History
1870 | Gebrüder Böhler & Co. is founded in Vienna. |
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1894 | Acquisition of Kapfenberg’s steel mill. |
1975 | Böhler, Schoeller-Bleckmann and Steirische Gusstahlwerke AG were brought together to “Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke AG” (VEW). |
1988 | Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke AG is divided to form Böhler GmbH and Schoeller-Bleckmann GmbH. |
1990 | voest Alpine Stahl AG buys Uddeholm AB. |
1991 | Merger of the Austrian Böhler and the Swedish Uddeholm to form Böhler Uddeholm AG. The roots of Böhler and Uddeholm date back to 1446 and 1668. |
1995 | Böhler-Uddeholm is partly privatized by making an initial publicoffering on the Vienna Stock Exchange. |
2004 | Böhler-Uddeholm acquires Villares Metals in Brazil. |
2005 | Böhler-Uddeholm acquires Buderus Edelstahl in Germany. |
2007 | voestalpine AG acquires Böhler-Uddeholm AG; one year later the company is fully integrated into the voestalpine Group as the Special Steel Division. |
2008 | Böhler-Uddeholm AG taken over by voestalpine AG. |
2011 | The holding company Böhler-Uddeholm AG is renamed voestalpine Edelstahl GmbH. |
2013 | Böhler Pacific is established in Singapore to distribute Böhler material for the oil, gas, aerospace and CPI industry. |
2015 | UK investment in award winning purpose-built warehouse facility. KASTO system tallest in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. |
2016 | BÖHLER Specialty Metals UK is formed merging bar, plate and long products with tube and piping previously marketed under Schoeller Bleckmann UK brand. |
2017 | voestalpine Edelstahl GmbH and Special Steel Division change its name to High Performance Metals GmbH and High Performance Metals Division respectively. |
2018 | Rebrand of UK business to voestalpine High Performance Metals UK Ltd, from Bohler Uddeholm (UK) Limited. |