ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie

ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie GmbH, commonly abbreviated as tkmet, was a German industrial and trading company that ranked among the market leaders in Europe for the trade of metallurgical products, with a revenue volume of 1.5 billion (2009/2010). It operated as a legally independent company within the ThyssenKrupp AG group. The company's roots reach back into the corporate histories of Krupp, Hoesch, Thyssen and Klöckner. Through mergers of the parent companies and reorganizations of group structures, tkmet eventually emerged. In the context of the merger of Fried. Krupp AG with Hoesch AG to form Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, the raw materials trading companies Hansa Rohstoffe GmbH (Krupp) and Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Hoesch) also merged in 1996 to form Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Krupp-Hoesch). In March 1999 the new Thyssen Krupp AG group was registered, arising from the merger of Thyssen AG and Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp. Tkmet itself was created in August 2001 through the merger of Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Krupp-Hoesch) with Thyssen Sonnenberg Metallurgie GmbH (Thyssen) to form ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie GmbH. Within the group structure, tkmet was assigned to the Business Area Materials Services and, within that, to the Operating Unit Special Services. In 2011 the company was merged with ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH to form ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH, ending the standalone existence of ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie as a distinct legal entity. Its business focused on the trading of metallurgical products, serving industrial customers across Europe.

ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie GmbH (short: tkmet) was a German industrial and trading company and, with a revenue volume of 1.5 billion (2009/2010), one of the market leaders in Europe for the trade of metallurgical products. It was a legally independent company within the ThyssenKrupp AG group. Its origins and predecessor companies had their roots in the Krupp, Hoesch, Thyssen and Klöckner groups. Through mergers of the parent companies and reorganizations of the group structures, TKMet came into being. In the context of the merger of Fried. Krupp AG with Hoesch AG to form Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, the raw materials trading companies Hansa Rohstoffe GmbH (Krupp) and Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Hoesch) also merged in 1996 to form Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Krupp-Hoesch). In March 1999 the new Thyssen Krupp AG group was registered, arising from the merger of Thyssen AG and Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp. Tkmet was created in August 2001 through the merger of Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Krupp-Hoesch) with Thyssen Sonnenberg Metallurgie GmbH (Thyssen) to form ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie GmbH. Within the group structure, tkmet was assigned to the Business Area Materials Services and, within that, to the Operating Unit Special Services. In 2011 the company was merged with ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH to form ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH.

• 2011

  The company was merged with ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH to form ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GmbH.

• 2001

  Tkmet was created through the merger of Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Krupp-Hoesch) with Thyssen Sonnenberg Metallurgie GmbH (Thyssen) to form ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie GmbH.

• 1999

  The new Thyssen Krupp AG group was registered, arising from the merger of Thyssen AG and Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp.

• 1996

  Hansa Rohstoffe GmbH (Krupp) and Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Hoesch) merged to form Eisenmetall Legierungen GmbH (Krupp-Hoesch).

One of the market leaders in Europe for the trade of metallurgical products, operating within ThyssenKrupp's Materials Services business area.

• Metallurgical products trading

1. 1ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie – Wikidatawikidata.org