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1929 |
Dr. Arthur Braun takes over the Dextrin Factory founded by Carl von der Heiden sen in 1910 and converts the factory to a production facility for foundry supplies. |
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1962 |
A new plant is built on the outskirts of Hilden due to growing demand. |
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1967 |
Ashland Chemical Co. (USA) and Süd-Chemie AG take over 50% each of Avébène and start business under the name Ashland Avébène SAS. The main target is to set up and develop the "COLD BOX" coring process in France. |
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1970 |
Süd-Chemie AG takes over 50 % of NECOF share capital from Ashland Oil Refining. Thus Süd-Chemie and Ashland own 50 % each of NECOF. Since 1972 they continue operation under the name Ashland-Südchemie-Necof B.V. |
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1970 |
The company is taken over by Süd Chemie AG in Munich and Ashland Chemical Co., Columbus, Ohio, USA, and is operated under the name Kernfest KG- Ashland-Südchemie-Gießerei-Chemikalien GmbH & Co. (KASC). |
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1973 |
Fifty percent stake in the Hantos & Co. company, Vienna, Austria, and conversion to Ashland-Südchemie-Hantos GmbH. |
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1975 |
Continued operation of the company under the name Ashland-Südchemie-Kernfest GmbH (ASK). |
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1976 |
Founding of the Ashland-Südchemie-Gremolith AG company, Bazenheid, Switzerland. |
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1976 |
Commissioning of the state-of-the-art synthetic resin plant in Wülfrath as a central manufacturing site operated in addition to its parent plant in Hilden. |
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1978 |
Fifty percent stake in the Webac company and conversion to Kernfest Webac A.B, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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1980 |
Ashland-Südchemie-Kernfest GmbH takes over the Mannheim plant of the company Reichhold Chemie AG in Offenbach. |
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1980 |
Founding of the Webachem Oy in Tampere, Finland, as a subsidiary of Kernfest-Webac A.B. |
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1985 |
Expansion of the non-foundry product line by establishment of the new business unit “Synthetic Resins and Polymers” for providing customized specialty products. |
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1990 |
New central administration building in Hilden. |
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1993 |
The ASK Plant Wülfrath receives DIN/ISO ff/9003 certification by DQS. |
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1999 |
Takeover of the Gebrüder Lüngen company in Bendorf a. Rhein and continued operation under the name Ashland-Südchemie-Lüngen GmbH & Co. KG. |
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2000 |
Founding of the Ashland-Südchemie-CZ S.R.O. company in Brno, Czech Republic |
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Founding of AS Norge |
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2001 |
Founding of AS-Ferro-Term Sp.z.o.o. in Lódz, Poland |
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2004 |
The company is renamed to AS-Polska Sp.z.o.o. in Lódz, Poland |
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2002 |
Introduction of the management system for quality, environment and occupational health/safety, and DIN EN ISO 9001:2000, DIN EN ISO 14001:2005 and OHSAS 18001 certification. |
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Merger between the Süd-Chemie and AS group companies – Connecting Foundry Competence |
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2003 |
Acquisition of the SKW foundry company – Metallurgical products for iron-casting |
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2005 |
The plant Pons of Ashland Avébène SAS is closed down and the productions (coating and additives) transferred to LE GOULET – the main plant in St. Pierre La Garenne. |
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2006 |
Acquisition of the Damm & Co. company in Fuldabrück-Bergshausen by Süd-Chemie AG and continued operation under the name WD-Giesserei-Technik GmbH – contract manufacturer of sand cores – within the Süd-Chemie Group |
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2008 |
Acquisition of AMSC, leading supplier for foundry chemicals in India. |
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2008 |
Acquisition of the business unit filters of Vesuvius, USA. |
