!!!Böhler-Werke

Boehler-Werke, one of the oldest manufacturers of stainless steel in 
Central Europe; the history of the production sites goes back to the 
15%%sup th/%  century. In 1894, the four Boehler brothers, who had 
immigrated from Germany, took over the  Oesterreichisch-Alpine 
Montangesellschaft, the crucible-steel works at Kapfenberg (Styria) 
including the hammer mills; after the death of the last brother, the 
company continued to exist as a company limited by shares. From the 
very start, the company had focused on exports and had held branches 
all over the world before World War I. In 1914, a subsidiary 
company was set up in Duesseldorf (Germany) and in 1926, the company 
acquired a share of a steelmill at Ravne (Slovenia). During World 
War I and World War II, production sites in Styria were 
considerably expanded. In 1945, a considerable part of the company's 
productive plant was dismantled, and the company was nationalised in 
1946 ( Nationalised Industry) and later steadily expanded and 
modernised. In 1975, when the company was merged with  
Schoeller-Bleckmann and the Styrian crucible steel mills (Steirische 
Gussstahlwerke) to form the  Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke AG (VEW), it 
employed approx. 8,000 people.

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In 1980, stainless steel production worldwide went through a crisis; 
the VEW was dissolved in 1988 and the Boehler-Werke were made part of  
Austrian Industries AG as Boehler Ges.m.b.H. In 1991, the company 
merged with the Swedish Uddeholm AB to form  Boehler-Uddeholm AG.


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