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The History of Wieland in North America
| 1962 |
Wieland ships its first orders from Germany to the United States. |
| 1970 |
"Wieland America" is established in New Jersey as the first sales office in the United States. |
| 1975 |
A sales office in Chicago is opened. One year later, another sales office in Los Angeles follows. |
| 1980 | A Service Center is built in suburban Chicago (Wheeling, IL) in order to satisfy the growing customer demand for local warehousing. |
| 1987 |
Production capabilities for rolling and annealing copper alloy strip to customer specific sizes are added to the expanded Wheeling facility. |
| 1999 |
The production of copper tubes with enhanced surfaces begin. An additional building is constructed at the Wheeling facility. |
| 2002 |
A larger Service Center for slitting, traverse winding, packaging and warehousing is built in Wheeling, bringing the entire facility to over 200,000 sq ft. |
| 2003 |
Wieland and Kobe Steel form the joint-venture KobeWieland Copper Products, LLC to produce and market all types of copper tubing as one company. |
| 2009 | With a multi-million dollar investment, the modernization of the Rolling Mill in Wheeling starts. |
| 2010 | The completion of the new Rolling Mill offers a faster production of high-quality products. |
| 2010 | The Wieland-Group acquires the stake held by Kobe Steel become the sole owner. KobeWieland is renamed to Wieland Copper Products, LLC. |
Wieland History
Wieland's history began in 1820 with the art of casting bells and utility items in copper alloys. Since then, copper materials from Wieland have stood in good repute. Over the years Wieland has had a major influence on the development of processing and manufacturing technology. Read more www.wieland.com
