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The rolling mill
in Hagen-Wehringhausen was founded under the name Asbeck-Osthaus-Eicken
& Co.as a forge in 1851. Since 1855 a rolling
is in operation.
In 1887 the name
changed into Eicken & Co. And an open hearth shop including three
furnaces and a blooming mill were built.
In 1931 Eicken
was fusioned with the Harkort steel company from nearby Wetter now
called Stahlwerke Harkort-Eicken.
In 1951 the mill
became part of the newly founded Stahlwerke Südwestfalen.
Other branches
where the former Brünninghaus rolling mill in Hagen-Vorhalle, the open
hearth shop in Hagen-Eckesey, the steel mill in Siegen-Geisweid and the
rolling mills in Werdohl.
Takeover by Krupp
in 1974.
Further names:
1994, Krupp Edelstahlprofile.
2005, Edelstahlwerke Südwestfalen
2007, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke.
Today the
Wehringhausen mill is a speciality steel wire rolling mill for which the
raw material is produced at the steel mill in Siegen-Geisweid.
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