The steel Airbrag (Bragado steels) faces the same difficulties as the large leading companies in the sector, such as Acindar and Ternium, affected by the unprecedented fall in the demand for steel. Faced with this, He has already decided to paralyze his production of long steels from next week by the accumulation of stock.
As confirmed by scope, the activity in the steel It will be paralyzed from next Monday, February 17 to Monday, March 10. The administrative part will also suspend activities, but until Wednesday, March 5.
“Faced with the lack of expectations of improvements in demand and before the sustained industrial crisis that continues to hit the steel sector and, particularly to Acerbrag, the company your operations must stop again From next week, ”they reported in this regard in Portal Bragado TV, citing company sources.
The decision affects Around 500 employees of the steel. The firm has its plant at kilometer 210 of Route 5, in Bragado.
The domestic steel demand has been in free fall since 2024, due to The deceleration of public works, the recession and external competition favored by import flexibility. The companies in the sector also argue that their operations are being affected by the high tax burden, the lack of financing and the difficulties that still last to access some critical supplies.
On the external front, they mention the arrival of products from Brazil and China with more competitive prices, to which it was added now Tariff increase at the entrance of foreign steel to the US territory that decided the management of Donald Trump.
Siderúrgic companies revive the 2024 crisis scenario
In August 2024, Acerbrag went through a situation similar to the current and applied a job cut. The initial objective of specifying 85 dismissals was reduced to 25, after an intense negotiation with the Bragado Delegation of the Metallurgical Workers Union, by the leader Daniel Senga. In addition, there was a voluntary retreat to which 17 workers were added. At that time, the leader said that Acerbrag had 560 operators Affiliates to the UOM.
Acerbrag is the third producer of long steels of Argentina and the second round iron. Your clients are in the construction, agriculture and industry. It is part of the Brazilian multinational Votorratim, who also has interests in Argentina The cement and mining sectors.
The Cementos Cementos Avellaneda is one of its main local assets. It also has Votorantim Metais Argentina, a mining company that produces zinc and nickel.
Information about the suspension of Acerbrag activities It was not yet officially communicatedalthough now contacts with the guild began To avoid a conflict. The intention of the company is to apply a model similar to that agreed by the UOM with Acindar, for a suspension with partial salaries payments, as a way to avoid layoffs while analyzing the evolution of the context that affects the steel industry.
Even 7 ceases are mentioned among plant staffalthough these outputs would have been agreed between the company and the affected workers. They would also have produced Other layoffs in some of the companies that provide outsourced services For Acerbrag, according to sources close to the company.
Source: Ambito
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