austria products molybdenum tungsten tantalum niobium and chromium website plansee se website plansee se is a corporation which has its head office in reutte austria and is a fully owned division of the plansee group . this privately owned company manufactures products based on high performance materials made from refractory metals such as molybdenum tungsten tantalum niobium chromium and their alloys . its products are used in the lighting electronics medical coatings energy transmission and distribution system and furnace construction sectors . contents 1 sites 2 company history 3 references 4 external links sites edit plansee se head office in reutte austria plansee se has 35 sites in 21 countries including 13 production sites . it has 5 sites in japan and 3 each in china india and the united states . the company has 2 sites each in austria germany and france . the remaining sites are located in bulgaria great britain israel italy netherlands poland sweden switzerland spain czech republic south korea taiwan brazil and mexico . further production sites were launched in 2010 in india and in 2011 in korea . company history edit plansee se was founded by prof. dr. paul schwarzkopf in 1921 under the name metallwerk plansee ges.m.b.h . and initially manufactured molybdenum and tungsten wires . in 1936 ownership of metallwerk plansee was transferred to deutsche edelstahlwerke ag before paul schwarzkopf once again became sole proprietor of metallwerk plansee gmbh in 1952 . 1 from the 1970s onwards plansee se has founded a large number of distribution companies in japan 1978 germany 1979 great britain 1980 france 1981 switzerland 1987 the netherlands 1992 india 1995 taiwan 2001 sweden and brazil 2002 hong kong china and korea 2004 italy and mexico 2007 . during its history plansee se has also acquired many other companies including elektro metall ag now plansee powertech ag in seon switzerland in 1987 . 2003 saw the acquisition of polese company inc. in san diego usa now plansee thermal management solutions while e g electrograph inc. which has its headquarters in carlsbad usa was taken over in 2007 . the most recent take overs took place in 2010 with the acquisition of wolfra tech pvt. ltd. in mysore india 2 and in 2011 with the purchase of tcb korea co. ltd. in korea . 3 references edit http www.plansee group.com lib tiroler wirtschaft spezial 16 . maerz 2011.pdf http www.wirtschaftsblatt.at home oesterreich unternehmen tirol plansee gruppe kauft in indien und china zu 428593 index.do http tirol.orf.at news stories 2506697 external links edit plansee se retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title plansee se & oldid 733945775 categories companies of austriasocietates europaeae navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 03 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view