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A look back over our success story.

1957 Anodising plant founded by Walter Werner in Idar-Oberstein
1963 Process portfolio supplemented with chromation for aluminium and aluminium diecast parts
1967 First chromation run for magnesium
1977 Relocation to Birkenfeld/Nahe, building area: 2500 m², site area: 5700 m², 24 employees
1980 Rack galvaniser set up
1982 First drum galvaniser set up
1983 Class 100 clean room set up
1984 First cathodic dip painting system commissioned
1988 Phosphate system set up
1990 Galvaniser expanded
1992 Management transferred to Ulrich Werner
1993 Zinc-nickel drum system set up
1994 Bonding agent coater set up
1996 Expansion in the form of a zinc-nickel rack system
1997 QM certification under DIN ISO 9001
1998 Bonding agent coater expanded
2000 QS 9000 certification, EMAS environmental certification, and hard anodic coater set up
2003 Certification under TS 16949:2002
2005 A new blanks store built
2007 A new pretreatment system commissioned
2008 Bonding agent coater expanded with five systems
2010 Investment in own onsite waste air purification system
2011 Bonding agent coater expanded
2013 Expansion in the form of an acid zinc-nickel rack system
2015 Bonding agent coater expanded with two systems
2017 Expansion by one PER-Degreasing-System
2018 Certification TÜV IATF 16949
2019 Expansion of the neutralization system
2020 Expansion of the automation of the adhesive coating system
2021 Construction of a spindle coating system
2023 Expansion of the neutralization system
Today About 200 employees, 12,500 m² of building area, 32,000 m² of site area, annual shipping volume about 50,000 mesh boxes