ThyssenKrupp Yet to Finalize Plans to Sell VDM Alloys Unit
January 30 2015 - 1:20PM
Dow Jones News
By Jenny Busche
FRANKFURT--ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA.XE) hasn't finalized plans to
sell its VDM alloys unit, Chief Executive Heinrich Hiesinger said
Friday.
The industrial conglomerate sold VDM to Finland's Outokumpu in
2012, but it was forced to reintegrate it in 2013 when the Finnish
group faced financial difficulties.
Mr. Hiesinger told shareholders at the company's annual general
meeting that he would like to resell VDM as well as ThyssenKrupp's
Italian stainless steel mill Terni. The two units generated a
pretax loss of 55 million euros ($62.13 million) after
restructuring outlays and cost-cutting measures in the fiscal year
ended Sept. 30.
He added that ThyssenKrupp has developed a restructuring plan
for VDM.
--Monica Houston-Waesch contributed to this article.
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