History |
| 1904 |
Founded by Karl Beck in Wildstein/Eger as a print shop |
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| 1933 |
Start of staple production |
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| 1936 |
Taking over of the management by Raimund Beck |
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| 1945 |
Expulsion from the Sudetenland and temporary company shutdown |
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| 1949 |
Reestablishment of the company in Waldkraiburg/Upper Bavaria |
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| 1964 |
Collating of nails started for the first time |
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| 1967 |
Foundation of a local branch in Mauerkirchen/Upper Austria, today’s
headquarters of the group |
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| 1973 |
Independence of the Austrian company, from then on trading under the name of WSC |
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| 1973 |
Start of brad and pin production at WSC |
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| 1976 |
Taking over of the management of the group by Günther Beck |
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| 1989 |
Purchase of FASCO SpA in Bologna/Italy, which involved the transition to serving as a system provider |
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| 1989 |
Foundation of WELCON as an innovation center for welding techniques |
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| 1991 |
Purchase of FASCO AMERICA, INC. in Muscle Shoals/Alabama, which was built up as a distribution center for North America |
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| 1994 |
Renaming of WELCON to NTA, collating of the nails under this name |
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| 1998 |
Purchase of CARL SCHMIDT Company in Gutenstein/Lower Austria, vertical integration through the in-house production of bulk nails |
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| 2001 |
Purchase of “AUSTRIA DRAHT“ in Ferlach/Carinthia as a second manufacturing base for nails |
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| 2002 |
Purchase of EMPIRE PRODUCTS in High Point, North Carolina, focus on serving the upholstery and furniture industry |
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| 2003 |
Consolidation of nail production by uniting CARL SCHMIDT company and “AUSTRIA DRAHT“ in Gutenstein |
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| 2003 |
Consolidating administration of FASCO AMERICA and EMPIRE PRODUCTS in Muscle Shoals, Alabama |
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| 2006 |
Foundation of BECK Shanghai, the representative office of the BECK Fastener Group in China for sounding out the market and distributing tools |
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| 2008 |
Foundation of BECK Metal Products in Kunshan/China, the in-house production of wire bands for further processing within the BECK Fastener Group |
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