The Salzgitter Group: An eventful history

The Salzgitter Group and its management holding company Salzgitter AG are the corporate descendants of the Ilseder Hütte Corporation founded in 1858.

Ilseder Hütte, which was headquartered in Lower Saxony, was one of Germany's oldest steel companies. In 1970 the business merged with the Steel Division of the then state-owned Salzgitter Group to form the subsidiary Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG.

In 1992, the steel company was renamed Preussag Stahl AG following privatization and breaking up of the former Salzgitter Group by sale of the business to Preussag AG.

In 1998, Preussag Stahl AG was spun off from the Preussag Group and gained its independence. The change of name to Salzgitter AG and the stock market flotation in the same year marked the emergence of a new Group young in years but endowed with a great tradition.

Focus on Group history

150 years of Peiner quality

The history of the Peine steel site and Peiner Träger GmbH began with the "Actien-Gesellschaft Peiner Walzwerk".

Image for 1970 Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG with link to Group History

1970 – a key year in the Group’s history

Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG is established

Mannesmann

Mannesmann. Pipes and Tubes - For more than 130 years

The name of Mannesmann has been a byword for the highest quality steel tubes for over a century.

Image with link to detail page '25 years on the stock market'

25 years on the stock market

02.06.2023

On June 2, 1998, a completely new chapter began for Salzgitter AG in its at that time already 140-year history.

Picture of the cover with link to the commemorative publication 150 Years of KHS

150 years KHS

01.02.2018

From equipment trader in Dortmund to worldwide partner to the beverage industry.

Historical picture of Reinhard and Max Mannesmann

Reinhard and Max Mannesmann

Versatile inventors with exciting life stories.