Type Public Industry Siderurgy Headquarters Chimbote Parent organization Gerdau | Traded as BVL: SIDERC1 Number of employees 2,500 Founded 1956 | |
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Key people Hermann Von Muhlenbrock Soto (Chairman)
Juan Pablo Garcia Bayce (CEO) Revenue US$ 543.2 Million (2008) | ||
SIDERPERU is a Peruvian steel and iron company and controlled by Gerdau, a Brazilian siderurgy company.
The company was founded in 1956 in Chimbote city. The steel complex is set in an 600 hectares large site and has a production capacity of more than 500 tons of steel products. It includes a blast furnace, the only one in Peru, and several electric arc furnaces that produce steel sponges. Since its foundation the company is the largest in its sector in Peru.
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