BILSTEIN History Packaging

From its small beginnings in 1911, BILSTEIN has grown to be one of the most important cold-rolled steel strip producers in the world. The success story of our family-owned company was made possible first and foremost by the tireless efforts and specialized expertise of our employees.

1911
Company founded at Am Hammacher, between Hohenlimburg and Hagen
1921
Purchase of and removal to new premises with rail access
1950
Installation of a quarto mill stand for strip widths up to 650 mm
1960
Installation of a three-stand tandem mill for strip widths up to 400 mm
1969
Installation of a three-stand tandem mill for strip widths up to 650 mm
1973/74
Expansion of the factory site through the purchase of additional land
1981
Extension of the large tandem mill from three to four stands
1985
Continuous enlargement of the production halls, annealing capacities and production facilities
1988/89
Construction of a new administrative building
1994
Commissioning of the first fully automatic high-rack storage system for finished products
1996
Acquisition of HUGO VOGELSANG
2001
Commissioning of a second high-rack storage system 
Participation in the Italian service centre and strip-hardening and tempering plant INAC s.p.a.


2003
Acquisition of C.VOGELSANG and SHEARLINE STEEL STRIP LTD. (United Kingdom)
2005

Acquisition of KWW a.s. (Czech Republic)
Acquisition and integration of the Robert Zinn, Engels & Co. cold rolling mill in Wuppertal

2005

Acquisition of KWW a.s. (Czech Republic)
Acquisition and integration of the Robert Zinn, Engels & Co. cold rolling mill in Wuppertal

2008
Participation in ARMCO DO BRASIL S.A. (Brazil)
2009
Founding of BILSTEIN NORTH AMERICA, INC. (USA)


2010
Founding of BILSTEIN TRADING (SHANGHAI) (China)
2011
100 years of BILSTEIN GROUP
2013
Foundation of BILSTEIN COLD ROLLED STEEL LP in Bowling Green, KY, USA – Start of the Project to build a new Production Plant in the USA
2014
Merger of C. VOGELSANG GmbH & Co. KG and BILSTEIN GmbH & Co. KG
2015
Renaming of KWW a.s. to BILSTEIN CEE a.s.