Zeitgeschichte Archive - SIPRO® STEEL SOLUTIONS

SIPRO International AG, founded in 2022, takes up the operative trading business with headquarters in Cham (CH). The claim "SIPRO STAHL SCHWEIZ" is replaced by "SIPRO STEEL SOLUTIONS" (relaunch of the SIPRO corporate identity and corporate design).

On June 4th, our founder Fred Wüthrich passes away. The SIPRO Group achieves sales of over EUR 1 billion and supplies more than 1 million tons of steel for the first time in the company's history.

The startup SOLaiTION AG is founded with headquarters in Laufenburg (CH), which focuses on image-based sensor technology for measuring bulk piles, level measurement and material detection, including GPS localization.

Start of production of our newly built heavy plate mill Laminoirs des Landes S.A.S (LDL) in Tarnos (FR). Foundation of the sales company PITTINI Siderprodukte AG with the steel partner Pittini Group based in Geroldswil. The 3rd family generation kicks off with Tristan Wüthrich.

Jürg F. Wüthrich is stepping down as Head of Marketing & Sales for the operational business at Stahl Gerlafingen AG as of June 30, 2017.

The Lucchini S.p.A. steel mill group with its main production site in Piombino is acquired by the Algerian Cevital Group. We focus exclusively on the distribution of railroad rails ex Piombino.

SIPRO HPS AG is merged into SIPRO Siderprodukte AG.

In addition to Austria, SIPRO is also granted exclusive sales rights for Switzerland in bulk steel by the Ferrero steelworks. Sales are handled by SIPRO Siderprodukte AG with the agreement of the Beltrame Group. The LUCCHINI Group takes over the Italian Piombino blast furnace steel mill from the Italian state. The sales office based in Lüdenscheid (DE) is responsible for sales in DE and Benelux, while the sales and processing headquarters remain in Geroldswil.

For our heavy plates mill Laminoirs des Landes S.A.S (LDL) we won the family-owned company HIERROS ANON SA as main shareholder. Establishment of the sales office SIPRO Siderprodukte Ges.m.b.H, Ferlach (AT) for the sales countries Austria, Slovenia and Croatia for the products of the BELTRAME group. The company LUCCHINI Siderprodukte AG merges into SIPRO Stahl Holding AG.

The SIPRO Group sells more than 0.5 million tons of steel.