THE ARVEDI GROUP
In 1963, Cavaliere del Lavoro Giovanni Arvedi founded the first two companies dedicated to the manufacture and sale of welded carbon steel tubes. In the 1980s, in order to ensure a reliable supply of high-quality raw materials for these companies, he began designing and developing his own steelworks, Acciaieria Arvedi. The plant was built using Arvedi’s own original and competitive process technology, conceived and developed in-house and patented worldwide under the names Arvedi ISP and ESP.
In 2022, AST Terni was acquired by Arvedi from ThyssenKrupp. A major investment plan is aimed at expanding production capacity while supporting initiatives to progressively reduce emissions and implement circular economy principles, in line with the objectives set out in the company’s Sustainability Plan.
The Arvedi Group operates across Europe through a range of activities spanning primary products, such as steel and hot-rolled coils, through to finished products including precision rerolled products, tubes and stainless steel forgings.
Today, the Arvedi Group manufactures flat hot-rolled and cold-rolled carbon and stainless steel products, carbon and stainless steel tubes, and precision rerolled stainless steel strip, and is also active in the trading of steel products. All Group companies have been designed with a strong focus on specialization and optimized in terms of production organization and plant configuration. They employ state-of-the-art technology and proprietary operating practices to enhance efficiency, quality and flexibility.
A highly qualified and experienced management team, leading a lean and flexible organization, works to ensure high standards of production efficiency and product quality, together with a high level of customer service, with particular attention to market developments and requirements.
The Group’s technological, ergonomic and environmental choices are guided by a commitment to people’s safety and well-being, as well as to the responsible management of environmental impacts.
The Holding Company and the Group’s industrial structure
Finarvedi is the holding company of the Arvedi Group, the core business of which is composed of steelmaking operations with volumes of over 6 million tonnes of products characterised by high quality and destined for the most demanding markets. The Arvedi Group has more than 6,000 employees and consolidated revenue of over € 5 billion. The recent acquisition (January 2022) of AST Terni has given the Group an important role also in the primary steelmaking sector for stainless steel and has contributed to growth in volumes and revenues.
The companies already present in the Group – ILTA Inox and Arinox – will be able to exploit the synergies arising from the presence of AST, a manufacturer of raw materials in the form of coils.
Arvedi AST: a new integrated company, a new force on the market, with a stainless passion for steel.
In 1884 Terni became part of steelmaking history: the town was chosen as the location for the biggest industrial complex in the recently united Italy to be called “Società Alti Forni, Fonderie e Acciaierie di Terni”, founded on the basis of the project by Admiral Benedetto Brin in collaboration with the Venetian businessman Vincenzo Stefano Breda. Thus came into being a steel works that was unique in Italy and became the symbol of the turning point for modern Italian industry of the time.
With 140 years of experience, Arvedi AST, part of the Arvedi Group, is one of the most important integrated steelmaking sites in Europe in the stainless steel sector.
Its core business is stainless steel flat products, for which it is market leader in Italy and one of the four leading producers in Europe. As well as flat rolled steel, the company also produces forgings in special steels, among the largest in the world, through its Forgings Division. Tubificio di Terni, the Arvedi AST controlled company, deals with the production of ERW stainless steel tubes.
PLANTS
Our manufacturing facilities are concentrated in Terni, in an area of over 1,500,000 square metres, and cover the entire manufacturing cycle, from casting to packaging. Equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, the AST plants provide about one million tons of special steel per year. The company employs more than 2,300 people directly and several hundred more workers are involved in services and related industries.
The Terni production facilities cover the entire manufacturing cycle, from casting to packaging
