{"id":712,"date":"2020-12-19T18:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.promega.cc\/?page_id=712"},"modified":"2022-08-19T23:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:06:05","slug":"firmengeschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.promega.cc\/en\/firmengeschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Company History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1985<\/div>
History<\/div><\/div>
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Establishment<\/div>

WAPRO \u2013 Walzprodukte Handelsgesellschaft mbH \u2013 established its office in A-6845 Hohenems.<\/p>\n

Founders: The Brugger and G\u00e4chter families.<\/p>\n

Product range:
\nCopper sheets and galvanized steel sheets from stock at the warehouse in Lauterach, Austria.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1986<\/div>
Metal-Infoservice<\/div><\/div>
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Launch of the Metal Info Service<\/div>
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The daily fluctuations in stock market quotations were processed and sent to our customers by fax<\/b> for the very first time.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1987<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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Copper from overseas sources<\/div>
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This year, the first copper quantities were imported to Europe from the US and Canada.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1988<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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Copper from Chile<\/div>
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The country boasting the world\u2019s largest copper deposits becomes one of our business partners.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1991<\/div>
Stock<\/div><\/div>
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Main warehouse opens in Karlsruhe, Germany<\/div>
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This warehouse located directly by the river Rhine is the perfect place for shipments to our customers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1995<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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Zinc sheets added to the product range.<\/div>

They made up the predominant roofing and facades, making it trend at the time.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2003<\/div>
Stock<\/div><\/div>
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Swiss warehouse<\/div>

This year saw us build our first warehouse in Switzerland.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2006<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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Bar steel and stainless steel sheets<\/div>
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Our product range was extended by bar steel and stainless steel sheets.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2010<\/div>
History<\/div><\/div>
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Family-owned enterprise PROMEGA <\/div>
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On 01.01.2010, PROMEGA was established as a family-owned enterprise, taking over 100% of WAPRO\u2019s operative business.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2011<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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Markenschutz \"promINOX\u00ae\"<\/div>
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Our stainless steel sheet with a very matte surface specially designed for roofing was given a name.<\/p>\n

promINOX<\/strong>\u00ae<\/b> was protected as a brand name.<\/p>

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2012<\/div>
Metal-Infoservice<\/div><\/div>
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Metal Info Service available as a web app<\/div>
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Apart from our new homepage, we also designed a web app<\/strong> for our Metal Info Service customers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2014<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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Service-Center<\/div>
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Since 2014, we have been processing our flat steel products at our Swiss service centre.<\/p>\n

These products have been of top Swiss quality ever since.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016<\/div>
Product<\/div><\/div>
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COLORTOL\u00ae-sheets acquired<\/div>
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This year, the company acquired the COLORTOL\u00ae sheet<\/strong> from the Koenig Feinstahl<\/strong> company.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020<\/div>
History<\/div><\/div>
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Business transferred to the sons<\/div>

The proprietors Gerhard and Burgl G\u00e4chter transferred PROMEGA to their sons J\u00fcrgen G\u00e4chter and Dietmar G\u00e4chter.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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