1991 övertogs aktiemajoriteten i HLW av den italienska stålproducenten Lucchini och såldes 2005 till Arcelor, som 2006 gick samman med Mittal Steel [9]. ###>In 1991 the majority of shares in HLW were taken over by the Italian steel producer Lucchini and sold in 2005 to Arcelor, which merged with Mittal Steel in 2006 [9].