Who we are and how we conduct ourselves
We aim to always offer customers the best solutions - tailored and personalised for them. In order to achieve this, we constantly look ahead and continuously develop ourselves and our work.
This drive has made us a market leader in the steel and metal trading sector; leading in terms of product variety, the technical equipment used in our operations, and above all, the quality and innovativeness of our services.
The EHG Executive Board: Dr Markus Lutz (left) and Stefan Girardi (right)
- We are a stock-holding steel and metal trading company. In order to optimally fulfil our objective, we establish personal relationships with our customers and suppliers.
- We have a unique range of products available within the German-speaking countries, and offer our customers a broad spectrum of services.
- Our commercial facilities use cutting-edge technology and we are continuously investing in the future.
- We deliver solutions for discerning steel- and metal-working customers in heavy industry, commerce, crafts and trade. Our customers profit from the high quality of our services and value the expertise and service of our employees.
- We cultivate our corporate culture. We place enormous value on collaboration based on personal worth and mutual trust.
- We are highly efficient and achieve the best performance indicators in the steel and metal sector. This requires permanent optimisation of processes and technologies and the continuous reviewing of our services.
Environmental and commercial policy
We are clearly committed to the sustainable protection of our environment. Where opportunities exist to reduce the use of raw materials and energy, or to reduce emissions, we utilise these. Our sites are equipped with state-of-the-art building services, cover part of the electricity demand with their own photovoltaic systems and use high-speed doors to reduce the heating required in our warehouses. Our fleet complies with the latest emissions standards and we reduce the burden on our environment with software-optimised routes and resource-efficient driving behaviour.
When selecting business partners, in addition to thinking about purely economic aspects, we also consider ecological and social criteria. We will not accept anyone who infringes environmental regulations, exploits employees, permits child labour, or operates in legal grey areas as a business partner.
Quality
To ensure the success of our customers, we depend on long-term purchasing partnerships. We work with reliable suppliers who offer excellent quality, first-class delivery performance and competitive conditions. Purchasing processes with our partners are optimised on an ongoing basis. We carry brand steel from renowned manufacturers in our range.
We place great importance on maintaining our high quality standards and have them reviewed by external organisations regularly. The EHG Group is certified in accordance with DIN ISO 9001. Mobile spectral analysis, ultrasonic testing, restamping and uninterrupted batch tracking complete the scope of our quality assurance efforts.
Milestones
2023
2023
Pader-Stahl becomes part of the EHG Group
2022
2022
Start construction of new building EHG in Heubach, Germany
2020
2020
Completion of the largest construction project in the company's history encompassing 12,500 square metres: new office building, staff restaurant and two high-bay warehouses. Expansion of the sawing centres and basement car park.
2018
2018
Acquisition of Lingemann Stahlgroßhandel GmbH and Stahlkontor GmbH in Bad Oeynhausen.
2015
2015
Opening of the sites in Waldstetten, Germany and the associated cutting centre in Göppingen. Opening of the site in Bucharest, Romania.
2006 to 2010
2006 to 2010
2006: Acquisition of Aluson-Stahl AG in Altstätten, Switzerland.
2008: New high-bay warehouse for bar steel and pipe quality steel with 4,000 cassette spaces. New fully automatic sawing centre.
2001 to 2005
2001 to 2005
2001: Work starts with our first industrial customer (Doppelmayr). New logo (EHG Stahl.Metall).
2002: New sales office in Kirchham, Upper Austria. Takeover of Thommel; foundation of Thommel-EHG Stahlhandels GmbH in Baienfurt, Germany.
2003: New construction of the administration wing and erection of two automatic high-bay warehouses for non-ferrous metals (bar stock and sheet metal) - a total of 6,500 cassette spaces.
2004: New sales office in Vienna.
2005: Acquisition of the steel and pipe trading company SRH in Odelzhausen, Germany.
1990 to 2000
1990 to 2000
1994: Certification of EHG quality management in accordance with ISO.
1996: First sales activities in southern Germany with internal field sales force.
1998: Construction of the first fully automatic high-bay warehouse (UNITOP) with around 1,550 cassette spaces.
1999: Expansion of the beam and hollow section hall.
2000: New sheet metal storage hall. Acquisition of the most high-tech fully automatic sawing centre in Europe, as well as two large automatic sawing machines.
1964 to 1990
1964 to 1990
1964: Planning and construction of the company's first two warehouses with approx. 2,500 m² of storage space.
1966: Operations start with the sale of concrete and rolled steel and completion of the first warehouses.
1977: First sawing, laser and corrosion protection system.
1984: New stainless steel warehouse.
1988-1989: Expansion of the stock range to include bright steel, quality steel and non-ferrous metals. Construction of the first high-bay warehouse. New beam hall. Extension of the administration building.
1963
1963
Four Vorarlberg ironmongers (the Ulmer brothers in Dornbirn, Josef Pircher in Bregenz, Josef Schmidt's successors in Bludenz and Paul v. Furtenbach in Feldkirch) jointly spin off the trade in rolled steel products and establish the iron trading company OHG.
