- Talum
Infobox_Company
company_name = Talum
company_type =Public company
foundation = 1942
location = flagicon|SloveniaKidričevo ,Slovenia
key_people = Danilo Toplek, CEO
num_employees = 980 (2006)
revenue = US$491million (2006)
industry =aluminium
products = aluminium products, aluminium alloys
homepage = http://www.talum.si/en/home.phpTalum is a major
Slovenia n company based inKidričevo and specialised inalumina andaluminium products with an annual production capacity of around 156.000 tonnes.History
The company was founded in 1942 by the German company "Vereinigte Aluminium Werke" which built in
Strnišče the firstalumina factory inSlovenia . By the end ofWorld War II the factory was 70% completed but the construction had to be halted for obvious reasons.The factory was finished in February 1954 and the first
aluminium was produced in November the same year. The early capacity of the factory was 45,000 tonnes ofalumina and 15,000 tonnes ofaluminium per year.The first contract was established in 1957 with French company
Pechiney to supply a quantity of 80,000 tonnes of alumina.In 2004 a massive modernisation programme started at Talum which involved the construction of other new potlines for
aluminium smelting. The totalaluminium production from November 1954 to August 2004 amounted to around 2,560,069 tonnes thus resulting an annual production of around 51,000 tonnes ofaluminium .External links
* [http://www.talum.si/en/home.php Home page]
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