Stahl Gerlafingen AG

The Stahl Gerlafingen AG, headquartered in Gerlafingen in Canton Solothurn is a company for the production of rebar and section steel. The company employs around 500 people. Stahl Gerlafingen produces around 700,000 tons of reinforcing and section steel per year for domestic and international demand. The raw material used for this is recycled scrap iron.

The Gerlafinger steelworks has its roots in the 1803 founded Ludwig von Roll'schen Eisenwerke, the later Von Roll Corporation. Initially, a forging plant was set up at the Gerlafingen site in 1818, before a rolling mill went into operation in 1836. 1918 followed the steelworks.

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The Stahl Gerlafingen AG, headquartered in Gerlafingen in Canton Solothurn is a company for the production of rebar and section steel. The company employs around 500 people. Stahl Gerlafingen produces around 700,000 tons of reinforcing and section steel per year for domestic and international demand. The raw material used for this is recycled scrap iron.

The Gerlafinger steelworks has its roots in the 1803 founded Ludwig von Roll'schen Eisenwerke, the later Von Roll Corporation. Initially, a forging plant was set up at the Gerlafingen site in 1818, before a rolling mill went into operation in 1836. 1918 followed the steelworks.

In 1996, Von Roll sold its steel activities in Von Roll Stahl AG to Moos Holding AG, renaming the company initially to Stahl- und Walzwerke Gerlafingen AG and 1998 to Stahl Gerlafingen AG. The merger of the former Von Roll subsidiary and the Moos Group resulted in the formation of Swiss Steel AG. In 2003, this majority was taken over by the German Schmolz + Bickenbach AG and the Gebuka AG.

In 2006, Swiss Steel sold 65 percent of Stahl Gerlafingen AG to Italian AFV Acciaierie Beltrame SpA. In 2010, AFV Beltrame SpA took over Stahl Gerlafingen AG completely.

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