Living traditionShaping the future
Ours is a medium-sized, owner-operated, independent company which can look back on well over a hundred years of history.
In this time, a lot of serious social, political and economic changes have taken place which have shaped our company and which have created a culture of listening, trust, understanding and responsibility within us – you could say they shaped our very DNA. We are proud to take this spirit forward with us into the future.
We want our customers and suppliers as well as everyone else who has some link to our company to take part in this.
Who are we?
Why does the market need us?
What does the market expect from us?
We have always been a warehouse-based trading house, stockpiling special, multi-purpose steel grades, predominantly strips, sheets and solid material, for our customers. This is how the idea of prefabrication came into being as we are able to split and round the strips. Should special additional pieces be desired, our CNC operated cut-to-length line can be used. In order to establish comprehensive independence, we also have our own fleet of HGVs. This means that we and our customers do not have to depend on delivery drivers because it is competence, speed and flexibility that count in this day and age.
Milestones
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1907
Founded by Arthur Dorp. Production of razor blades, as well as tape steel strips and spring steel strips.
1955 - 1960
Dr.h.c. Karl Barich
Shareholder
1957
Death of its founder
Arthur Dorp
1957 - 1970
Elfriede Dorp
Manager, Majority shareholder to death
1960 - 1994
Heinz Solbach
Shareholder
seit 1960
Dr. rer. pol. Dieter Barich
Shareholder
1970 - 1974
Erich Weber
Manager
1974 - 1979
Waldemar Boedecker
Manager
1979 - 1994
Herbert Speckamp
Manager
1979 - 2007
Frank H. Jochem
Manager
1979
Files production has been ceased
Bismarckstr., Solingen
1985
Commissioning Slitting line
seit 1994
Carlo Barich
Shareholder
seit 1996
Carlo Barich
Manager
2003
First participation at the fair Solingen
2003
TÜV CertificationDIN EN ISO 9001:2000
2007
Celebration of the company’s centenary at the Solingen Trade Fair
2007
“Solingen’s Most Family-Friendly Company” award
2007
Death of the Majority shareholder Dr. Dieter Barich
2008
Acquisition of a new, CNC-controlled, cut-to-length line for sheets
2009
Acquisition of a rounding plant
2009
First-time participation at the BlechExpo in Stuttgart
2010
There are “steel” times ahead: “Customers can access our warehouse online”
2014
Acquisition of two 12 to trucks
2015
Successful participation at BlechExpo 2015 in Stuttgart