History

2006

Company split up into Buderus Edelstahl GmbH, Buderus Edelstahl Band GmbH and Buderus Edelstahl Schmiedetechnik GmbH 

2005

Edelstahlwerke Buderus AG taken over by the Austrian company Böhler-Uddeholm AG

2003

Buderus AG taken over by Robert Bosch GmbH

2003

New press line for closed-die forgings

2002

Further increase in tool steel capacity

2001

Launch of the plastic mould steel "THRUHARD SUPREME"

1995

75th anniversary celebrations

1988

New high-quality tool steel for plastic moulds

1985

Forgings for the power generation equipment and plant engineering and construction industries.

1984

Crude steel production breaks the 300,000 tonne barrier

1978

Production and sales increase despite economic downturn

1977

Introduction of Buderus ISO-B steels

1973

Rolling hot strip and steel bar from the first heat

1969

Installation of a 2,500-tonne press

1965

Acquisition of Röchling's holding by Buderus; new company

1962

Highest level of investment in the company's history to date

1957

Start of an investment programme amounting to DM 25 million

1956

Expansion of the Research department

1949

Production of Anoxin sheet steel, and successful enhancement of the oxygen smelting process

1948

Normalisation of the supply of raw materials, and better plant utilization

1947

Smelting approval from the American military government

1945

Post-war reconstruction

1944

Wartime economy and destruction

1939

1939 New steel mill comes on stream

1930

Completion of the expansion programme, and concentration on special fields

1924

The company was renamed "Stahlwerke Röchling-Buderus Aktiengesellschaft", and a hammer mill came on stream.

1922

The rolling mill, annealing shop and heat treatment shop come on stream

1920

Steel works joint venture established under the name "Stahlwerke Buderus-Röchling Aktiengesellschaft"