Tyrolit
| Tyrolit Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski KG
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| legal form | Limited partnership |
| founding | February 13, 1919 |
| Seat |
Schwaz , Austria
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| Number of employees | 4,500+ worldwide |
| sales | 685 million euros |
| Branch | Abrasives |
| Website | tyrolit.group |
| Status: 2020 | |
Tyrolit ( original spelling : TYROLIT ) develops, produces and markets bonded abrasives as well as concrete drilling and sawing systems. With 29 production sites on five continents, the Tyrolit Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of bonded abrasives. The company's headquarters are in Schwaz , Tyrol , Austria. Tyrolit is a registered trademark. It was named after the mineral Tirolit (Tyrolit) (copper foam, English Tyrolite), which was first found in Schwaz in Tyrol in 1817 .
Company history
Tyrolit was co-founded by Daniel Swarovski on February 13, 1919 to manufacture high-quality grinding tools for Swarovski crystal production. During the First World War, the Swarovski Group was cut off from the supply of grinding wheels and was forced to develop and produce its own grinding wheels. After the war, Swarovski decided to set up a separate company to develop, manufacture and market grinding wheels: Tyrolit was founded. In 1950 Tyrolit was separated from the Swarovski plant in Wattens and relocated to Schwaz. One of the company's biggest growth drivers was the market launch of the cutting and grinding disc with fabric reinforcement (SECUR) in 1952. The glass fiber reinforcement significantly improved the breakage and user safety of the tools.
In 1991, Tyrolit acquired the US company Diamond Products and the Swiss company Hydrostress. With these acquisitions, Tyrolit considerably expanded its presence in the market for concrete drilling and sawing systems. Further larger acquisitions were made in 2004 with the purchase of the Czech company Carborundum Electrite, in 2009 with the purchase of the US company Radiac and in 2014 with the takeover of Grinding Techniques in Africa and the trading company Nestag in Switzerland.
Company structure
The Tyrolit Group consists of four divisions:
- Metal Industries - serves the steel, foundry, and precision industries
- Construction - serves the construction industry and the construction industry
- Quartz Industries - Serves the stone, ceramic and glass industries
- Industrial trade - sells stock items such as B. Cutting and grinding disks from specialist dealers
Brands
The Tyrolit Group operates under the following brands:
- Tyrolit: Global brand for all grinding processes
- Tyrolit Hydrostress: Machines for cutting, sawing, drilling and grinding concrete
- Tyrolit Vincent: Milling, profiling and polishing tools for the stone, glass and ceramic industries
- Radiac: US manufacturer of conventional and superabrasive grinding wheels
- Diamond Products: US manufacturer of diamond tools and machines for the construction industry
- Carborundum Electrite: Czech manufacturer of conventionally bonded grinding wheels
- Grinding Techniques: South African manufacturer of conventionally bonded grinding wheels
- Nestag: Swiss trading company for the construction industry
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d l
- ↑ ots.at
- ^ John Briggs, Ted Giese: The abrasives industry in Europe and North America. 2007, p. 434.
- ↑ firstresearch.com
- ↑ Tirolit (Tyrolit) Mineralienatlas - Fossil Atlas, mineralienatlas.de, accessed March 13, 2020.
- ↑ Torsten Purle: Tirolit steine-und-minerale.de, Updated November 5, 2019, accessed 13 March 2020. - Tirolit was first in 1817 by German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner mentioned (1749-1817), who had found it on Schwaz. "Tirolit is a very soft mineral: ... Mohs hardness 1.5–2."
- ↑ Ludwig Sölder: A memorial for Daniel Swarovski. Innsbruck 1961, pp. 27-29.
- ↑ Tyrolit history page no longer available March 13, 2020.
- ^ John Briggs, Ted Giese: The abrasives industry in Europe and North America. 2007, p. 79.