The past - The future:
Our Company History.

Milestones of a successful history

1423

First records about copper and iron mining in the Altleiningen valley.

1729

Johann Nikolaus II Gienanth leases an iron smelt from the Count of Leiningen.

1811

Historic act: Napoléon Bonaparte issues the permit to build a wire drawing factory in the Altleiningen valley.

1860

At an auction, the brothers Wilhelm and Johann Philip Kuhn, from Gruenstadt, buy the facility.

1941

Georg Stein acquires the wire drawing factory, which has only eight workers by that time.
Until 1948, the company produces mainly dowels and chains.

1957

Georg Stein’s son Rudolf launches the production of wire goods.

1964

Development of the patented system for the production of seamless flux-cored welding wire.

1973

Foundation of the company DRAHTZUG STEIN saprofil in Olonne-sur-Mer, France.

1997

Independent marketing and sales of welding consumables..

2001

Transformation of the DRAHTZUG STEIN wire goods factory to a holding company.

2005

Expansion to Eastern Europe: Start of the production of wire goods at the DRAHTZUG STEIN factory at łódz, Poland.

2006

Company milestone: DRAHTZUG STEIN reinforces its position by acquiring the Wire Industries group and the continuation of the successful “come” and “omim” brands at several locations in Italy and Spain.

2008

New joint venture in Hungary: DRAHTZUG STEIN AMOND. Drahtzug Holding is holding 15% in the joint venture’s production operations and 50% in the sales operations.

Foundation of the company DRAHTZUG STEIN combicore to produce lost tube cores in Altleiningen.
The highly robust lost tube cores are used by foundries to implement channels for oil, cooling agents, and other fluids.

2009

Opening of the new production site in New Bern, North Carolina, USA.