2006

ALD founds Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble SAS (FNAG) in Grenoble. AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. emerges from the Safeguard International Fund. Therein ALD forms the Engineering...

2005

ALD TT Port Huron is established as the 2nd vacuum heat treatment center in the US. ALD Holcroft is founded as a joint venture with AFC Holcroft to market new vacuum technologies in the...

2001

With ALD Thermal Treatment Inc. ALD starts off a vacuum heat treatment center in the USA.

2000

ALD enters into the vacuum coating business by acquiring all EB/PVD activities from Leybold AG.

1999

Through founding the Own & Operate GmbH, ALD substantiates its service area of vacuum heat treatment. The joint venture Vacuheat (Germany) becomes the first vacuum heat treatment service...