Coordinates: 49.336326°N 6.

050626°E

Sogerail
Not to be confused with the Usine Saint Jacques in Montluçon

Sogerail (later Corus France SA , 1999; Tata Steel France Rail, 2006)
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is a railway rail manufacturer located near Hayange, in the Lorraine region of
France. The company was formed 1994 as a subsidiary of Usinor-Sacilor - iron Formerly Sogerail (1994)
called Corus France SA
production at Hayange was established by the De Wendel family in 1892 as the
(1999)
Usine Saint Jacques.
Tata Steel France Rail
The business was acquired by Corus Group plc in 1999, becoming part of Tata SA (2006)
Steel Europe in 2006 through merger of the parent company. In 2016 the Industry Steel
company together with other long products businesses in the Tata Steel Europe Founded Usine Saint Jacques
were divested, being acquired by Greybull Capital. (1892)
Products Railway rail
History
The iron industry at the Sogerail site in Nilvange/Knutange nr. Hayange (Moselle department, Lorraine, France) dates to
c.1892 with the establishment of the Usine Saint Jacques by the de Wendels.[1][2]

By the late 20th century the works had become part of Usinor-Sacilor it its long products division in the Sollac subsidiary.
Under Usinor-Sacilor steel was supplied to the plant from the nearby Florange steelworks, and earlier from the Unimétal
plant in Gandrange (sold to Ispat). In the 1990s Usinor-Sacilor sought to divest its long products division.[3]

In 1999 Sogerail, then employing c. 500 persons was acquired from Usinor by British Steel Corporation (BSC) for £83
million, adding to its pre-exisintg rail manufacturing site in Workington, Cumbria, UK.[4][5] Steel supply from Sollac
continued until BSC began to supply Sogerail with unfinished steel from its Scunthorpe plant.[3]

In 2005 BSC's successor Corus Group plc restructured its railway rail manufacturing, closing its Workington site, and
establishing rail manufacturing at the Scunthorpe steelworks, UK.[6]

In 2006 Tata Steel acquired Corus forming Tata Steel Europe - the Hayange plant became Tata Steel France Rail SA.
(France Reg. No. B 391 575 354); in 2016 the long products division of Tata Steel Europe including the Hayange plant was
sold to Greybull Capital for a nominal sum.[7][8]

References
1. "Tata - Corus - SOGERAIL - Usine St. Jacques - Nilvange / Hayange (France)" (http://www.industrie.lu/SogerailHayan
ge.html), www.industrie.lu
2. "Tata Steel : Les rails de demain… Aujourd'hui" (http://www.agglo-valdefensch.fr/Actualites/Tata-Steel-Les-rails-de-de
main-Aujourd-hui), www.agglo-valdefensch.fr (in French), 28 Oct 2013
3. "Commission d'enquête sur la situation de la sidérurgie et de la métallurgie françaises et européennes dans la crise
économique et financière et sur les conditions de leur sauvegarde et de leur développement" (http://www.assemblee-
nationale.fr/14/cr-cesidmet/12-13/c1213008.asp), www.assemblee-nationale.fr/ (in French) (8), 3 Apr 2013
 4. SOGERAIL: BRITISH STEEL SIGNS EXCLUSIVELY AGREEMENT WITH USINOR (http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/ne
ws-releases/sogerail-british-steel-signs-exclusively-agreement-with-usinor-156496815.html) (press release), British
Steel, 1999
5. "British Steel becomes Europe's largest rail track manufacturer" (http://www.theengineer.co.uk/inspiration/british-steel-
becomes-europes-largest-rail-track-manufacturer/), www.theengineer.co.uk
6. Varin, Philippe (2005), Long Products (http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/file_source/StaticFiles/Corporate/Financial/Lon
g_Products_Presentation.pdf) (PDF) (presentation), Corus, pp. 24, 28
7. Biesheuvel, Thomas; Christie, Naomi (11 April 2006), "Tata Selling U.K. Steel Plant in Scunthorpe to Greybull" (http
s://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-11/tata-selling-long-products-steel-business-to-greybull-capital),
www.bloomberg.com
8. Faulconbridge, Guy; Young, Sarah (11 April 2016), "Britain finds a buyer for one Tata steel plant, saving a third of jobs
at risk" (https://www.reuters.com/article/tata-steel-britain-idUSL5N17E1C0), www.reuters.com

External links
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