Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks
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Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks ({{langx|pl|Huta im. T. Sendzimira}}) is a steel plant in Poland in the district Nowa Huta. It is owned by ArcelorMittal Poland S.A. Oddział Kraków, a division of ArcelorMittal.
History
The plant, then named Vladimir Lenin Steelworks, opened on July 22, 1954 in Nowa Huta, a communist utopian district built in 1949 near Kraków in the area formerly occupied by the village of Mogiła and surrounding farmland.{{Cite news | url=https://www.politico.eu/interactive/in-pictures-a-city-of-the-future-from-a-time-now-past/ | title=In pictures: A city of the future, from a time now past | first=Omar | last=Marques | work=Politico | date=September 12, 2019}}
In the 1970s, the plant employed around 40,000 people and produced almost 7 million tons of steel annually.{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/dec/17/krakow-poland-nowa-huta-lenin-steel-mill-public-tour | title=Kraków’s Lenin Steelworks: a rare view of a socialist realist gem | first=Julia | last=Szyndzielorz | work=The Guardian | date=17 December 2017}}
In the 1980s, it was one of the most important centers of Solidarity and was the site of a strike action in 1988.{{Cite web | url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=30496 | title=Kalendarium wydarzeń strajkowych w Kombinacie Metalurgicznym Huta im. Lenina wiosną i latem 1988 roku | trans-title=
Calendar of events for the strike at the Vladimir Lenin steelworks | first=Paweł | last=Wierzbicki | via=Central and Eastern European Online Library | date=2012}}
In 1990, after the end of Communism in Poland, the factory was renamed after Tadeusz Sendzimir.
In January 2005, the plant was acquired by Mittal Steel Company, which merged into ArcelorMittal.
In 2020, the blast furnace was permanently shut down.{{Cite news | url=https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/metals/100820-arcelormittal-to-permanently-close-krakow-furnace-and-steel-plant-in-poland | title=ArcelorMittal to permanently close Krakow furnace and steel plant in Poland | first=Adam | last=Easton | work=S&P Global | date=8 October 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://poland.arcelormittal.com/}}
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Category:1954 establishments in Poland
Category:Buildings and structures in Kraków
Category:Companies based in Kraków
Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1954