1773
Starts as a small local blacksmith plant owned by the Count of Thurn.
1773
1773
The night of the Boston Tea Party with 46 tons of British tea thrown into the sea in protest against unfair colonial taxation.
1773
1800
Napoleon conquers Italy, firmly establishing himself as First Consul in France.
1800
1803
Paul Hauser assumes the ownership; the factory focuses its business to scythe manufacturing.
1803
1849
The California Gold Rush begins.
1849
1896
The factory is named after Franc Hauser’s heirs and now has 65 clients from Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, Serbia and Russia, buying more than 59,100 pieces of scythes.
1896
1914–1918
World War I.
1914–
1918
1945
Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans the final defeat of Germany.
1945
1951
Tovarna kos Slovenj Gradec scythe factory is taken over by the local People’s Committee and embarks on its own steady development journey. It now employs 32 workers.
1951
1958
The first U.S. Earth Satellite is launched.
1958
1964
The early ‘60s see the factory completely modernized. Scythes’ daily production capacity reaches 400 pieces. A new product stainless steel programme is introduced, focusing primarily on meat industry.
1964
1969
Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, take man’s first steps on the moon.
1969
1969
The company is renamed FECRO (Fe-Cr). The production electrification begins.
1969
1972
The company joins the Gorenje Group and is transformed to Gorenje Fecro metal product manufacturing plant, continuing its transformation, expansion and growth. It becomes the leading supplier of intralogistics in Yugoslavia.
1972
1976
Apple Computer, Inc. is founded by Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs.
1976
1979
Cooling and heating tanks are introduced; specifically, milk coolers with a capacity of 100 to 30,000 litres.
1979
1984
Bell Laboratories perfects the 1-megabit random-access memory chip.
1984
1990
NIEROS Metal d.o.o. metal factory is established, being in 100% ownership of the German NIEROS.
1990
1992
General release of the web browser.
1992
1998
The company obtains ISO 9001:2000 Quality Certificate.
1998
1999
Bluetooth technology is developed, but it is not used until the start of the 21st century.
1999
2002
A sister company NIEROS SSE GmbH is established in Germany.
2002
2003
The first camera phone is launched.
2003
2008
Tesla Motors introduces a battery-powered sports car.
2008
2010
The first synthetic cell is created.
2010
2012
The company’s production process is robotized.
2012
2013–2015
NIEROS Metal d.o.o is awarded 16 gold, 9 silver and 2 bronze Innovation Recognitions by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.
2013–
2015
2014
Apple introduces Apple Watch.
2014
2015
The company is awarded a Special Innovation Recognition for its Welding Expert System innovation by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.
2015
2020
We will continue to follow our vision of setting new competitive trends.
2020
