Milestones
Background, company history
1854
Founding of "Hedwigshütte", a wood charcoal blast furnace plant
1861
Plant taken over by Buderus and renamed "Main-Weser-Hütte"
1864
First coke blast furnace commissioned at Lollar at the centre of the Lahn valley
1878
Erection of a foundry that subsequently establishes an outstanding reputation for building furnaces
1895
Series production of cast-iron boiler sections starts for first time in Germany at Main-Weser-Hütte foundry
1898
The first radiator works on the European continent is erected in Lollar?
1907
Once the blast-furnace operation is discontinued, the Main-Weser-Hütte becomes a special works exclusively for heating products
1908
Commissioning of "research centre" - now referred to as "development division"
1920-1929
Modernisation and expansion investments
1951/52
Erection of first die-casting plant (assembly line production) for the production of radiators
1958
Start of control unit production at Lollar
1970-78
Essential improvements in manufacturing conditions at foundries
1990-1998
Comprehensive investment in modernisation – Lollar works produces its five millionth cast-iron sectional boiler in 1998
2003
Buderus is taken over by Robert Bosch GmbH and company name changes to Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH
2004
150th anniversary of Lollar works
2007
Start of customer casting production
2016
formation of a company Robert Bosch Lollar Guss GmbH
