History

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

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

Buderus AG taken over by Robert Bosch GmbH

New press line for closed-die forgings

Further increase in tool steel capacity

Launch of the plastic mould steel "THRUHARD SUPREME"

75th anniversary celebrations

New high-quality tool steel for plastic moulds

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

Crude steel production breaks the 300,000 tonne barrier

Production and sales increase despite economic downturn

Introduction of Buderus ISO-B steels

Rolling hot strip and steel bar from the first heat

Installation of a 2,500-tonne press

Acquisition of Röchling's holding by Buderus; new company

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

Start of an investment programme amounting to DM 25 million

Expansion of the Research department

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

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

Smelting approval from the American military government

Post-war reconstruction

Wartime economy and destruction

1939 New steel mill comes on stream

Completion of the expansion programme, and concentration on special fields

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

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

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