Cockerill Mechanical Industries
1982 John Cockerill's Mechanical Construction Division became a subsidiary of Cockerill-Sambre and was renamed Cockerill Mechanical Industries
1995 Also providing maintenance and services, so becoming a complete specialist in industrial equipment.
2002 Bernard Serin bought the company.
The company left the steel industry definitively. The original activity of industrial equipment manufacturing became the core business once again. The Group expanded its technological portfolio, developed its service activities, and expanded around the world, mainly through acquisitions.
2004 The name was adapted - CMI no longer signified Cockerill Mechanical Industries, but Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie, indicating specialisation in both engineering and maintenance.
2016 Established the environmental business as a separate business line.
2019 CMI was named John Cockerill again, after its visionary and entrepreneurial founder.
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Sources of Information
- [1] John Cockerill history