1825 Laying of the foundation stone for a blast furnace
1827 Production of water and gas pipes
1883 Malleable iron foundry
1902 Steel foundry
1914 Start-up of wheel tyre rolling mill
1915 Construction of a Siemens-Martin works
1920 Forging of power generation components
1938-45 Military production
Anfang 1947 Dismantling of the works was followed by initial reconstruction
1949 First melt of Siemens-Martin furnace 1
1952 First electric furnace was started
1954 Opening of the 60 MN-forging press
1974 The tyre rolling mill was replaced by a modern one
1990 Transition into a corporation "Gröditzer Stahlwerke GmbH"
1993 New company strategy New products - New markets
1997 Takeover by Georgsmarienhütte GmbH
1999 Foundation of two operative sectors Edelstahl Gröditz and Stahlwerk Gröditz and return to the responsibility of the BVS (Federal Agency for Special Unification-Related Tasks)
01.09.2002 Privatisation
Integrated into the Forging division of Georgsmarienhütte Group of Companies as Schmiedewerke Gröditz GmbH and Elektrostahlwerke Gröditz GmbH
01.08.2004 The steel foundry becomes a subsidiary of Schmiedewerke Gröditz GmbH—operating under the name of Stahlguss Gröditz GmbH
May 2006 Company take-over: Edelstahl GmbH J.P. Schumacher
Jan. 2006 Gröditzer Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Willich (formerly Edelstahl GmbH J.P. Schumacher) - Distribution of our products
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