Vallourec closes down tube mill in Deville.

Since 1899 the “Compagnie de tubes de Normandie” produced steel pipes here near Rouen. In 1961 the factory was taken over by Sidelor and in 1968 it went to Vallourec.
The image shows the old piercer built by the, long gone, American Aetna company from Ellwood City, Pa. .

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