History

1446First hammer mill in Kapfenberg
1870Foundation of the company Gebrüder Böhler & Co in Vienna
1886-1890Agencies in Tokyo, Shanghai and the USA
 1894Acquisition of the steel mill in Kapfenberg
 1938Construction of a new mill in Kapfenberg Deuchendorf
1975The companies Böhler, Schöller-Bleckmann and Steirische Gussstahlwerke AG merge to become the corporate group Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke AG (VEW)
1981The largest screw press at that time, with a force of 31,500 tons, is put into operation.
1988Reestablishment of the Böhler company by demerging VEW into Böhler GmbH and die Schöller-Bleckmann GmbH
1990voestalpine Stahl AG purchases the Swedish company Uddeholm AB
1991Reestablishment of the Austrian Böhler Group within the Böhler-Uddeholm AG; foundation of BÖHLER Schmiedetechnik GmbH
1995Part-privatization of Böhler-Uddeholm AG
2007Takeover of Böhler Uddeholm AG by voestalpine AG
2007Startup of the world’s largest screw press with a force of 35,500 tons
2017Change of name to voestalpine BÖHLER Aerospace GmbH & Co KG