on demand and with rapid production turnover so as to reduce stock. The reinforcement bars for reinforced concrete are certified in Belgium, Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Sweden. They are sent to markets in Europe, North and South America,

56-545: A mill for iron bar installed, then railways in the 1840s aiding the transportation of ore, the Siemens–Martin process introduced in 1888, in 1892 a Gilchrist–Thomas converter , and in 1894 a mill for rolling metal. In 1906 the metal working and mining divisions separated; with the colliery at Marcinelle becoming a separate company, the metal division of the company became La Société Métallurgique de Couillet , renamed as Société Métallurgique du Hainaut in 1910. In 1955

70-512: Is a steelworks in Charleroi, Belgium, a subsidiary of the Riva group . The company is the descendant of one part of various steel companies based in the Charleroi industrial basin. Its history traces back through Cockerill-Sambre to the predecessors of Hainaut-Sambre , the companies Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau and Thy-Marcinelle et Providence . The forge at Thy-le-Chateau dates to at least 1763. The company of Thy-Marcinelle et Monceau (TMM)

84-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Couillet (locomotive builder) The company absorbed another Charleroi based steel group Thy-Marcinelle et Providence in 1980 before being merged with the Liège Province based steel group Cockerill in 1981 to form Cockerill-Sambre . A predecessor company SA Marchinelle & Couillet built locomotives at

98-471: The Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut which were used on industrial railways, and exported around the world. The locomotive builder was commonly known as Couillet . It has been speculated that the beginnings of industrialised iron working around Charleroi may date at least to 1000AD, with water powered forge, and furnace fed by charcoal. The first official record of an iron industry dates to ~1600 By

112-454: The 19th century the metallurgical inventions of the industrial revolution had reached Belgium; in the Charleroi area Paul-François Huart-Chapel would be instrumental in the development of the steel industry as his contemporary, the naturalised Belgian John Cockerill was in the nearby Liège area. In the 1820s he introduced puddling furnaces then coke fired blast furnaces. In 1828 the maison de commerce "Fontaine-Spitaels" bought land for

126-519: The beginning of the 1990s the Italian Riva Group acquired a rolling mill in Charleroi, forming its subsidiary Thy-Marcinelle from it. As of 2010 the plants facilities include electric furnaces, a continuous casting machine, reheating furnace and a wire mill (rebar). The Thy-Marcinelle plant predominantly produces wire rod up to 16mm in diameter from steel with a low carbon content and coils of rod with improved grip for reinforced concrete and

140-439: The company merged with the metallurgical division of Sambre et Moselle to form Hainaut-Sambre . In 1967 the group acquired 51% of the shares of Société des Aciéries et Tréfilerie de Neuves-Maisons - Chatillon , this subsidiary was acquired by Chiers-Chatillon in 1977. In 1978 the company had a steel production capacity of ~2million tonnes pa. In 1980 it merged with Thy-Marcinelle et Providence . The mergers created

154-531: The construction of iron works and in 1830 merged with Usines des Hauchies of Paul Huart-Chapel to form Fontaine-Spitaels et Cie . The company had, in addition to blast and reverbatory furnaces and coke ovens, licenses for the extraction of coal and iron ore. In 1835 the company became the Société Anonyme des Hauts Fourneaux, Usines et Charbonnages de Marcinelle et Couillet with a capital of 4.5 million francs. Further expansion and development took place, with

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168-555: The two groups. The company Cockerill-Sambre was formed as a result. The Société anonyme Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut (English: 'Hainaut metal works company'), part of SA Marcinelle & Couillet , built steam locomotives at a plant in Couillet near Charleroi , so they are commonly known as "Couillet Locomotives". The locomotives were exported and a few now operated on heritage railways . No's. 861 "John Benn" and 986 "Carbon" were built by Couillet for Decauville , for use in

182-691: The works of the Melbourne Metropolitan Gas Company in Australia. They are now part of the locomotive fleet of the Puffing Billy Railway . One locomotive on the Chemin de fer touristique du Tarn ( Tarn Light Railway ) in France is classified as a historic monument ( Monument historique ). In 2010, its 100th birthday was celebrated. Thy-Marcinelle et Providence Thy-Marcinelle

196-518: Was formed in 1966 by the merger of Aciéries et Minières de la Sambre (formed 1936 when split from Ougrée-Marihaye ) and the steelworks of Thy-le-Chateau , this company merged with the Forges de la Providence in 1979 forming the company Thy-Marcinelle et Providence (TMP). This group of companies merged with Hainaut-Sambre in 1980 and became part of the Cockerill-Sambre group in 1981. At

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