History
PrintBÖHLER Bleche – Always on the move
The history of BÖHLER Bleche spans nearly 150 years, featuring many great inventions and developments. Be it tool steel or high speed steel, be it corrosion resistant specialities or nickel-base alloys, BÖHLER has been involved in the development of these materials from the very beginning. For instance hardenable chromium stainless steel, a material that conquered the world from Mürzzuschlag.
BÖHLER Bleche protects and fosters this innovative spirit, upgrading and improving currently available techniques alongside the development of new processes. BÖHLER thus positions itself as an ever more important and indeed indispensable partner of high-tech manufacturers.
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Historical overview
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1496 |
Foundation of a Brother-hood of 10 forging shops |
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1862 |
Heinrich Bleckmann acquires the Mürz-Hammer named "PHOENIX" |
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1863 - 1874 |
Extension of the forging shops to an integrated steel mill |
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1912 |
Invention of the corrosion resistant stainless steel by Max Mauermann |
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1924 |
Merging of Schoeller and Bleckmann to Schoeller-Bleckmann AG |
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1975 |
Merging of the Austrian fine steel producers to "Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke AG" (VEW) |
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1988 |
Foundation of BÖHLER to Böhler GmbH and Schoeller-Bleckmann GmbH |
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1991 |
Acquisition of the Swedish Company Uddeholm AG and foundation of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG |
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1991 |
Foundation of BÖHLER Bleche GmbH, a company of the BÖHLER-UDDEHLOM group |
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1995, 1996 |
Privatization of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG (75% private, 25% state owned) |
| 2003 | Full privatization of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG |
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2007 |
Integration of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG into voestalpine |
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2011 |
Change of the legal form and the name of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG into voestalpine Edelstahl GmbH |
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