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A tribute to René Damien, a visionary, an internationalist and a decision-maker
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2002
Abstract
This article tells in the form of a tribute to chairman René Damien, the founder of Usinor, the story of the French wide strip mills. The situation of the French steel industry in the 1950s is first recalled. The important decisions made to modernize this industry are then presented and the major milestones of the construction and operation of the hot strip mills of Denain, Serémange, Dunkirk and Fos are indicated.
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- Metallurgical Research & Technology , Volume 99 , Issue 7-8: Laminage à chaud et à froidLignes aval de l'usine à froid , July 2002 , pp. 599 - 613
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- © La Revue de Métallurgie, 2002
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