Who owns Confab?
Confab is owned by Tenaris (Luxembourg, NYSE: TS).[1]
Evidence: Tenaris S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-31, SEC EDGAR, 31 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Tenaris S.A. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Oilfield services & drilling
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Confab
Confab Industrial S.A. is the leading Brazilian producer of welded steel pipe and a 100 percent owned Tenaris subsidiary, per the 20-F.
What Tenaris's annual report says about Confab
Sentences about Confab from Tenaris's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Brazil In Brazil, we have the Confab welded pipe manufacturing facility, located in Pindamonhangaba and Moreira Cesar, 160 kilometers northeast of the city of S o Paulo.
Usiminas As of December 31, 2025, Tenaris held, through its Brazilian subsidiary, Confab, 47.5 million ordinary shares and 1.3 million preferred shares of Usiminas, representing 6.76% of its shares with voting rights, 3.96% of its total share capital, and 9.8% of Usiminas' control group.
Confab's participation in Usiminas share capital is the result of a series of acquisitions, the first of which was carried out on January 16, 2012, pursuant to which Ternium (through certain of its subsidiaries) and Confab acquired a large block of Usiminas ordinary shares and joined Usiminas' existing control group.
How often Tenaris names Confab in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Confab
Where Confab sits in Tenaris
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Tenaris
Tenaris controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in oilfield services & drilling, and who owns them
Tenaris has more brands in oilfield services & drilling on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 17.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BENTEC | Helmerich & Payne | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bently Nevada | Baker Hughes | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pintail Completions | RPC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ChampionX | SLB | 🇺🇸 United States |
| FlexSteel | Cactus | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Citadel Casing Solutions | Innovex | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ulterra | Patterson-UTI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| PROPWR | ProPetro | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Tenaris
Tenaris is a publicly listed company headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TS.
Tenaris S.A. is a Luxembourg company that its 2025 Form 20-F says grew from Siderca, formed in 1948. San Faustin S.A. beneficially owned 66.13 percent of its share capital and 70.07 percent of the votes at 31 December 2025; 28.17 percent traded on the Italian and Mexican exchanges and its ADSs trade on the NYSE.
🇧🇷 Confab and other Brazilian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 149 brands that began in Brazil. 31 of them (21%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Confab among them.
- Auren Energia — Auren Energia 🇧🇷
- Brava Energia — Ecopetrol 🇨🇴
- Comgás — Cosan 🇧🇷
- Engie Brasil Energia — Engie Brasil Energia 🇧🇷
- Ipiranga — Ultrapar 🇧🇷
- Petrobras — Petrobras 🇧🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Confab?
The parent company of Confab is Tenaris, a publicly listed company headquartered in Luxembourg.
Is Confab Brazilian or Luxembourgish?
Confab originated in Brazil, but it is owned today by Tenaris, which is headquartered in Luxembourg. So Confab is a Brazilian-origin brand under Luxembourgish ownership.
Is Confab still owned by Tenaris?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Confab is still owned by Tenaris. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Tenaris S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-31 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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