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Tata Steel Europe Ltd. (formerly Corus Group plc) was a steelmaking company headquartered in London, England, with its main operations in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The company was created in 2007, when Tata Group took over the British-Dutch Corus Group.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group in 1999, after which the tournament was called the Corus Chess Tournament .
On 31 January 2007, Tata Steel won its bid for Corus after offering 608 pence per share, valuing Corus at £6.7 billion ($12 billion). [32] In 2005, Corus employed around 47,300 people worldwide, including 24,000 in the UK. [31] At the time of the acquisition, Corus was four times larger than Tata Steel, in terms of annual steel production.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 was the 73rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. [1] Known until 2010 as the Corus Chess Tournament, it was renamed after Tata Steel, which purchased the Corus Group. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 15 to 30 January 2011.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 was the 75th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Previously known as the Corus Chess Tournament, it was renamed after Tata Steel, which purchased the Corus Group. [1] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 12 to 27 January 2013. The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen for the third time.
The Corus Chess Tournament 2010 was the 72nd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. [1] It was the final year under this name, as from 2011 the tournament was known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, after Tata Steel purchased the Corus Group. [2] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 16 to 31 January 2010.
The Corus Chess Tournament 2009 was the 71st edition of the Corus Chess Tournament, later known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. [1] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 17 January to 1 February 2009. The tournament was won by Sergey Karjakin. [2]
The Tata Group (/ ˈ t ɑː t ɑː /) is an ... now known as Tata Steel in 1907. Marking the group's global ambitions, ... After that, it acquired Corus Group in 2007.