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History shows that Ancofer's busi-ness strategy has always been con-sistent with market development.
Our first goal was to have several of our branches offer a very wide range of steel products.

Later, adapting to the ever changing needs of the steelusers, Ancofer specialized itself in offering special steel products, concertrating its efforts on the Mulheim Branch and tow Sales offices.

History


1950		Coutinho Eisenhandel GmbH, Düsseldorf is founded. Shareholder is Coutinho, Caro & Co., Düsseldorf
1953		Construction of a warehouse in Mülheim an der Ruhr
1971		Construction of the warehouse No.1,2 and 3 of the so called „Nordlager“ outside the original area called „Südlager“
1981		Establishment of the sales office – Hamburg
1983		Contruction of the warehouse No.4 of the „Nordlager“
1987		The company gets renamed to Ancofer Stahlhandel GmbH (AN=Andreas, CO=Coutinho, FER=Ferrum) to avoid confusion with the name "Coutinho, Caro & Co."
1988		Ancofer now majority-owned by the Usinor Sacilor
1989		ofer purchases all shares of the company Friedrich W. Markmann GmbH which is situated beside Ancofer’s „Nordlager“
1990		Integration of Markmann’s business and two warehouses to Ancofer’s activities. Construction of the warehouse No. 5 and 6 of the „Nordlager“ and construction of a new office building. The whole company moves to „Rheinstraße“
1991		Ruukki purchases a 10% share of Ancofer from Usinor company.
1996		Establishment of the sales office-Stuttgart. Renting of an office and a warehouse for abraison resistant and high strength plates in Stuttgart
1997		The „AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke“ purchases 90 % of Ancofer’s share from other Usinor Sacilor companies.
2000		Construction of two additional warehouses for flame cutting operation.
2011		Establishment of the sales office-Bremen.
2012		Transition of the sales activities of our sales offices Hamburg at the sales office Bremen

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