Company Brochure - Dillinger Hütte GTS

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1685 Louis XIV grants royal approval for the founding of Dillinger Hütte. 1690 Production now includes pig iron, nails, pots and pans, and stoves. WHAT DO THE SUN KING AND KAISER WILHELM II HAVE IN COMMON? 4 1809 On the basis of the Code Napoleon, the plant becomes one of the first European joint-stock companies and, in the years following, Prussia‘s largest plate producer. 1800/01 First gold medal for quality at the Paris Exhibition. Still more awards follow. 1835 The “Dillingen sheet and plate gauge”, with 24 thickness gradations for steel plate, is adopted as the definitive measure throughout Germany. 1828 The company issues detailed guidelines for corporate social benefits. 1948 Merger with French steel sheet producers to form SOLLAC (Société Lorraine de Laminage Continu). 1897 Europe‘s first electrically driven steel sheet rolling mill is commissioned. 1961 The world‘s first continuous slab caster is capable of casting slabs of 1,500 mm width and 200 mm thickness.
1968/69 Commissioning of the new BOF plant with its two top-blowing converters. 1971 New rolling mill with a 4.8 m wide rolling stand permits unusually large product dimensions. An affinity for Dillinger iron and steel. In 1685, Louis XIV gave his “Oui” to iron production at Dillingen, whereas Kaiser Wilhelm II had the steel plates for his navy made here. Now, at the dawn of the 21st century, Dillinger Hütte is a modern industrial group that leads the world in the production of heavy plate. Nonetheless, traditional values such as reliability and trust still have the very highest priority for us. We apply technical perfection, love for detail and enormous enthusiasm to even the very largest challenges. The following tour of our plant shows you how. 5 1985 Construction of a new blast furnace and expansion of the rolling mill with the new, high-performance 5.5 m-wide rolling stand. 1981/82 Formation of Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH (ROGESA, “Pig Iron Company”) and Zentralkokerei Saar GmbH (ZKS, “Central Coking Plant”). 1998 Construction of the world’s largest continuous slab caster. 1993 GTS Industries becomes a 100 % subsidiary of Dillinger Hütte. 2003/04 Construction of a gas-powered generating plant for sustainable energy utilization and optimum environmental safety. 1999/03 Steelworks and blast furnace investments assure continued technological edge and maximum steel purity. Prospects for the future: The success story continues.
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