A Company and its History
Kohlenverladung um 1900
Complete renewal of the walking beam furnace.
New cooling bed length stop.
Construction of the medium-voltage supply (20-kV station).
Installation of a photovoltaic system with an output of 425 kWp.
Implementation of a certified occupational health and safety management system according to DIN ISO 45001.
Construction of a scissors workshop.
Renewal of finished scaffolding #12 and #14.
Construction of our own recycling loading hall.
Redesign of the factory entrance.
New straightening machine from the manufacturer Bültmann in the black steel finishing line.
Construction and commissioning of a second hydroelectric power plant with a 246 kW Pelton turbine.
Commissioning of a new ultrasonic testing system from GE for bright steel production.
Laying and piping of the Hammerauer Mühlbach.
Commissioning of a new wheel blasting system for descaling steel bars in finishing line 3.
New short-length saw from Rattunde AG for finishing line 5.
Commissioning of a new high-frequency pulsator in quality assurance.
Construction of our own company kindergarten in cooperation with the municipality of Ainring.
Investment in a new sawing line in finishing line 4.
Extension of the metalworking shop and new construction of social rooms for the rolling mill and finishing line 3.
New construction of the locomotive shed.
Investment in a new peeling line in the finishing line 5.
New roller hearth annealing furnace for finishing line 3.
Expansion of the sales building.
Certified systematic energy management system according to DIN EN ISO 50001.
Certified environmental management system according to DIN EN ISO 14001.
Establishment of our own branches in Australia, Asia and Latin America.
Starting production of double corrosion protected anchors (DCP).
Expansion of the thread bar market presence in Spain and France.
Completion of the extension hall for bright steel operations. Further crack testing system with additional ultrasonic testing. Rolling mill production exceeds 200,000 tons for the first time.
Expansion of the steel bar assembly line. Commissioning of the second roller hearth furnace.
Completion of the warehouse for accessories.
Extension of thread bar product range by Ø 75 mm. Expansion of vertical integration with CNC machines for steel bars.
New finishing facility for rock anchor production.
Establishment of the first independent sales location in the USA (New Jersey).
Certified quality management system according to the automotive standard ISO TS 16949.
Construction of a finishing shop for reinforcement products. Bare steel production start. Development of the new SAS 670 steel grade.
Start of accessories’ production for thread bars and prestressing bars.
Certified quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9002.
Extension of product range: 63.5 mm Ø thread bars and anchors for mining.
Start of round steel bar production.
Several patent applications for prestressing steel production. Start of 40 and 50 mm Ø thread bar production.
Extension of product range to include thread bars and prestressing bars.
Modernisation of the roll train. New walking-beam furnaces and connection of the company-own hydroelectric power station to the public energy grid.
Rationalisation measures and manufacture of structural steel mats in addition to rebar steel production.
Worldwide recession. Despite modernisation of the works, bankruptcy cannot be avoided. Dipl.-Ing. Max Aicher becomes the new owner.
The works are renamed “Stahlwerk Annahütte Max Aicher GmbH & Co. KG“.
Major fire in the mat hall.
Production with the Siemens-Martin furnaces reaches a record with 52,313 tons per year. In March 1965, the highest monthly output to date of 5,572 tons was achieved.
Significant further development in the depth of processing - reinforcing mats are produced from own primary material.
The new construction of the fine iron & wire mill necessitates the expansion of the Siemens-Martin furnaces and the conversion of the furnaces to oil.
Investment in a new fine iron & wire mill.
Commissioning of the company's own hydroelectric power plant, consumption at that time 2.5 million kWh for 0.8 - 0.10 “Deutsche Mark” / kWh.
Construction of 73 company apartments under the Zeller family.
Construction of a Siemens-Martin furnace as the foundation for in-house steel production.
The plant in Hammerau is taken over by the Zeller family and renamed "ANNAHÜTTE." It becomes an armament factory during World War II.
German economic crisis: The plants in Hammerau and Käferham are sold to the Princely Hohenzollern Ironworks Administration Laucherthal-Sigmaringen.
Industrial Revolution: Modernization and expansion of the ironworks in Hammerau with a new sheet rolling mill, later also equipped with a peat-heated cast welding furnace.
Increased production of war materials in light of the growing threat of war in Central Europe.
Production of metal sheets, weapons, nails, screws and wire. Lively trade relations with Munich and Augsburg.
Permission granted by the Salzburg Royal Archbishop Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg to mine and process iron.
