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Z-GROUP | Steel Holding has successfully carried on the long tradition of these Czech-Moravian metallurgical companies:
Válcovny trub Chomutov - founded by the Mannesmann company in 1890,
Železárny Hrádek - founded by entrepreneur Rudolf Hudlicky in 1900,
Železárny Chomutov - founded by the Poldina Huť Kladno company in 1917,
Železárny Veselí - founded in 1962.
The products manufactured in our group hold an important position on the global steel product market.
History of production plants
| 1960 |
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beginning of construction of factory for the production of drawn steel |
| 1966 |
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launch of production of drawn steel |
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launch of production of welded tubes, closed, thin-walled profiles, drawn tubes and profiles |
| 1972 |
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launch of galvanizing |
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launch of production of small-dimension precise welded tubes (cold calibrated) |
| 1976 |
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independent Železárny Veselí nad Moravou established |
| 1991 |
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transformation of state enterprise into joint-stock company |
| 1993 |
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building of quality system based on ISO 9001 |
| 1994 - 1995 |
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ČMOVS a.s. and then Ferromet a.s. take over sales of products |
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incorporation into Z - group | Steel holding |
| 1900 |
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founding of Hrádek Ironworks when Czech entrepreneur, Rudolf Hudlický buys water hammer |
| 1905 - 1917 |
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company adds rolling mill |
| 1918 - 1938 |
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during the First Republic the production programme expands to include cold drawn steel and peeled steel |
| 1945 |
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factory composed of ironworks, three rolling mills, a wiring drawing mill with plate pickling plant and electric furnaces for heat treatment, and finishing room |
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company experiences boom after Second World War as rising demand leads to progressive modernization and construction of gas annealing shop |
| in the 1960s |
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investments were made on the basis of the forecasted development of the company, including facilities for the production of alloyed steel in the required quality
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| 1962 |
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1st and 2nd electric arc furnaces put into operation |
| 1968 |
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3rd electric arc furnace put into operation |
| 1969 |
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production of pressed steel tubes launched |
| 1978 |
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annealing furnace put into continual operation |
| 1996 |
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incorporation into Z - group | Steel holding |
| 2001 |
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after 88 years of continual operation, the Siemens-Martins furnace at Hrádek is shut down for environmental reasons |
| 1870 |
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factory operations launched |
| 1887 |
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factory purchased by Mannesmann – reconstruction for the production of seamless steel tubes |
| 1890 |
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production of first seamless steel tubes in the world by back step method, establishing the production programme that continues to this day |
| 1948 - 1994 |
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company nationalized – Válcovny trub, state enterprise |
| 1994 |
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Válcovny trub, state enterprise, privatized and divided into three companies: Sandvik, Mannesmann and the Czech company Dioss |
| 1997 |
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sale of Dioss to Cimex |
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end of 1997
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Cimex sells company to JUDr. ing. Zemek and Z – group | Steel holding |
Note: Sandvik and Mannesmann privatized factories for the production of precision tubes; Dioss privatized the production of hot rolled smooth tubes.
| 1917 |
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founding of company by Poldina Huť Kladno |
| 1920 |
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launch of ground and drawn bar production |
| 1924 |
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launch of hard drawn wire production |
| 1926 |
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launch of stainless steel production |
| 1958 |
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VTŽ Chomutov factory beaks away |
| 1989 |
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independent state enterprise |
| 1992 |
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transformation into joint-stock company |
| 1998 |
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privatization process completed |
| 1998 |
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incorporation into Z - group a.s. |
| 2003 |
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incorporated into Ferromet Group s.r.o. group |
| 2005 |
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ŽCH a.s. renamed Hutní druhovýroba – reality a.s. |
| 2005 |
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factory operated by the Chomutov Steel-making Division of the joint-stock company BONAVIA servis |
| 2009 |
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End of production |
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