Since the company was founded in the late 1970s, founder and company owner Roland Ruff can proudly look back on almost 50 years of continuous growth.

Started out as a lone fighter with a focus on high-alloy welding consumables the company has grown steadily, employees and new areas such as coating technology have been added.

After the tragic death of his partner and friend Gunther Lukas † 1996, the coating technology was sold to his successor.

Over the years the company has grown out of its locations, the first small office in Itzling was followed by the office with warehouse in Bachstrasse. In the meantime, the number of internal and external employees has grown to 7 and so in 1985 the company moved to its first own property at Rochusgasse 5 and 7.

The company has been based in Teisenberggasse 43 since 2012.