66% Nyrstar interest
Steel galvanizing business
Galva 45 S.A. (‘Galva 45’) is a French company specialising in galvanizing manufactured steel parts. Founded in 1982, the company operates a plant located in the department of Loiret, between Orleans and Pithiviers, some 80 kilometres south of Paris. Galva 45 is one of Europe’s largest galvanizing plants, with Nyrstar holding 66 per cent of the company’s shares, and Tubex S.A. holding the remaining 34 per cent.
Galva 45 specialises in a variety of steel coating treatments, including automotive parts and tubular products for use in the agricultural sector. Nyrstar is the operating partner.