Z-GROUP hutní skupina, 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 PRUDUCTIONS PLANTS
| 1960 | - | beginning of construction of factory for the production of drawn steel |
| 1966 | - | launch of production of drawn steel |
| - | launch of production of welded tubes, closed, thin-walled profiles, drawn tubes and profiles | |
| 1972 | - | launch of galvanizing |
| - | launch of production of small-dimension precise welded tubes (cold calibrated) | |
| 1976 | - | independent Železárny Veselí nad Moravou established |
| 1991 | - | transformation of state enterprise into joint-stock company |
| 1993 | - | building of quality system based on ISO 9001 |
| 1994-1995 | - | ČMOVS a.s. and then Ferromet a.s. take over sales of products |
| - | incorporation into Z - group | Steel holding | |
| 2017 | - | conversion of Z-Group Steel Holding to FERROMET a.s. (more info) |
| 1900 | - | founding of Hrádek Ironworks when Czech entrepreneur, Rudolf Hudlický buys water hammer |
| 1905-1917 | - | company adds rolling mill |
| 1918-1938 | - | during the First Republic the production programme expands to include cold drawn steel and peeled steel |
| 1945 | - | factory composed of ironworks, three rolling mills, a wiring drawing mill with plate pickling plant and electric furnaces for heat treatment, and finishing room |
| - | company experiences boom after Second World War as rising demand leads to progressive modernization and construction of gas annealing shop | |
| in the 1960s | - | 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 |
| 1962 | - | 1st and 2nd electric arc furnaces put into operation |
| 1968 | - | 3rd electric arc furnace put into operation |
| 1969 | - | production of pressed steel tubes launched |
| 1978 | - | annealing furnace put into continual operation |
| 1996 | - | incorporation into Z - group | Steel holding |
| 2001 | - | after 88 years of continual operation, the Siemens-Martins furnace at Hrádek is shut down for environmental reasons |
| 2016 | - | separation into of the independent company Válcovny trub, a.s. |
| 1870 |
- | factory operations launched |
| 1887 | - | factory purchased by Mannesmann – reconstruction for the production of seamless steel tubes |
| 1890 | - | production of first seamless steel tubes in the world by back step method, establishing the production programme that continues to this day |
| 1948-1994 | - | company nationalized – Válcovny trub, state enterprise |
| 1994 | - | Válcovny trub, state enterprise, privatized and divided into three companies: Sandvik, Mannesmann and the Czech company Dioss |
| 1997 | - | sale of Dioss to Cimex |
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end of 1997 |
- | Cimex sells company to JUDr. ing. Zemek and Z – group | Steel holding |
| 2016 | - | separation into of the independent company Válcovny trub, a.s. |
Note: Sandvik and Mannesmann privatized factories for the production of precision tubes; Dioss privatized the production of hot rolled smooth tubes.
| 1917 | - | founding of company by Poldina Huť Kladno |
| 1920 | - | launch of ground and drawn bar production |
| 1924 | - | launch of hard drawn wire production |
| 1926 | - | launch of stainless steel production |
| 1958 | - | VTŽ Chomutov factory beaks away |
| 1989 | - | independent state enterprise |
| 1992 | - | transformation into joint-stock company |
| 1998 | - | privatization process completed |
| 1998 | - | incorporation into Z - group a.s. |
| 2003 | - | incorporated into Ferromet Group s.r.o. group |
| 2005 | - | ŽCH a.s. renamed Hutní druhovýroba – reality a.s. |
| 2005 | - | factory operated by the Chomutov Steel-making Division of the joint-stock company BONAVIA servis |
| 2009 | - | End of production |