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Metalworking Firm José Cascasi Closes Tigre Plant as Insolvency Shifts to Liquidation

The collapse spotlights a metalworking slump that last‑minute investments could not reverse.

Overview

  • José Cascasi y Cía. S.A. confirmed the permanent shutdown of its Rincón de Milberg plant, with all staff dismissed as the court process to handle debts moves into asset sales.
  • Workers report months of delayed pay and say the company offered only 50% of legally owed severance in installments, an offer they rejected.
  • Accounts from unions and local media describe a workforce that fell from more than 50 people at its peak to about a dozen when operations ceased.
  • The firm supplied big industrial and energy clients and helped build signature projects like the Iguazú Falls walkways, so its exit cuts a link in national supply chains.
  • The shutdown ends internships and free courses in metal structures and industrial safety for students from Tigre’s technical schools that trained at the plant.