Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie
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Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (CMI) is a mechanical engineering group headquartered in Seraing
, Belgium, producing machinery for steel plants, industrial heat recovery equipment and boiler, and shunting locomotives and military equipment (artillery guns).
In 1817 the John Cockerill company was founded in Seraing
nr. Liege
, Belgium by John Cockerill. As well as creating an iron works John Cockerill also instigated machine building activities, following in the footsteps of his father William Cockerill
's who had made his fortune constructing machines for the textile industry in Belgium.
The company produced the primary industrial machinery of the day; steam engines, blast furnace blowers etc. . In 1835 the company produced the first Belgian steam locomotive La Belge
, beginning a tradition of building locomotives for the railways of Belgium.
An association with military equipment also began early in the 19th century; building a battleship for the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
navy in 1825.
By 1981 the division had become part of the financially troubled Cockerill-Sambre
, in 1982 Cockerill-Mechanique (with a capital of ~2billion Belgian franc
s) became a 100% owned subsidiary of that company as Cockerill Mechanical Industries as part of restructuring of the company that would allow the profitable parts (including CMI) to be separated off. However the association of the division with the successors of Cockerill-Sambre and its successor Usinor
continued until 2002 when it was sold to private investors.
In 2004 the company was renamed Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie.
The industry sub-division manufactures equipment for steel coil treatment including pickling, annealing, hot dip and electro galvanising lines, rolling mills and reheating furnaces for the steel industry., as well as shunting locomotives.
The energy sub-division products include heat recovery steam generator and boilers.
The defence sub-division's primary products are 90mm guns and turrets for light armourmed vehicles.
Seraing
Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. The municipality of Seraing includes the old communes of Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, and Ougrée. With Liège, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Ans, and Flémalle it forms the greater Liège agglomeration...
, Belgium, producing machinery for steel plants, industrial heat recovery equipment and boiler, and shunting locomotives and military equipment (artillery guns).
History
- see also John Cockerill (company)John Cockerill (company)The John Cockerill Company was a Belgian iron, steel and manufacturing company based in Seraing in the region of Liege, founded by the British industrialist family fathered by William Cockerill....
and Cockerill (company)
In 1817 the John Cockerill company was founded in Seraing
Seraing
Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. The municipality of Seraing includes the old communes of Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, and Ougrée. With Liège, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Ans, and Flémalle it forms the greater Liège agglomeration...
nr. Liege
Liege
Liège is a municipality and a city of Belgium. The term Liège or Liege may also refer to:* Liege, a party to the oath of allegiance in feudalism .* Liège Island, in the Antarctic...
, Belgium by John Cockerill. As well as creating an iron works John Cockerill also instigated machine building activities, following in the footsteps of his father William Cockerill
William Cockerill
William Cockerill was a British entrepreneur who created a textile machine manufacturing business in Verviers and Liege, Belgium ....
's who had made his fortune constructing machines for the textile industry in Belgium.
The company produced the primary industrial machinery of the day; steam engines, blast furnace blowers etc. . In 1835 the company produced the first Belgian steam locomotive La Belge
Le Belge (locomotive)
Le Belge was a 2-2-2 Patentee type steam locomotive with tender, built in 1835 by the company founded by John Cockerill in Seraing, Belgium...
, beginning a tradition of building locomotives for the railways of Belgium.
An association with military equipment also began early in the 19th century; building a battleship for the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial name used to refer to Kingdom of the Netherlands during the period after it was first created from part of the First French Empire and before the new kingdom of Belgium split out in 1830...
navy in 1825.
By 1981 the division had become part of the financially troubled Cockerill-Sambre
Cockerill-Sambre
Cockerill-Sambre was a group of Belgian steel manufacturers headquartered in Seraing , on the Meuse River, and in Charleroi, on the shore of the Sambre River....
, in 1982 Cockerill-Mechanique (with a capital of ~2billion Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...
s) became a 100% owned subsidiary of that company as Cockerill Mechanical Industries as part of restructuring of the company that would allow the profitable parts (including CMI) to be separated off. However the association of the division with the successors of Cockerill-Sambre and its successor Usinor
Usinor
Usinor was a French steel making group formed in 1948. The group was merged with Sacilor in 1986, becoming Usinor-Sacilor and was privatised in 1995, and renamed Usinor in 1997....
continued until 2002 when it was sold to private investors.
In 2004 the company was renamed Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie.
Activities and products
The company's primary business is in metal mechanical engineering with emphasis on machinery related to or using in steelworks; maintenance, refurbishment and repair of equipment is also part of the companies business.The industry sub-division manufactures equipment for steel coil treatment including pickling, annealing, hot dip and electro galvanising lines, rolling mills and reheating furnaces for the steel industry., as well as shunting locomotives.
The energy sub-division products include heat recovery steam generator and boilers.
The defence sub-division's primary products are 90mm guns and turrets for light armourmed vehicles.