AMG was incorporated in the Netherlands in November 2006. While AMG is a new company, its constituent units have significant operating histories. The company is organised into two units: Advanced Materials and Engineering Systems.
The Advanced Materials unit traces its origins in the development and production of specialty metals to 1911, when
GfE Gesselschaft für Elektrometallurgie mbH was founded as a producer of vanadium alloys and chemicals in Nürnberg, Germany. In 1937, GfE expanded its products and operations through the establishing of a UK subsidiary,
London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Company, Ltd. In the 1940s, GfE reincorporated itself in the United States, where it operated under the name
Metallurg, Inc. In the late 1970s, Metallurg expanded its operations into Brazil through the acquisition of
Companhia Industrial Fluminense.
Société Industrielle et Chimique de l’Aisne (SICA), the predecessor company to Sudamin Holding S.A., entered the antimony trioxide business in 1933 and has been operating at the same facility in Chauny, France, since then. SICA expanded its antimony trioxide capacity with the acquisition of another French producer in 2001.
Timminco Limited, a majority controlled company, is a producer of magnesium and specialty alloys and magnesium extruded and fabricated products, was founded in 1934 and is currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In September 2004, Timminco acquired 100% of the shares of Becancour Silicon, Inc., based in Quebec, Canada, one of North America’s largest producers of chemical, electronics and solar grade silicon metal.
The Engineering Systems unit traces its origins to the several predecessor companies of
ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, founded in Germany during the mid-1800s. In the 1940’s, various German industrial companies combined their product and process expertise in the field of vacuum furnace metallurgy to form the immediate predecessor to ALD. In 1994, Leybold-Durferrit, the parent organisation of these combined entities, spun out its vacuum furnace division to form ALD. Since then, ALD has achieved global leadership in many vacuum furnace applications including solar silicon melting and crystallization and turbine blade coating. Additionally, ALD established its “Own & Operate” service model and has opened facilities in North America and Europe.
