History

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MAN Ferrostaal, originating from the Dutch company Ferrostaal N.V. and the German company Gutehoffnungshütte Aktienverein für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb (GHH), has developed into an industrial service provider with an international distribution network.

1920	Foundation of Ferrostaal N.V. in The Hague as a commercial trading company for steel products.
1921	Participation of Gutehoffnungshütte in Ferrostaal N.V. and expansion of trade business
1926	Gutehoffnungshütte acquires shares in Ferrostaal N.V. and builds the latter into its commercial trading company
1930	Entry into the Essen Register of Companies as "Ferrostaal AG"
1930 - 1934	Establishing foreign representations in Dutch India, Argentinia, Uruguay, Peru and Chile as well as sales offices in New York and Shanghai
1936	First compensation contract: In exchange against sheep wool Ferrostaal supplied railway material, rails and railway cars for the Iranian government
From 1934	Expansion of the sales organisation to cover Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia, Brazil and Venezuela. Start-up of operating activities in China, Greece, Turkey and Iran.
1943	Destruction of the Essen administration building as a result of an air raid
1945	Resumption of operating activities in temporary offices
1949	Reconstruction of the administrative building at Huyssenallee, Essen
1950 - 1960	Expansion of the business relationships to cover Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe
1963	First large-scale projects in plant construction: Steel works and copper refinery in Chile; cement factory in Nigeria
1968	Cooperation with HDW Werft in Kiel. Ferrostaal becomes a sales partner for frigates and submarines
1987	First large-scale projects for the petrochemical industry in Venezuela and Chile
1990	Takeover of Fritz Werner GmbH, Geisenheim
1991	First petrochemical plants in Trinidad and Tobago
1996	Building up services for the automotive industry
2004	Name of Ferrostaal AG changed to MAN Ferrostaal AG
2005	Commissioning the world's largest methanol plant in Trinidad and Tobago
2006	- MAN Ferrostaal develops itself to sales and distribution platform of the MAN Group. - MAN Ferrostaal realigns steel business - Sale of Takraf conveyor technique - Acquisition of pulp business of RWE - Acquisition of Eurotecnica Melamine S.A. (ETM).
2007	Strategic repositioning: - Concentration of company actitivities - New business areas Solar and Biofuels - Completion of steel business realignment through transfer of steel-trading unit to CCC Steel GmbH & Co. KG Major order in Petrochemicals for a plant to produce Ammonia, Urea and Melamin. Ordervolume: 1,1 Billion US Dollar