Type Public company Key people Danilo Toplek, CEO Headquarters Kidričevo, Slovenia Number of employees 980 (2006) | Industry aluminium Revenue US$491million (2006) Founded 1942 | |
Products aluminium products, aluminium alloys Profiles | ||
Talum is a major Slovenian company based in Kidričevo and specialised in alumina and aluminium 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 (nowadays Kidričevo) the first alumina factory in Slovenia. By the end of World 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 of alumina and 15,000 tonnes of aluminium 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 total aluminium production from November 1954 to August 2004 amounted to around 2,560,069 tonnes, thus resulting an annual production of around 51,000 tonnes of aluminium.