Castolin Eutectic
| Castolin Eutectic Group | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1906 |
| Seat | Kriftel , Germany |
| Number of employees | 2,000 (2006) |
| Website | http://www.castolin.com/ |
The Castolin Eutectic Group is a global group of companies and provider of solutions in the fields of repair, maintenance and wear protection. The headquarters of the Castolin Eutectic Group are located in Kriftel .
The Castolin Eutectic Group produces and sells products in the field of welding , soldering and thermal spraying .
history
The company was founded in 1906 by Jean-Pierre Wassermann near Lausanne . It manufactured products for low temperature maintenance welding. The son of the company founder, Professor René Wassermann, founded the Eutectic Welding Alloys Corporation in New York City in 1930 .
The shortage of raw materials associated with the Second World War led to the increasing importance of maintenance welding. After the end of the war, the company expanded in 1950 by establishing international subsidiaries and production sites. In 1960 the CastoLabs® (Service Workshops) were launched, Castolin and Eutectic combined their business activities under the brand name Castolin + Eutectic.
The company's headquarters were relocated to St. Sulpice near Lausanne in 1978. In 2000 the companies Castolin + Eutectic and Messer Cutting & Welding (a subsidiary of the Messer Group ) were merged to form MEC Holding GmbH, with the Carlyle Group holding a majority stake, and the Carlyle Group's shares were sold to Messer Industrie Holding GmbH after five years . The company Castolin Eutectic expanded in 2007 to new markets in Eastern Europe and Asia and opened ten new branches there. In 2020, Messer sold Castolin Eutectic in full to Paragon Partners .
literature
- Hans O. Staub : René Wasserman (1911–1993). La lutte contre le gaspillage (= Pionniers suisses de l'économie et de la technique, Swiss pioneers of economy and technology , Volume 11), Association for Economic History Studies. Miles 1997, ISBN 3-909059-14-7 OCLC 611925677 (French).
Web links
- www.castolin.com
- Nicole Meystre-Schaeren: Aquarius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- In 1954, the young actress Sophia Loren promoted Castolin Eutectic's welding technology. See: Company article - PDF, 2 (3) pages, 708 kB from: Lastechnik , pages 22–24 February 2016 (Dutch).
Individual evidence
- ^ Thorsten Winter: Financial investor instead of family business. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 23, 2020, accessed May 4, 2020 .