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EXPERTISE IN SPECIAL STEEL SINCE 1971

1971
Company founded in Remscheid-Lennep on 1 March by Wilhelm Oberste-Beulmann
1980
Company leases a warehouse of its own
1984
Set-up of the first export department (Latin America)
1987
Establishment of OB Gereedschapstaal B.V. branch (Zaltbommel/NL) with warehouse and sawing facilities
1987
Construction of new office building with adjoining warehouse
1989
Founder’s son Stephan Oberste-Beulmann joins the company
1992
Initial contacts with Russia
1995
Round bars, semi-finished billets and bright bars added to range of stainless products; procurement of materials from Spain and India
1996
First certification in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001 to mark the company’s 25-year anniversary
1998
Construction of new administration building with larger warehouse; size of workforce tops 50 for the first time
2002
Tool Steel established as a department in its own right (workforce of more than 60)
2004
Establishment of a sawing service centre
2006
Strategic partnership with a Chinese supplier
2008
Construction of a second warehouse/logistics centre in Bergisch-Born enterprise zone
2010
Launch of marketing activities on the CIS markets and in the Baltic states
2011
Upgrading of the sawing service centre to
10 band sawing machines/increase in sawing capacity to up to 1,000 mm
2017
“Best strategic partner” award from our main supplier
2019
Sheets and plates in tool steel and high-speed steel added to product range