HISTORY & CHRONICLE
OUR WORLD IS MADE OF GREEN STEEL
History & Chronicle

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Luftaufnahme BFAG

2024: Hall expansion of special steelworks and 2nd VLBO plant

2023: Opening of the Service Center Germany

2022: Conversion of the pickling shop, 80th anniversary celebration

2021: Commissioning of a gantry saw

2020: Commissioning of the portal machining center

2019: Expansion of the special steel plant with a third electric slag remelting line

2018: Merger of the Breitenfeld Group under the "Breitenfeld Edelstahl" brand and the Breitenfeld Edelstahl family grows together

2017: Construction of our new processing hall and commissioning of a modern peeling machine for the expansion of bar steel production

2011: The new clapper for Austria's largest bell in St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Pummerin, is made of Breitenfeld steel

2010: Production of the first 120-ton stainless steel block in Breitenfeld

2009: Commissioning of the new steelworks (largest stainless steel production capacity in Austria) - production of the first 80-ton stainless steel ingot in Austria

2008: Modernization of heat treatment in forging technology

2007: Commissioning of the new 65-ton electric arc furnace. Expansion of the special steel plant with a second electric slag remelting plant and a vacuum arc furnace

2003: Commissioning of the special steelworks with an electric slag remelting plant

2001: Modernization of the existing steelworks with a 50-ton electric arc furnace, 2 ladle furnaces, systems for vacuum degassing and vacuum deep decarburization

1992: Far-reaching decision to switch to the production of stainless steels

1966: Construction of a forging shop for shaping high-quality stainless steels

1948: First continuous casting trial in Breitenfeld

1942: Foundation as "Eisenwerk Breitenfeld" on January 6, 1942