Dos ofertas de un euro y tres parciales: así se reparte el interés de los inversores por Tubos Reunidos

Three bidders have proposed competing deals for Tubos Reunidos, with offers ranging from a symbolic one euro to 27.5 million euros. Two of the five pre-selected bids by the conciliation administrator both propose acquiring both plants in Trápaga and Amurrio, but do so at a symbolic price of one euro and include plans to lay off workers.

The highest bid is 27.5 million euros, but this offer is only interested in Tubos Reunidos' Bizkaia plant, which has better prospects due to its specialization in large-diameter, seamless steel tubes. This plant is also the only one of interest to the investor who submitted the second-largest economic bid, offering one million euros for it.

Following these two bids, a third investor proposes purchasing the company for 100,000 euros. This offer comes with a subsidiary that includes Amurrio's facilities, unlike the other two bids. However, this plant, which manufactures cold-drawn tubes in smaller sizes, faces higher wage costs due to employing 900 out of 1,200 total workers.

The other two bidders, both of which prioritize including the Alava plant from the start, only value the acquisition at one euro. The judge has prioritized the inclusion of this plant, but the valuation of these two offers remains at one euro each. The details of each bidder and the potential interest of other companies like Sidenor, Tubacex, or the Indian group Welspun remain undisclosed. Now, the talks will begin with unions, administrations, and possible investors to finalize the bids.