Milestones of INTECO's History & Development of Employees

1973

INTECO was founded by Dr. Wolfgang Holzgruber and DI Ludwig Schwarz, who resigned in 1999.

1979

First order ESR by Metal Ravne, Slovenia

1995

First ESRR® in Valbruna, Italy

1998

Dr. Harald Holzgruber becomes Managing Director of INTECO

FeNi refining plant for Minera Loma de Niquel, C.A. in Venezuela

2001

First turnkey project for a melting and casting plant,
HFF, Iran

2003

Grand opening of the new office buildings in Bruck/Mur

First static mould ESR plant in Germany at Edelstahlwerke Krefeld

2005

Secondary metallurgical plant (LF,RH) for Voest Alpine Stahl of Linz, Austria

2006

FeNi refining plant, Mineracao Onca Puma

2007

Two VAR furnaces, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke in Krefeld, Germany

P-ESR for Carpenter, USA

Secondary metallurgical complex of Edelstahl Breitenfeld, Austria

2008

New secondary metallurgical plant at Böhler Edelstahl, Austria

ESR plant, Saarschmiede, Germany

2009

INTECO buys the majority shares of TBR Engineering, which is now called INTECO TBR casting technologies.

World‘s biggest ESR ingot at INTECO‘s ESR at Forgiatura Vienna, Italy

2010

Secondary metallurgical complex (LF, RH) for Saarstahl AG, Germany

2011

INTECO buys 80% of the shares of ATEC Automatisierungstechnik GmbH, which now operates under the name INTECO atec automation.

Secondary Metallurgical Center at Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Witten, Germany

2012

Vaccum Induction Furnace (VIM), Ruspolymet, Russia

2013

Beginning of 2013 INTECO takes over Process Technology Int. (PTI), based in Atlanta and its branch office in the Czech Republic. Both companies are now called INTECO PTI process technologies int..

Meltshop project including first EAF at Taewoong, Korea

2014

Special steel plant at Grupo Frisa, Mexico

2015

INTECO acquires all patents and intellectual property of Fuchs Technology GmbH, Fuchs Engineering GmbH and Fuchs Products GmbH and introduces the new brand INTECO Fuchs.

Ing. Roland Kristl becomes Managing Director next to Dr. Harald Holzgruber

DI Alexander Scheriau becomes Managing Director next to Dr. Harald Holzgruber and Ing. Roland Kristl

2016

INTECO receives historical order from thyssenkrupp for a 260t twin ladle furnace.

2017

New Product: Powder Metallurgy

2018

INTECO celebrates its 45th anniversary with a symposium