GRUPO VILLAR MIR HISTORY
 
JULY 1987
  • Acquisition of Inmobiliaria Espacio, S.A. and Obrascón, S.A. from Altos Hornos de Vizcaya (AHV), S.A.
JULY 1991
  • Listing of Obrascón, S.A. on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
DECEMBER 1992
  • Acquisition of Ferroatlántica, S.L. from Carburos Metálicos, S.A. (already controlled by Air Products).
MARCH 1995
  • Acquisition of Fesa/Fertiberia from Ercros/Freeport McMoran.
JANUARY 1996
  • Acquisition of Cuarzos Indutriales, S.A. from Cimpor (Portugal).
MAY 1996
  • Takeover bid on 100% of Hidro Nitro Española, S.A.
• Acquisition of Elsan, S.A. from private investors.
DECEMBER 1996
  • Takeover bid on 100% of Sefanitro, S.A.
JANUARY 1997
  • Acquisition of Sato, S.A. from private investors.
JUNE 1998
  • Takeover merger of Huarte, S.A. by Obrascón (Obrascón Huarte OH, S.A.).
JULY 1998
  • Acquisition of Pacadar, S.A. from private investors.
DECEMBER 1998
  • Acquisition of 80% of Ferroven, S.A. from the State of Venezuela in a public auction.
MAY 1999
  • Takeover merger of Lain, S.A. by Obrascón Huarte, S.A. (OHL, S.A.).
JULY 2000
  • Acquisition of 67% of Rocas, Arcillas y Minerales, S.A. (RAMSA) from Grupo ELKEM (Norway).
MAY 2005
  • Acquisition of 100% of Pechiney Électrométallurgie from ALCAN (Canada).
AUGUST 2005
  • Acquisition of 66% Fertial Spa from the State of Algeria.
DECEMBER 2006
  • GVM achieves the majority interest (50,7%) in the OHL Group.
DECEMBER 2007
  • Commissioning of Torre Espacio Castellana.
JANUARY 2008
  • Acquisition of the assets of Rand Carbide PLC (ferrosilicon plant) in South Africa.
JUNE 2008
  • Incorporation Ferroatlántica Brasil Mineraçao Ltd.
APRIL 2009
  • Acquisition of 100% of Adubos de Portugal.
• Establishment of Silicio Ferrosolar, S.L.
NOVEMBER 2010
  • Acquisition of 100% of Céntrica, S.L.
• Acquisition of the assets of Sinice Silicon Industries (silicon metal plant) in China (Yunnan).
     
2011
  • Construction scheduled to begin on:
 - the largest ammonia plant in the world in Arzew (Algeria).
 - the largest silicon metal plant in the world in Sichuan (China).
 - Hydroelectric power stations of 560 MW in Sichuan (China).
 - a regasification plant in Huelva (Spain).
GRUPO VILLAR MIR HIGHLIGHTS
 
FAMILY-OWNED
  • 100% owned by its founder (D. Juan-Miguel Villar Mir) and his three sons.
     
INDEPENDENT
  • No chares are held by any other institution, either financial or any other nature.
     
INDUSTRIAL
  • Basic industrial sectors, construction, real estate and services.
• Long-term action criteria. 
• No sales of companies
     
DESCENTRALIZED
  • The Group in designed as the sum of individual companies with their own entity and great autonomy.
• Very reduced corporate structure.
• No Group constraints: each company if fully responsible for its Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
     
INTERNATIONAL
  • Permanet presence in 32 countries on 5 continents.
     
INNOVATIVE
  • Ongoing activities in R&D&i.
     
DIVERSIFIED
   

GRUPO VILLAR MIR PRINCIPLES

Group

• Family-Run

• Independent

• Industrial

• Diversified

• Decentralized

Integrity, Honesty and Ethics in All Aspects of Business

Satisfaction by

• Work with Passion

• With a Vocation of Leadership

• With the Capacity to Save and Consolidate Companies with Difficulties

• With a Spirit of Overcoming Problems and Constantly Improving

• With Long-Therm Criteria

• Encouraging Individual Initiative

• With the Utmost Delegation

• Rewarding According to Result

Responsible Loyalty to

• Customers

• Employees

• The Community

• Shareholders

Commitment to Quality, Safety and Respect for the Environment

Maximum Profits and Self-finanding

• As a Goal

• As a Means for a Policy

  • Financial Security

  • With Ambitious Investments