Gruppo Riva
Encyclopedia
Gruppo Riva is an Italian steel producer. After the Arcelor-Mittal
merger and the takeover of Corus
by Tata Steel
, the group is currently the world’s eighteenth and the third largest steel producer in Europe. Riva Group (consisting of two companies, Riva Acciaio and Ilva) is private-owned and the whole shareholders' equity is held by the Riva family, through the financial institution "Riva FIRE" (which stands for "Finanziaria Industriale Riva Emilio").
by Adriano and Emilio Riva as an iron scrap trading business. In 1957 the first Riva Acciaio mini-mill was built in Caronno Pertusella near Varese
. A few years later, this plant became the first steelworks in Italy
to use continuous casting
, in partnership with steel plant engineer Danieli. In the 1960s and 1970s Riva expanded by means of acquisition of several small steel producers in Northern Italy and in Spain
(Siderurgica Sevillana). In the 1980s Riva made further acquisitions in Italy (the previously state-owned steelworks Acciaierie di Cornigliano), in Belgium
and in France
. In 1991 it acquired two mini-mills in the former German Democratic Republic
. In 1995 Riva Acciaio purchased Ilva, the biggest Italian state-owned steel producer, and so became one of the major Italian companies.
is the largest steelworks in Europe
, equipped with five blast furnaces. Riva Acciaio's headquarters are in Milan, and facilities are located in Northern Italy (Caronno Pertusella, Verona
, Sellero, Lesegno). The Riva group has foreign subsidiaries in Germany
(Brandenburg
, Hennigsdorf
), France (Bonnières-sur-Seine
, Gargenville
), Belgium (Charleroi
), Spain (Sevilla), Greece
(Thessaloniki
) and Tunisia
(Biserta).
In February 2007, Emilio Riva was condemned to three years of prison, and Claudio Riva to 18 months, for work safety procedures omission as severe as antipollution regulations violations, both related to the Taranto coke plant management. The sentence was confirmed in the second degree judgment on the 10th of October 2008. The Taranto sub-office of the Court of Appeal of Lecce condemned the President of ILVA, Emilio Riva, to two years of prison, and Plant Director, Mr Luigi Caporosso, to one year and eight months of prison. Both were accused for “dangerous things launching”, aggravated damage, and work safety procedures omission within coke department.
On the basis of 2006 INES (Inventario Nazionale Emissioni e Loro Sorgenti: Italian National Directory on Emissions and Related Sources) ILVA should produce about 92% of the entire Italian dioxin production.
In Appeal absolved Emilio’s son Nicola and further plant managers (among them some have been absolved as crimes became out-of-terms), while any reimbursement to civil parties have been rejected, while to the sole Legambiente and Associazione per Cornigliano have been recognized 2005 reimbursement for legal expenses.
Arcelor-Mittal
ArcelorMittal S.A. is a global steel company headquartered in Avenue de la Liberté, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. It is the largest steel producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging. It holds sizeable captive...
merger and the takeover of Corus
Corus Group
Tata Steel Europe is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the second-largest steel-maker in Europe and is a subsidiary of Tata Steel of India, one of the ten largest steel producers in the world.Corus Group was formed through the merger of Koninklijke...
by Tata Steel
Tata Steel
Tata Steel is a multinational steel company headquartered in Jamshedpur, India and part of Tata Group. It is the world's seventh-largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes, and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production...
, the group is currently the world’s eighteenth and the third largest steel producer in Europe. Riva Group (consisting of two companies, Riva Acciaio and Ilva) is private-owned and the whole shareholders' equity is held by the Riva family, through the financial institution "Riva FIRE" (which stands for "Finanziaria Industriale Riva Emilio").
History
Riva Acciaio was established in 1954 in MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
by Adriano and Emilio Riva as an iron scrap trading business. In 1957 the first Riva Acciaio mini-mill was built in Caronno Pertusella near Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
. A few years later, this plant became the first steelworks in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
to use continuous casting
Continuous casting
Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a "semifinished" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in the finishing mills. Prior to the introduction of continuous casting in the 1950s, steel was poured into stationary molds to form...
, in partnership with steel plant engineer Danieli. In the 1960s and 1970s Riva expanded by means of acquisition of several small steel producers in Northern Italy and in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
(Siderurgica Sevillana). In the 1980s Riva made further acquisitions in Italy (the previously state-owned steelworks Acciaierie di Cornigliano), in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In 1991 it acquired two mini-mills in the former German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
. In 1995 Riva Acciaio purchased Ilva, the biggest Italian state-owned steel producer, and so became one of the major Italian companies.
Facilities
The Ilva plant in TarantoTaranto
Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
is the largest steelworks in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, equipped with five blast furnaces. Riva Acciaio's headquarters are in Milan, and facilities are located in Northern Italy (Caronno Pertusella, Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, Sellero, Lesegno). The Riva group has foreign subsidiaries in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, Hennigsdorf
Hennigsdorf
Hennigsdorf is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river.-History:...
), France (Bonnières-sur-Seine
Bonnières-sur-Seine
Bonnières-sur-Seine is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France.-References:*...
, Gargenville
Gargenville
Gargenville is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France....
), Belgium (Charleroi
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
), Spain (Sevilla), Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
(Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
) and Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
(Biserta).
Plant of Taranto
In 2001 the Tribunal of Taranto declared Emilo Riva, his son Claudio, and further ILVA managers, guilty of attempted private violence for having applied some illegal role-demotions to some plant employees. The final sentence has been confirmed in the third degree judgement in 2006.In February 2007, Emilio Riva was condemned to three years of prison, and Claudio Riva to 18 months, for work safety procedures omission as severe as antipollution regulations violations, both related to the Taranto coke plant management. The sentence was confirmed in the second degree judgment on the 10th of October 2008. The Taranto sub-office of the Court of Appeal of Lecce condemned the President of ILVA, Emilio Riva, to two years of prison, and Plant Director, Mr Luigi Caporosso, to one year and eight months of prison. Both were accused for “dangerous things launching”, aggravated damage, and work safety procedures omission within coke department.
On the basis of 2006 INES (Inventario Nazionale Emissioni e Loro Sorgenti: Italian National Directory on Emissions and Related Sources) ILVA should produce about 92% of the entire Italian dioxin production.
Plant of Genova
In 2006 a first degree judgement condemned Emilio Riva and his sons, Fabio Arturo and Claudio, to 1 year and 4 months of prison (waived penalty) to required them to compensate civil parties of “Legambiente”, “Associazione per Cornigliano” and the Federazione dei Verdi political party, to be defined in a separate judgement, due to environmental pollution caused by ILVA plants. On the 19th of January 2009, declared as out-of-terms all crimes related to pollution derived from coke plant, while sending back to the local General Attorney any action related to the blast furnace, due to a legal fault (crimes anyhow out-of-terms going by 2010).In Appeal absolved Emilio’s son Nicola and further plant managers (among them some have been absolved as crimes became out-of-terms), while any reimbursement to civil parties have been rejected, while to the sole Legambiente and Associazione per Cornigliano have been recognized 2005 reimbursement for legal expenses.
See also
- Thy-MarcinelleThy-MarcinelleThy-Marcinelle is a steelworks in Charleroi, Belgium, a subsidiary of the Riva group. The company is the descendent of one part of various steel companies based in the Charleroi industrial basin....
, Belgian subsidiary - Ilva Taranto, Belgian subsidiary
- History of the Riva Group since 1954
- Official web site Ilva Taranto plant
- Official web site School project Ilva Taranto
- Official web site Centro Studi Ilva Taranto