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'''Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann''' ('''PUK''') was a French company specializing in the production of [[speciality steel]]s, [[aluminium]] and [[bulk chemical]]s. It was formed in 1971 by the merger of Pechiney and Ugine Kuhlmann, creating France's largest private company at the time with a global workforce of 104,000 and slaes of US$4.7&nbsp;billion (1974).<ref>{{citation | title = Company History: Ugine S.A. | url = http://www.answers.com/topic/ugine-s-a | publisher = answers.com | accessdate = 2010-07-02}}.</ref>

The companies steel-making activities were sold (as Ugine Aciers, now Ugine S.A.) to [[Sacilor]] (now [[Usinor-Sacilor]]) in 1981, and the rest of Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann was nationalized in 1982.<ref>{{citation | title = Pechiney SA | url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Pechiney-SA-Company-History.html | publisher = fundinguniverse.com | accessdate = 2010-07-02}}.</ref> The chemicals division, Produits Chimiques Udine Kuhlmann (PCUK), was sold off in 1983, mostly to form [[Atochem]] (now [[Arkema]]),<ref>{{citation | title = History | url = http://www.arkema.com/sites/group/en/corporate/history/home.page | publisher = Arkema | accessdate = 2010-07-02}}.</ref> and the PUK name was changed back to Pechiney.

==See also==
*[[Pechiney-Ugine-Kuhlmann process]]

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[[Category:Chemical companies]]

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