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HISTORY - major events

2006 - TYROLIT CEE established – exclusive sales organization for CARBORUNDUM brand and TYROLIT sales representation for Eastern Europe
2005 - Company belongs to TYROLIT group (Swarovski holding)
2002 - ISO certification extended to ISO 14001
2000 - ISO certification extended to ISO 9001
1996 - ISO 9002 certification procedure completed
1992 - CARBORUNDUM ELECTRITE a.s. - joint-stock company established
1990 - Disintegration of the united company by spinning-off Rekord Kolín and Carbo Kunstat in Moravia
1958 - Merger with Rekord Kolín and grinding grain producer at Kunstat in Moravia into one company with its seat at Benatky nad Jizerou
1952 - New production plant in Kunstát na Morave started - production of Silicon carbide
1936 - Registration of CARBORUNDUM Trade mark
1929 - Firing process of grinding tools was modernized by conversion from coal to gas heating of the ovens
1926 - Start of production in Dresden and Düsseldorf, Germany
1922 - Company’s headquarters moved from Vienna to Benatkyk
1897 - First artificial corundum – ELECTRITE - was manufactured
1893 - CARBORUNDUM-WERKE in Benátky nad Jizerou established
1891 - KAUFFMAN bought the license for SiC production in Europe
1891 -American inventor Acheson registered his patent of invention on CARBORUNDUM production (silicon carbide).