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Schlegel Corporation company history timeline

1931

Schlegel Canada Inc. was established in 1931.

1943

There were many technical difficulties, including specification changes, but full production began by the summer of 1943.

1973

In 1973 it was announced that Schlegel Illinois.

1976

In 1976 a pair of entrepreneurs, Mack Sons and Bill Schlegel, founded a small construction and mining equipment manufacturing company in Albuquerque, New Mexico – the company known today as Mega Corp.

By 1976 they had left WW Steel and formed their own business - Magnum Industries.

1980

In 1980, Bill and Mack sold Magnum and pursued other business opportunities.

1983

In 1983, a group of investors led by Bill Schlegel and Jack Rust, owner of Rust Tractor, the Caterpillar dealer in New Mexico, re-purchased Magnum and Bill returned as company president.

1984

In 1984, Mega added coal haulers and bottom-dump haulers to the product line.

1988

In 1988 Schlegel had manufacturing facilities in twelve countries.

The UK-based BTR plc purchased Schlegel Corporation in late 1988 through a subsidiary.

1993

In 1993 the UK subsidiary reported that it was upgrading to infrared ovens to bond the low-friction coating to its car window seals, reducing time and energy used in the process.

1995

In July 1995 it was announced that BTR, parent of US-based Schlegel Corporation and manufacturer of automotive component businesses such as Metzeler and Dunlop, was establishing a joint venture in New Delhi, India.

In 1995 BTR rebranded the product line to BTR Sealing Systems.

1997

In November 1997 UniPoly S.A, bought 32 companies from BTR, including the Schlegel Sealing and Shielding Group.

In 1997 the Schlegel operations were acquired by UniPoly S.A. in a BTR management buy-out.

2001

The deal was a management buy-out in which UniPoly Group was formed to take over most of the rubber products business of BTR PLC. As of 2001 its main operations were UniPoly Enerka (conveyor belts), UniPoly Hiflex Netherlands (fluid handling) and UniPoly Schlegel Holdings.

In 2001 the banks that had funded the buy-out installed Michael Teacher as chief executive in an effort to turn around the struggling business.

2006

In March 2006 Lupus Capital bought the Schlegel Building Products Division from Unipoly.

In 2006, Jim Kunz became General Manager, and later President, of Mega and continued to grow the company’s product portfolio and geographic markets.

Upon Jack's retirement in 2006, Bill and Randy purchased Jack’s portion of the business.

2007

He became a partner with Bill and Randy in 2007.

2013

Lupus Capital plc changed its name to Tyman plc in February 2013.

2014

In February 2014 Schlegel International completed acquisition of Vedasil, a Brazilian manufacturer of pile weatherseals.

2018

Rochester Specialty Products became a permanent subsidiary of Right Lane Industries in December 2018.

2019

It has a surprisingly extensive scope, including all Member States of the European Union along with the UK post-Brexit in 2019, as the GDPR will be also incorporated into UK law.

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