| September 1990 Foundation of the Corodur Verschleiss-Schutz GmbH Thale as subsidiary company of the Corodur Fülldraht GmbH Krefeld and starting the cored wire production. January 1993 Starting with the production of sintered-strip electrodes for the submerged arc-welding and RES- welding technology June 1993 Setup of a development unit for Plasma Powder Hardfacing (PTA) together with the ISAF Goslar of the TU Clausthal-Zellerfeld May 1996 Construction of a production hall for enlargment of welding services like PTA; submerged arc and MIG/MAG hardfacing with new developed materials September 1997 Starting with the production of wear plates September 2000 Separation from the parent company Corodur Fülldraht GmbH Krefeld by the buying of their shares on the Corodur Verschleiss-Schutz GmbH May 2003 Setup of a modern production hall for flux-cored wires for production enlargement January 2004 Construction of a new production hall for wear plates June 2005 Construction of an application centre for expertise of new developed flux-cored wires for thermal spraying January 2006 Starting the development works for new materials and technologies in the surface technology and wear protection in the new constructed powder metalurgical competence centre Thale (PMC) January 2006 Introduction of the new trade names Corthal® and Thaloy® for flux cored wires for Hardfacing and Thermal Spraying September 2006 Moving of the administration, quality control and the research unit into the facilities of the PMC September 2007 Start of operation of the production equipment for electro-slag-plating including a modern CNC drilling machine for the final machining of parts with a length up to 8m May 2008 Starting the production of light-weight wear-plates named „Coroplate-Ultra“ November 2008 Successfull confirmation of the research network “Thale PM” by the BMBF January 2009 Testing the production of thermal spray and hardfacing powders with novel production methods | 
