Arcelor

Arcelor S.A.

Company type	Société Anonyme
Industry	Steel
Predecessors	Arbed (1911) Aceralia (1902) Usinor (1948)
Founded	February 18, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-02-18)
Defunct	2006 (2006)
Fate	Merged with Mittal Steel
Successor	ArcelorMittal (2006)
Headquarters	Luxembourg City , Luxembourg
Products	Steel
Revenue	€40.6 billion (2006)
Number of employees	103,935 (2006)
Website	www.arcelor.com

Arcelor S.A. was the world's largest steel producer in terms of turnover and the second largest in terms of steel output, with a turnover of €30.2 billion and shipments of 45 million metric tons of steel in 2004. The company was created in 2002 by a merger of the former companies Aceralia (Spain), Usinor (France) and Arbed (Luxembourg). Arcelor is now part of ArcelorMittal after a takeover by Mittal Steel in 2006.