Tradition and Innovation
| 1905 | The company "Maschinenfabrik Paul Leistritz" is founded in Nuremberg/Germany. Production of blades for steam turbines is started. |  | ||
| 1924 | Screw pumps, a new development at the time, are added to the manufacturing programme | |||
| 1925 | Product range extended to manufacturing of mufflers for motorcycles, automobiles and stationary engines. | |||
| 1937 | The screw pump is enhanced and can now knead and mix tough materials. Extruders for plastics processing are later developed as a result. | |||
| 1960 | Acquisition of a plant in Furth-Stadeln/Germany and expansion of the production capacity. | |||
| 1965 | LEISTRITZ supplies hydraulic systems for elevator construction. They are produced in Bochum/Germany. | |||
| 1973 | The AMERICAN LEISTRITZ CORPORATION is founded to organize sales and service in the USA. | |||
| 1975 | Construction of the Pleystein plant. It undertakes production of machine tools, tools, mufflers and pipe components. | |||
| 1986 | LEISTRITZ MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH becomes a public limited company. | |||
| 2001 | LEISTRITZ GROUP is founded. Four independent subsidiaries are formed: LEISTRITZ TURBOMASCHINEN TECHNIK GMBH, LEISTRITZ PUMPEN GMBH, LEISTRITZ EXTRUSIONSTECHNIK GMBH, LEISTRITZ PRODUKTIONSTECHNIK GMBH | |||
| 2005 | The LEISTRITZ AG in Nuremberg/Germany acquires the ThyssenKrupp Turbinenkomponenten GmbH in Remscheid.
The name of the new company: LEISTRITZ TURBINENKOMPONENTEN REMSCHEID GMBH. |
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| 2011 | The market presence in China is strengthened by the foundation of LEISTRITZ MACHINERY (TAICANG) CO. LTD.. | |||
| 2012 | The LEISTRITZ TURBINENKOMPONENTEN REMSCHEID GmbH enlarges production capacity in South East Asia and opens a new plant in Thailand: LEISTRITZ (THAILAND) LTD. | |||
| 2013 | The LEISTRITZ TURBINENKOMPONENTEN REMSCHEID GMBH is renamed to LEISTRITZ TURBINENTECHNIK GMBH and is head of the business unit turbine components. Moreover, the three further business units are: Pumps, Extrusion Technology and Production Technology. | |||
| 2014 | The US subsidiaries LEISTRITZ CORPORATION and the AMERICAN LEISTRITZ EXTRUDER CORPORATION are merged into the LEISTRITZ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. with four business units. | |||
| The LEISTRITZ GROUP employs approx. 1.900 employees. 90 branch offices and representations advise and support the customer base worldwide. |
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