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| 1925 |
Ernesto Gresele founds AVEG (Acciaierie Valbruna Ernesto Gresele), a small company specialized in forgings just outside the city center. |
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| 1939 |
AVEG specializes its production in the long stainless steel products sector. |
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| 1942-1945 |
The company is completely destroyed by American bombardment. |
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| 1946-1950 |
The company is rebuilt and enlarged. |
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| 1972 |
The entire company is moved to the new office in the industrial zone of Vicenza. |
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| 1976 |
Commissioning of a new 4 strand continuous caster, the first in Italy for stainless steel. Start up of a new 1000 tonnes Schloemann automated forging press. |
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| 1983 |
Production capacity is increased with the installation of a new 50 ton AOD converter.
In the same year:
- Continuous heat treatment line for coils-bars
- Tunnel pickling line for coils
- Tunnel pickling line for bars |
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| 1987 |
Start up of Pomini continuous (bars/coils) hot rolling mill in combination with a new continuos coils heat treatmet furnace. |
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| 1992 |
Doubled the pickling capacity for coils and for bars. |
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| 1994 |
Melt shop upgrading |
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| 1995 |
Acquisition of Acciaierie di Bolzano |
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| 1996 |
Bolzano melt shop re-engineering: third continuous casting strand and a new 45 tonnes AOD converter. A salt bath pickling plant commissioning at Vicenza works. |
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| 1997 |
Electroslag remelting ESR plant start up: first fully automated plant in the world operating under protective (Nitrogen or Argon) atmosphere. The plant is capable
of remelting 520? mm, 315 ? mm ingot and 150 mm, 220 mm billet. Start up of a 3+3 tonnes twin type induction furnaces. |
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| 1998 |
Continuous heat treatment furnace specialized for bars. |
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| 2000 |
Doubled the cold drawn wire heat treatment capacity by installing a new line.
In the same year:
- Commissining of a new coils pickling line in Bolzano |
| 2001 |
A new Stelmor sphire forming system installed in the Pomini hotrolling mill |
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| 2002 |
New continuous furnace for treatment of coils in Bolzano.
In the same year:
- ESR plant upgrading |
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