| 1797 |
Höganäs coal mining starts. This is also generally regarded as the start of Höganäs AB |
| 1825 |
A brickworks is started up |
| 1835 |
Production of salt glazed pottery started |
| 1887 |
An industrial harbour is built |
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| 1900 |
The first laboratory is established |
| 1910 |
First Sponge Iron Plant opened |
| 1946 |
First Iron Powder Plant opened |
| 1947 |
A new central laboratory is built |
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| 1966 |
The company adopts the name Höganäs AB |
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| 1968-1979 |
Höganäs AB's first foreign sales subsidiary started in England |
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Production of atomized iron powder begins |
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Sales subsidiary in Germany started |
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| 1980s |
Sales subsidiary started in France |
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Acquisition of a Belgian production plant |
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Japanese sales subsidiary started |
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Sales subsidiary in Italy started |
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Sales subsidiary in Spain started |
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Production in India started |
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| 1990s |
Sales subsidiaries in Taiwan and South Korea established |
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The present-day atomization plant in Halmstad is inaugurated |
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A joint-venture company is set up in China |
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Production of atomized powder begins in China |
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Höganäs AB celebrates bicentenary |
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Acquisition of Höganäs Brasil Ltd |
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Founding of North American Höganäs |
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| 2000- |
Acquisition of steel plant in Stony Creek and iron powder plant in Niagara Falls , USA |
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Acquisition of high-speed steel manufacturing plant in England |
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Atomization plant in Stony Creek, USA is inaugurated |
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Powder plant and mixing station in Brazil is inaugurated |
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Acquisition of a high alloy powder plant in USA |
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Inauguration of a new Astaloy™ Plant in Höganäs |
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Inauguration of Mixing Station and a new Tech Centre in China |