History

  1. Combination of Schleuniger and Komax

    Metall Zug has spin off its Wire Processing Business Unit, the Schleuniger Group, into the Komax Holding AG and, in return, obtained a stake in Komax Holding AG of 25%.

  2. Spin-off and listing of the V-ZUG Group

  3. Acquisition

    Acquisition of the Haag-Streit Holding AG; new Business Unit Medical Devices

    Press release

  4. Acquisition

    Acquisition of majority stake in adaptronic Prüftechnik GmbH (Wire Processing Business Unit)

    Press release

  5. Acquisition

    Acquisition of Sterifast Sterilization & Disinfection Systems Lda. (Infection Control Business Unit)

  6. Passing of Heinz Buhofer

    Passing of Heinz Buhofer, former Chairman and Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors (obituary only available in German)

    Obituary

  7. Shareholding increased

    Shareholding of 35% in DiIT AG was increased to 100% (Wire Processing Business Unit)

  8. Foundation

    Foundation of MZ Infra AG

  9. Mistral opening

    Mistral opening (production and assembly building of the Household Appliances Business Unit, as well as R&D departments of Household Appliances and Infection Control Business Units)

  10. Foundation

    Foundation of V-ZUG Hong Kong Co. Ltd. (Household Appliances Business Unit)

  11. Acquisition

    Acquisition of the Cirris Solutions GmbH (Wire Processing Business Unit)

  12. Akquisition

    Acquisition of the Schybig Gastro-Service AG and the Horeka AG (Household Appliances Business Unit)

  13. Acquisition

    Acquisition Tianjin Haofeng Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. by the Schleuniger Group (Wire Processing Business Unit)

    Press release

  14. Acquisition

    Acquisition of the refrigeration equipment business of AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG by V-ZUG (Household Appliances Business Unit)

    Press release

  15. Spin-off

    Spin-off of real estate Business Unit

    Press release

  16. Opening

    Opening ZUGgate

  17. Acquisition

    Acquisition of the Schleuniger Group; new Business Unit: Wire Processing

  18. Acquisition

    Takeover of the FFC Group AG along with Hildebrand AG's operative business and integration into the Gehrig Group AG (Household Appliances Business Unit)

  19. New Business Unit

    Infection Control (Belimed AG) forms a new, independent Business Unit

  20. Belimed Group

    Single, uniform market presence as the Belimed Group

  21. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over the Sauter Group, Sulgen

  22. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over Netzsch Belimed, Waldkraiburg (Germany) and Belimed, Grosuplje (Slovenia)

  23. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over Avenatech Inc., Miami (USA), today Belimed Inc.

  24. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over Kleindienst-Belimed, Augsburg (Germany)

  25. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over Belimed

  26. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over Sibir, Schlieren

  27. Acquisition

    V-ZUG AG takes over F. Gehrig, Ballwil

  28. Opening Metalli

    Opening of the first phase of the Metalli quarter project in Zug city center

  29. MZ-Immobilien AG

    MZ-Immobilien AG takes charge of designing the factory grounds of the metal goods factory in Zug

  30. Fully electronic controls

    V-ZUG AG is the first company to fit its kitchen and washing machines with fully electronic controls

  31. Formation to V-ZUG AG

    Amalgamation of metal goods factory and galvanizing shop to form V-ZUG AG

  32. Launch of the dishwasher

    Adora dishwasher launched on the market

  33. Launch of the tumble dryer

    Go to market of the tumble dryer

  34. Foundation

    Foundation of WEZ plastics factory in Oberentfelden

  35. Launch of the automatic washing machine

    First Unimatic automatic washing machine

  36. ZUG washing machine

    The ZUG washing machine starts to take the markets by storm

  37. Founding

    Founding of galvanizing shop in Zug

  38. Founding

    Founding of metal goods factory, Zug