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Commercial Metals Company
Company typePublic company
NYSECMC
IndustryMetals
Founded1915
HeadquartersIrving, Texas,
Key people
Joseph Alvarado, President & Chairman of the Board & CEO[1]
ProductsSteel
Production output
3.9 million tons of steel (2015)[1]
Revenue Decrease US$5.988 billion (FY 2015)[1]
Increase US$304 million (FY 2015)[1]
Increase US$141 million (FY 2015)[1]
Total assets Decrease US$3.372 billion (FY 2015)[1]
Total equity Decrease US$1.319 billion (FY 2015)[1]
Number of employees
9,126 (August 31, 2015)[1]
Websitewww.cmc.com

Commercial Metals Company is a steel and metal manufacturer based in based in Irving, Texas.

Current operations

The company owns steel minimills in Texas, Alabama, Arizona , South Carolina, Arkansas, and Poland and 60 recycling facilities around the world.[2]

In its fiscal year 2015, the company shipped 2.7 million tons of steel from its American mills and 1.2 million tons of steel from its mill in Poland.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1915 by Jacob Feldman as a scrap trading company.[3]

In 1994, the company acquired Owen Steel Company in an $87 million transaction.[4]

In 2002, the company sold the heavy structural fabrication assets of SMI-Owen Steel, resulting in $20 million of proceeds.[5]

In 2011, Carl Icahn offered to buy the company for $15 per share.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Commercial Metals Company Form 10-K Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2015
  2. ^ CMC: Overview
  3. ^ CMC: History
  4. ^ "Commercial Metals to Acquire Owen Steel". New York Times. September 28, 1994.
  5. ^ "Commercial Metals Company Completes Sale of Heavy Structural Fabrication Assets of SMI-Owen Steel Company, Inc. Subsidiary". PRNewswire. March 28, 2002.
  6. ^ "Icahn Offers to Buy Metals Company". New York Times. November 28, 2011.

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