Foundation of Metallwerk PLANSEE Ges.m.b.H. by Professor Paul Schwarzkopf for the production of molybdenum and tungsten wires

Foundation of American Electro Metal Corp. as the forerunner to the present PLANSEE USA LLC.

Foundation of Nippon PLANSEE K. K. in Tokyo, Japan

Foundation sales company in Stuttgart, Germany

Foundation sales company in London, Great Britain

Foundation sales company in Sarcelles, France 

Foundation PM-Hochtemperatur-Metall GmbH, Germany for ODS alloys jointly with Metallgesellschaft AG in Frankfurt

Acquisition of ELEKTRO-METALL AG (now PLANSEE Powertech AG) in Seon, Switzerland – a producer of tungsten-copper contact materials

Foundation of production company in Esashi, Japan

Sales office set up in Almere, Holland

Sales office set up in New Delhi, India

2001

Sales office set up in Taipeh, Taiwan

Two new sales companies founded in Upplands Väsby, Sweden and Sao Paulo, Brazil

Acquisition of POLESE Company, Inc. (now PLANSEE Thermal Management Solutions) in San Diego, USA
Foundation Bondingshop K.K. in Sakura, Japan

New sales companies in Hong Kong, China and Seoul, Korea

Foundation of PLANSEE Shanghai Commerical Ltd.
Commission of the world’s biggest rolling mill for refractory metals in Reutte, Austria

Set up of sales representation in Israel

Set up of sales representation in Poland

Acquisition of Wolfra-Tech Pvt. Ltd. in Mysore, India