# SSAB bids for Tata Steel's IJmuiden steelworks including packaging steel business

Sweden's SSAB has made a bid for Tata Steel's IJmuiden integrated steelworks in the Netherlands, including its packaging steels business. An analyst views the bid as fitting SSAB's focus on added-value sectors.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-11-24
- Where: IJmuiden, Netherlands
- Status: announced
- Products: tinplate, packaging steel
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [SSAB](https://endata.com/companies/1465.md) (acquirer)
- [Tata Steel](https://endata.com/companies/3546.md) (target)

## Sources

- [canmaker.com](https://canmaker.com/bid-by-swedens-ssab-for-tatas-ijmuiden-packaging-steel-business-makes-compelling-logic/), 2020-11-24: "SSAB's bid for Tata Steel's IJmuiden integrated steelworks in the Netherlands, including its packaging steels business, fits in with the Swedish steelmaker's strategy of focusing on added-value sectors of the industry."

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