Centraalstaal

Centraalstaal BV is a Dutch company, with headquarters in Groningen, Netherlands. The company was formed in 1972 as an initiative from the shipyards in the north of the Netherlands to start a joint prefabrication plant for the cutting and forming of sheet metal. The company is part of the Central Industry Group from the Netherlands.

Centraalstaal is currently internationally active in the shipbuilding industry, the architecture industry and the art industry.

Centraalstaal initially started as a pre-processing plant with the sole purpose to support the shipbuilding industry in the north of the Netherlands. In 1972, several shipyards in the north of the Netherlands decided cooperate with each other, rather than compete against each other, in order to cut costs and to obtain a stronger position in the international shipbuilding industry. A result of this cooperation was the decision to cut production costs by starting a company that would provide prefabricated (precut and preformed) steel to the shipyards, thereby eliminating the necessity for each shipyard to invest in expensive prefabrication equipment. This resulted in the creation of a prefabrication factory and head office in the city of Groningen, which became known by the name of Centraalstaal BV. In 1977, Centraalstaal became part of the Central Industry Group, a holding company which currently owns 10 companies that offer a wide range of services to the international shipbuilding industry including engineering services, engineering software development, ship's equipment and steel prefabrication.

On most projects, in both the shipbuilding and the architecture industry, Centraalstaal works together in close coordination with sister companies Numeriek Centrum Groningen and Vuyk Engineering Groningen for the engineering work that precedes the manufacturing process. Both companies are part of the Central Industry Group.

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