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Founded by Carl Auer von Welsbach in 1898.1
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The chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach had already experimented with rare earths during his studies and, after receiving his doctorate and returning to Vienna in 1885, developed the incandescent mantle an incandescent element utilizing rare earths, that represented a significant advance for gas lighting commonly used at the time and became an economic success.
von Welsbach also worked on electric light and patented the first usable metal filament lamp in 1898. In the same year, he founded the Treibacher Chemische Werke. After the invention and patenting of the "flint" (ferrocerium), consisting of an alloy of cerium and iron, the company began producing the rare earth mixture mischmetal and flints in 1903, and from 1907, also manufactured lighters.
In addition to the production of flints for lighters, Welbach succeeded for the first time in separating the rare earths Neodymium, Praseodymium, Ytterbium and Lutetium. EAa large part of the production at Treibacher Industrie AG is based on rare earths. Ferroalloys have been produced since 1916. In 1978, the company began recycling materials containing metals.
In 1994, Treibacher Schleifmittel GmbH was spun off as an independent company and is now part of the French Imerys Group under the company name Imerys Fused Minerals Villach GmbH with its subsidiary.
In 1996, Treibacher Auermet was founded in Ravne/Slovenia, but sold again in 2015. In 2012, Treibacher Industrie AG received the Ministry of the Environment's "Phoenix" waste management award. In 2013, Treibacher Industrie AG purchased Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH and in 2016, Tribotecc GmbH, a manufacturer of metal sulfides, was acquired by Treibacher Industrie AG
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