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lenvi Francis Mer, Pdg dUsinor*. La preuve par les                    faits :  notre nouveau&nbsp; groupe  NewCo (mais le nom nest pas                    dfinitif)  sera le plus fort en Europe et le plus dynamique                    dans le monde  a-t-il dclar, le 21 fvrier &agrave; Bruxelles, en                    prsentant le projet de fusion entre les groupes franais                    Usinor, luxembourgeois Arbed et espagnol Aceralia. </span></p>                   <p class="4-corps"><span lang="FR">Membre actif de la                    direction de Confrontations, le patron dUsinor deviendra avec                    Joseph Kinsch, son homologue dArbed, lun des deux prsidents                    de la nouvelle entit, qui devrait voir dfinitivement le jour                    en novembre 2001, apr&egrave;s avoir reu le feu vert de la                    Commission europenne, qui exigera vraisemblablement la                    cession de certaines activits. Le futur groupe optera pour le                    statut de  socit europenne  d&egrave;s que lEurope en aura                    adopt les r&egrave;glements. </span></p>                   <p class="4-corps"><span lang="FR">En jouant la carte dun                    mariage europen, les trois sidrurgistes seront mieux arms                    pour rpondre aux besoins de leurs grands clients qui, &agrave;                    linstar de lindustrie automobile, sont tr&egrave;s concentrs et                    exercent une pression constante sur les prix.</span></p>                   <p class="4-corps"><span lang="FR">Avec une production                    annuelle de 46 millions de tonnes dacier par an, plus de 110                    000 salaris et un chiffre daffaires de 30 milliards deuros,                    le futur gant de lacier, dont le capital devrait &ecirc;tre dtenu                    &agrave; hauteur de 56,5 % par les anciens actionnaires dUsinor,                    arrivera loin devant le japonais Nippon Steel (28,1 millions                    de tonnes en 2000) et le sud-coren Posco (27,7 millions de                    tonnes en 2000).</span></p>                   <hr color="#000000" width="50" size="1" align="left">                   <p class="6-labjegyzet" style="text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-left: 18.0pt">                   * <span lang="FR">Interview dans La Lettre de Confrontations                    n 46 et lire en p. 25 de ce numro.</span></p>                   <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>                   <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Arial Narrow"><b>                   <a href="index.php">Retour                   au sommaire</a></b></font></p>                   <p align="right"><a href="#Haut"><img border="0" src="http://www.confrontations.org/gfx/haut.gif" width="21" height="22"></a></p>                   </td>               </tr>             </table>             </td>           </tr>         </table>       </div>             </td>           </tr>         </table>       </div>       </td>     </tr>   <center>     <tr>       <td style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">       &nbsp;</td>       <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0" align="center" valign="top">       <hr color="#347DBF" width="90%" noshade> <p align="center" style="margin: 0"><font face="Arial Black" style="font-size: 10pt">CONFRONTATIONS Pour une dmocratie participative europenne<br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2">           41, rue mile Zola - F-93107 Montreuil Cedex<br>           Tl: 00 33 (0)1 49 88 11 94, Fax: 00 33 (0)1 49 88 11 84 (Paris)</font></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0"><font face="Verdana" size="2">           Tl : 00 32 (0)2 284 71 23 (Bruxelles)<br> Email :           <a title="Envoyez-nous un message" href="mailto:confrontations@wanadoo.fr">           confrontations@wanadoo.fr</a><font color="#000000"> | Web : <a href="http://www.confrontations.org/">http://www.confrontations.org/</a></font></font></p>       </td>     </tr>   </table>   </center> </div>   </body> </html> 
