Tradition and progress
From KWW to the BILSTEIN GROUP
1905
Start of production of thin hot-rolled sheets for the company ‘Böhmische Montangesellschaft’
1938
Start-up of the first cold-rolling mill
1954
First production of low-alloy carbon strip steels
1966
Start of production of hardened and tempered strip steels
1969
Completion of a further cold-rolling plant for stainless and heat resistant steels
1986
Start-up of new rolling mill for low-alloy carbon strip steels
1989 – 2004
Numerous restructuring measures following the political and economical turmoil in Eastern Europe
2005
KWW a.s. joins the BILSTEIN GROUP
2009
Founding of BILSTEIN BOHEMIA s.r.o. as a procurement company
2016
Change of name of KWW a.s. to BILSTEIN CEE a.s.