Techint was founded in 1945 as an international engineering and construction corporation by Agostino Rocca, an Italian entrepreneur instrumental in developing the steel industry. The company began providing engineering services in Europe and Latin America and constructed major infrastructure projects like pipelines and steel plants. Techint has since expanded to include various subsidiaries operating across different industries, with over 59,000 employees and annual revenues of over $25.4 billion.

1. TECHINT
Foundation
"Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale" - soon named TECHINT after the original telex code - was founded as an international corporation in 1945.
The founder was Agostino Rocca, an innovative engineer, manager and entrepreneur, and a key force behind the development of the Italian steel industry in the 1930s.

2. Beginnings
 The company began providing engineering services
to clients in Europe and Latin America.
 Construction activities soon followed, among them
the southern gas pipeline in Argentina, inaugurated
in 1949.
 Production of steel structures and heavy mechanical
equipment and parts was also started near Buenos
Aires.

3. Early Steel Ventures
 Techint constructed and then operated two seamless
steel tube plants, one in Veracruz (Mexico) and the
other in Campana (Argentina). Both plants began
production in 1954.
 In the late 1960s a flat steel cold-rolling facility was
built in Ensenada (Argentina), which was meant to
be the first step of a planned fully integrated
operation.

4. Today
 With a workforce of experienced professionals and
skilled workers numbering 59,400 permanent
employees, the Techint Group's global annual
turnover is over USD 25.4 billion.

5. Milestones
 – Tenaris Milestones
 – Ternium Milestones
 – Techint Engineering & Construction Milestones
 – Tenova Milestones
 – Tecpetrol Milestones
 – Humanitas Milestones