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Our history
The foundations
| 1921 |
Foundation of Metallwerk PLANSEE Ges.m.b.H. by Professor Paul Schwarzkopf for the production of molybdenum and tungsten wires |
| 1939 |
Foundation of American Electro Metal Corp. as the forerunner to the present PLANSEE USA LLC. |
| 1936 |
Metallwerk PLANSEE under the ownership of the Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG |
| 1952 |
Paul Schwarzkopf regains sole ownership of Metallwerk PLANSEE GmbH |
Internationalization
| 1974 |
Start of production of Elmet composite materials at Metallwerk PLANSEE GmbH, Lechbruck |
| 1978 |
Foundation of Nippon PLANSEE K. K. in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1979 |
Foundation sales company in Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1980 |
Foundation sales company in London, Great Britain |
| 1981 |
Foundation sales company in Sarcelles, France |
| 1986 |
Foundation PM-Hochtemperatur-Metall GmbH, Germany for ODS alloys jointly with Metallgesellschaft AG in Frankfurt |
| 1987 |
Acquisition of ELEKTRO-METALL AG (now PLANSEE Powertech AG) in Seon, Switzerland – a producer of tungsten-copper contact materials |
| 1989 |
Foundation of production company in Esashi, Japan |
| 1992 |
Sales office set up in Almere, Holland |
| 1995 |
Sales office set up in New Delhi, India |
| 1999 |
Majority shareholding in CIME BOCUZE S.A. (now PLANSEE Tungsten Alloys) in St Pierre en Faucigny, France
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Opening up future markets
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2001 |
Sales office set up in Taipeh, Taiwan |
| 2002 |
Two new sales companies founded in Upplands Väsby, Sweden and Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2003 |
Acquisition of POLESE Company, Inc. (now PLANSEE Thermal Management Solutions) in San Diego, USA
Foundation Bondingshop K.K. in Sakura, Japan |
| 2004 |
New sales companies in Hong Kong, China and Seoul, Korea |
| 2007 |
Sales office set up in Italy and Mexico
Acquisition of E/G Electrograph Inc. in San Diego, USA |
| 2008 |
Foundation of PLANSEE Shanghai Commerical Ltd.
Commission of the world’s biggest rolling mill for refractory metals in Reutte, Austria |
| 2009 |
Sales office set up in Israel |
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