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| 1961/06 | Establishment of Bohler Steel Africa (Pty) Ltd in Isando, South Africa – Sales of Special Steel and Welding Consumables (First MD: Mr. Walter Wittmann) |
| 1969 | New MD Mr. E Zach |
| 1970 | The Furnace Division – building of industrial furnaces for the gold mining industry was established |
| 1973 | Opening of Branch Office in Pinetown |
| 1976 | Opening of Branch Office in Port Elizabeth |
| 1976 | Start with salt bath heat treatment in Isando and Pinetown |
| 1977 | Opening of Branch Office in Cape Town including a salt bath heat treatment plant |
| 1980/11 | Representation agreement signed for Fronius Welding Machines |
| 1982 | New MD Mr. A Richards |
| 1983 | New MD Mr. A Verona |
| 1985 | Cape Town Branch moves to new and bigger offices |
| 1987/09 |
New MD Mr. H Wallner |
| 1987 |
The heat treatment plant in Isando is changed from a production line to a tool and die hardening shop |
| 1990 | Cape Town Branch moves into bigger and now owned premises |
| 1992 | Start with vacuum heat treatment in Isando |
| 1995 | The Industrial Furnace Division was closed down due to economic reasons |
| 1996 | Opening of a Branch Office in Harare, this had to be closed in 2001 for general economic reasons in the country. SALES 1997: R59 MILLION p.a. |
| 1998/02 | Name change from Bohler Steel Africa to Bohler Uddeholm Africa |
| 2000 | Pinetown Branch purchases additional conventional heat treatment facilities from Hall & Pickles |
| 2001/02 | Acquisition of competitor Martensite Steel and establishment of Pretoria Branch |
| 2001/08 | Acquisition of Mitco Vereeniging – start of machining services and production of die sets SALES 2001: R87 MILLION p.a. |
| 2002/09 | Port Elizabeth Branch Office moves to new premises and salt bath heat treatment gets installed. |
| 2002/10 | New MD Mr. H Ulrich |
| 2002/11 | Investment in 4 new vacuum heat treatment plants for Pinetown and Isando Branches |
| 2003/11 | Official opening of Isando’s new vacuum heat treatment plant SALES 2003: R118 MILLION p.a. |
| 2003/2004 | Investment in 4 new saws for Pinetown, Port Elizabeth and Isando Branch Offices |
| 2000-2004 | Investments of approximately R25.5 million in new plant and equipment in South Africa |
| 2004-2008 | Acquisition of CSIR Plasma Nitriding Plants Investment in new and modern |
| 2008 -2011 | Rübig/TAV vacuum furnaces in Isando, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (approx R8.5m) |
| 2010 – 2011 | Acquisition of Machining Company Roris to extend pre-machining service for tooling industry.
Investment in new Rübig Duo Plasma Nitriding Plant (approx R4.5m) New Steel Warehouse in Isando – adding on approx 3000m² storage space Expansion of Welding Division countrywide, adding new staff, warehouse and office space in Isando, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Pinetown Consolidation phase during world recession period SALES 2009/10: R183m (EURO 19.2m) SALES 2010/11: R195m (EURO 19.5m) Integration of Roris Machining into Isando Steel Division and renamed to Bohler Machining |
| 2017 | voestalpine Edelstahl GmbH and Special Steel Division change its name to voestalpine High Performance Metals GmbH and High Performance Metals Division respectively. Acquisition of CMP Alloys Scotland |
| 2018 | New MD Mr. C Grzimek |
| 2018 | Investment in a new E530 Saw, that increases our cutting speed by 4 times.
Rebrand of Africa business to voestalpine High Performance Metals Africa Ltd, from Bohler Uddeholm Africa. Established voestalpine Specialty Metals Africa Division for greater focus and support for our Oil & Gas sector customers. |