Finkl Steel Chicago plant
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Finkl Steel Chicago plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Chicago, Illinois, United States:
- Location: 1355 East 93rd Street, Chicago, IL 60619, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.724915, -87.589968 (exact)
Background
The Finkl Steel Chicago plant began operating in 2011, but the A. Finkl & Sons Co had been operating other plants in Chicago since the 1880s.[1]
In 2012, the company was fined $352,700 for violations of Occupational Safety and Hazard Association (OSHA) standards at the Chicago plant.[2]
In 2019, an explosion at the plant's slag pit caused $150,000 in damage. No one was injured.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[4] | 2011[5] | 526[6] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Steel Holding AG [100.0%] | 4295890566 [100%] | E100001013029 [32.7%]; E100001013031 [25.9%]; E100001013030 [20.4%] | A Finkl & Sons Co[5] | 4297264107 | E100000130827 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[7] | mold steel; die steel; die casting; cold work; bars & custom forgings; billets & ingots[7] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery; transport[8] | EAF[9] | 1 EAF (75-tonne; began in 2011)[10][11] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 573 TTPA[10] | 573 TTPA[10] |
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ "Who We Are". Finkl Steel. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ "US Department of Labor's OSHA cites A. Finkl and Sons in Chicago for 26 safety violations, including failing to maintain cranes | Occupational Safety and Health Administration". www.osha.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ Cauguiran, Cate (2019-04-18). "Finkl Steel explosion sends burning debris flying, nearby home catches fire". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211231002215/https://www.finkl.com/. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211214103700/https://www.finkl.com/about/who-we-are/. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.datanyze.com/companies/finkl-steel/1952561.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211214103645/https://www.finkl.com/products/. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211214103658/https://www.finkl.com/applications/. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230630181628/https://www.finkl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/LineCard10HR-Final.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023.
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