History
The Frauenthal Group’s origins lie with a porcelain factory founded in Frauental an der Lassnitz, in the Austrian province of Styria.
1921
Engineer Ludwig Neumann founds Erste Österreichische Porzellanfabrik.
1974
The company is sold to the Swedish EUROC Group
1985
Frauenthal begins manufacturing SCR catalysts
1990
A buy-out by the Swedish management results in the takeover of Frauenthal Keramik AG and the formation of the Ceram Group.
1991
Frauenthal Keramik AG lists on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
1996
The Frauenthal Keramik Group merges with Tridelta Technische Keramik GmbH to form the Ceram Holding Group, based in Jena, Germany
1998
FT Holding acquires 75.1% of the Ceram Group
2001
The insulator business is sold to The Riverside Company, an American investment firm.
2002
The Group is reorganised as a holding company for industrial investments – Frauenthal Holding AG – and goes on to acquire the Styria Federn Group.
2003
Frauenthal acquires Finnish spring manufacturer Imatra Steel.
2004
Frauenthal acquires the Linnemann-Schnetzer Group (air reservoirs)
2005
Frauenthal successfully places a bond issue. The Group acquires SHT Haustechnik Beteiligungs AG. Diesel catalyst production starts up at Porzellanfabrik Frauenthal.
2007
Frauenthal is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange prime market.
2009
The truck component business is massively impacted by the economic crisis. Four factories are sold or mothballed.
2010
Production of power station plate catalysts is launched.
2011
successful bond issue over EUR 100m will secure further growth
2012
Sale of the Industrial Honeycombs division to the Japanese group IBIDEN.
2012
The brands "Linnemann-Schnetzer", "Styria" and "Pol-Necks" merge to "Frauenthal Automotive" as of 1 July 2012.
2012
Acquisition of Worthington Cylinders a.s. (Frauenthal Automotive) and Technopoint Sanitrends spol. s.r.o. and Gama Myjava s.r.o. (SHT group)
2012
Repurchase of 671,043 shares in an off-market buyback programme, and now holds 10% of the share capital.
2013
Acquisition of Gnotec AB, a Swedish manufacturer of metal components used in automotive and industrial applications (2012: revenue EUR 80m, 400 employees)
2014
Acquisition of the Austrian Wholesale Supplier ÖAG AG (Revenue EUR 273m, 714 employees) and Termoreguator AB sheet metal parts producer based in Motala, Sweden
2014
Sale of leaf springs and stabilisers business in Austria, France and Romania to TBC Netherlands
2015
Frauenthal is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange standard market auction.
2016
The plant in Portugal, Frauenthal Automotive Azambuja Unipessoal Lda., is closed.
2017
In the course of a MBO the two Gnotec production sites Habo and Motala have been sold.
2017
Acquisition of the German forges in Plettenberg and Rosswein from Mahle GmbH.
2018
Sale of the U-Bolts business in Poland to the American group Hendrickson.
2019
Record EBITDA of MEUR 67.1 achieved (including first-time application of IFRS 16)
2020
Establishment of the Elektromaterial.at brand, making it the first Austrian provider to cover the entire field of building technology
2020
Closure of the Roßwein forging plant in Germany due to COVID 19 crisis
2022
