| 1862 | Markowitsch
& Scheid founded, jewellery production, Vienna |
| 1873 | Degussa
founded, Deutsche Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1877 | Louis
Rössler founded, trade in and purchase of precious metals |
| 1882 | G.
A. Scheid leaves Markowitsch & Scheid, Georg Adam Scheid founded, jewellery
factory, Vienna 6, Gumpendorfer Str. 85 |
| 1888 | G. A. Scheid
Refinery founded, redemption of scrap gold and scrap silver, dental alloys |
| 1891 | Scheid
Budapest founded (up to 1945) |
| 1908 | Amstetten
Metal Works founded (sold in 1926) |
| 1920 | Scheidova
Prague founded (up to 1945) |
| 1923 | Scheid
Bucharest founded (up to 1945) |
| 1923 | Degussa
AG joins Louis Rössler as limited partner |
| 1927-1932 | Branches
opened in Graz, Linz and Vienna, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck |
| 1957 | Silox
founded |
| 1960 | 50%
share of Degussa AG taken over by the Österreichische Chemische Werke Ges.m.b.H.
(since 1993, Degussa Austria GmbH) |
| 1962 | Scheid
and Rössler merge to form Ögussa, Österreichische Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt
Scheid & Rössler Ges.m.b.H. & Co KG |
| 1988-1990 | Degussa
Austria becomes 100% owner of Ögussa (by gradual purchase of the remaining
share of the private share-holders) |
| 1993 | The
new Liesing Works opens |
| 1999 | Ögussa Österreichische
Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt Ges.m.b.H. incorporated with Degussa Austria
GmbH |
| 2000 | Degussa
Austria GmbH renamed as Degussa-Hüls CEE GmbH (Central Eastern Europe)
dmc2 AG hived off from Degussa-Hüls AG in GermanySale/hiving off
of Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt Ges.m.b.H. from
Degussa-Hüls CEE GmbH to dmc2 AG, Hanau, and the Allgemeine Gold-
und Silberscheideanstalt AG, Pforzheim, as majority owners. (www.allgemeine.com).
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| 2001 | Sale
of dmc2 AG from Degussa AG to the OM Group, Inc. on 10.08.2001. Renaming
of dmc2 AG as OMG AG & Co. KG, dmc2 division. |
| 2003 | Purchase
that Precious Metals Group OMG by n.v. Umicore s.a., Brüssel (www.umicore.com).
The Umicore is an international concern mit den Geschäftsbereichen Advanced
of materials, copper, precious metals and zinc. It makes with approx 12.400 coworkers
anrevenues of ca. 8 bn Euro and is world market leader with the precious metal
recycling. |
