Tinfos

Infobox_Company
company_name = Tinfos
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan =
foundation = 1875
location_city = Notodden
location_country = Norway
key_people = Kjetil Holta
num_employees = 500
industry = Metal
products = Ferroalloys, Pig Iron and energy
revenue = profit NOK 6.000 millions (in 2006)| homepage = [http://www.tinfos.com/ http://www.tinfos. com/]

Tinfos is a private Norwegian holding company. Its roots dates back to 1875, and has today the head office in Oslo, Norway. The firm is one of the oldest companies in its field of activity in Europe. Its main products are silicomanganese, High Purity Pig Iron and titanium dioxide. The company is structured in 4 different divisions. Tinfos AS were sold 15.04.08 to French based manganese company Eramet.

Tinfos Jernverk

Tinfos Jernverk produces silicomanganese, an alloy used for all steel. The company is the world leader in the production of low carbon silicomanganese for primarily stainless steel. The plant is located in Kvinesdal, Norway.

Tinfos Titan and Iron

Tinfos Titan and Iron produces titanium dioxide slag for the pigment industry and high quality Pig Iron for the foundry industry at the plant in Tyssedal, Norway. The raw material used in the process is ilmenite.

Energy

Tinfos is generating energy for its own consumption through hydropower plants in Tyssedal and in Notodden. It is also recovering energy through the thermal power plant in Kvinesdal. The division also promotes small scale turnkey power plants.

Tinfos Nizi

Tinfos Nizi is responsible for the worldwide trading operations with head offices in Luxembourg. It sells a large portion of group’s internally produced manganese alloys and pig iron, although the major part of the turnover is from traded ferroalloys, Pig iron and metals. The division is divided in three business units: steel, foundry and metals.

Sources

* [http://www.ponts.org/in/ENPC_MBA_Profile_Book_2005_2006.pdf Article about the Tinfos Group on Ponts.org]
* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0008-3658.2005.00093.x Article that deals with the Tinfos Group on Blackwell-synergy.com]
* [http://www.squareoil.dk/aviser/squarenyt_maj_2003.pdf Squareoil.dk talked about Tinfos gruppen]
* [http://www.factor.no/no/customers.html Article about the Tinfos Gruppen on Factor.no]
* [http://www.bdointernational.com/BDOGCO/website/BDOGCO/websiteContent.nsf/0/609f28f74cc94475802571c40037e2c7/$FILE/Europe%20Mediterranean.pdf Article that talks about the Tinfos Group on BDoInternational.com]
* [http://www.ngu.no/FileArchive/235/2006_023.pdf Article about the Tinfos Group on NGU.no]
* [http://www.tinfos.com/ Their corporative website]