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1953 |
On the 6th of October Georg Kaehny and Bernhard Minder founded the company „Handelsgesellschaft Universal Tiefpunkt GmbH“ in Freiburg/Germany (The name Universal Tiefpunkt, “Universal Low Point” refers to the physical term of the eutectic point, meaning the common “low” melting point of metals in an eutectic alloy, for example those which are used for soldering) At the outset the activities are mainly focused on the Federal Republic of Germany |
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1956 |
Starting production in Switzerland |
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1958 |
Starting production in France |
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1963 |
Starting production in Mexico |
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1969 |
Starting production in Brazil |
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1975 |
Moving of the company to Bad Krozingen/Germany into a completely new building including modern production plants and administration buildings |
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1977 |
UTP is granted, as the first European company, the ASME and VdTüV approvals for quality assured production of welding consumables |
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1978 |
Starting production in Yugoslavia. Unfortunately the production plant is destroyed during the war in 1992 |
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1990 |
Starting production in the USA |
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1991 |
UTP becomes part of the Böhler Schweißtechnik group |
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1996 |
After The Joint Venture of Böhler Schweißtechnik and Thyssen Schweißtechnik UTP belongs to Böhler Thyssen Schweißtechnik (BTS) |
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1997 |
Together the companies UTP, Fontargen and Soudokay form the Böhler Thyssen Special Welding (BTSW) |
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1998 |
In Bad Krozingen the logistic centre of Böhler Special Welding starts its work offering products of the companies UTP, Fontargen and Soudokay |
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2000 |
UTP obtains the ISO 14001 approval |
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2003 |
UTP takes over the export department of Fontargen. The Böhler-Uddeholm AG becomes the exclusive owner of BTS. UTP celebrates its 50th birthday |
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2004 |
Starting production of double shell electrodes in Bad Krozingen
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