Thyssen History
| 1867 | Thyssen, Fossoul & Co. is established in Duisburg, Germany |
| 1871 | Thyssen & Co is established |
| 1906 | In-house trading and shipping organization established and the group is internationalized |
| 1913 | Thyssen acquires a leading position in the German iron and steel industry behind Krupp |
| 1926 | Major parts of the Thyssen group transferred to "Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG" |
| 1934 | August Thyssen Hütte AG is established as an operating company of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG |
| 1939 | The supervisory board chairman, Fritz Thyssen, rejects the German invasion of Poland and flees to Switzerland |
| 1945 | The Thyssenhütte mill is finally brought to a standstill after a heavy air attack |
| 1953 | August Thyssen-Hütte AG is reestablished |
| 1956 | Horizontal diversification of August Thyssen- Hütte AG begins |
| 1973 | Growth into a conglomerate, focused on steel, capital goods, trading, and services |
| 1978 | Internationalization and further vertical diversification |
| 1983 | Thyssen AG concentrates on group management functions and spins off of steel activities into Thyssen Stahl AG |
| 1997 | Flat carbon steel activities of Krupp and Thyssen are combined to form Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG |
| March 17, 1999 | ThyssenKrupp AG is officially registered |