HISTORY AND CHRONICLE
2023: Opening of the Service Center Germany
2022: Reconstruction of the pickling shop
2021: Commissioning of a gantry saw
2020: Commissioning of the portal machining center
2019: Expansion of the special steel plant by a third electro-slag remelting plant
2018: The Breitenfeld Group merged under the name “Breitenfeld Edelstahl”, and so the Breitenfeld Edelstahl Family grew even further together
2017: Construction of our new processing building and putting into operation a modern peeling machine for expanding the bar steel production
2011: The new clapper for Austria’s biggest bell in St. Stephen’s Cathedral is made of Breitenfeld steel
2010: Production of the first 120-tonne stainless steel block in Breitenfeld
2009: Putting into operation the new steel mill (largest capacity of stainless steel production in Austria) – production of the first 80-tonne stainless steel block in Austria
2008: Modernization of heat treatment in the forging technology
2007: Putting into operation the new 65-tonne electric arc furnace. Enlargement of the special steel plant with a second electro-slag remelting plant and a vacuum arc remelting furnace
2003: Putting into operation the special steel plant with an electroslag remelting plant
2001: Modernization of the existing steel plant with a 50-tonne electric arc furnace, 2 ladle furnaces, plants for vacuum degassing and vacuum decarburization
1992: Major decision to switch to the production of stainless steel
1966: Construction of a forging hall for deforming high-grade stainless steel
1948: First continuous casting attempt in Breitenfeld
