History

Company entered in the Cologne commercial register as an iron merchant.
 

First branch opened in Leipzig.
 

First shares acquired in Phönix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetriebe, Hörde.
 

Interest acquired in Deutsch-Russische Handels-AG, Berlin. Start of foreign trade with Russia.
 

Establishment of OTTO WOLFF Far Eastern Branch, Shanghai.
 

Otto Wolff von Amerongen becomes a personally liable shareholder.
 

Trustee appointed as the Allies invade Germany.
 

Otto Wolff von Amerongen returns from a year’s internment. German sales organization rebuilt for export business.
 

OTTO WOLFF KG converted to OTTO WOLFF AG.
Chairman of the Management Board until 1986: Otto Wolff von Amerongen.
 

Establishment of OTTO WOLFF Handelsgesellschaft mbH as part of OTTO WOLFF AG to handle non-plant-related trading activities.
 

Plastics product area spun off into OTTO WOLFF Kunststoffvertrieb GmbH.
 

All shares in OTTO WOLFF AG purchased by Thyssen AG, Duisburg.
 

Relocation from Cologne to Düsseldorf.
 

Merger of Thyssen AG with Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp AG. 

Acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Stahlunion Polska and interest in Erich Weit GmbH.
 

Integration of Isan Metall GmbH.
 

Remaining interest in Erich Weit GmbH acquired.
 

Relocation from Düsseldorf to Essen.