Present and Perspectives
| 1924 | Establishment of a millstone dressing shop in Abensberg by Mister Michael Glatt. At various locations in Abensberg, the shop evolved into a mill building company with 15 members of staff. |
| 1964 | Erwin Glatt, the 28 year old son of the company founder, took over the management. Thereby, the company established a national and international reputation as a specialist manufacturer of silos and pressure vessels. |
| 1971 | Offices and the production hall I were built in Abensberg´s industrial site. |
| 1976 | Erection of production hall II. |
| 1979 | Change of the name to Michael Glatt Maschinenbau GmbH. |
| 1985 | The company expanded into plant building due to lime proportion installations and lime slakers. |
| 1986 | Expansion of the production hall II for extremely large products. Erection of an assembly tower for standing design. |
| 1991 | Investment of the Büechl Handels- und Beteiligungs-KG from Regensburg. |
| 1993 | A special hall II++ dedicated to corrosion protection was implemented for blasting and painting as well as pickling and passivating. |
| 1994 | The company becomes a 100 % subsidiary of the Büechl Handels- und Beteiligungs-KG, Regensburg for the first time. |
| 1995 | Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001 Plans about a CAD system with a DXF interface were winded up. |
| 1996 | Entry into the manufacturing of larger and heavier columns, tanks and apparatuses. |
| 1997 | Manufacturing of the first electro-polished vessels for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets. |
| 1999 | Investment into Tandem-TIG-Welding process for partial-mechanized, gap reduced welding of half pipes upon vessels. |
| 2002 | International certification according to ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1 Entry into the food industry and development of new markets due to exports. |
| 2005 | Manufacturing License of Special Equipment People’s Republic of China Pressure Vessels A2. |
| 2006 | Erection of the production hall III. |
| 2007 | Expansion of the production hall III and erection of an additional assembly tower. |
| 2008 | Sale of Michael Glatt Maschinenbau GmbH to centrotherm Photovoltaik Group, Blaubeuren. Centrotherm SiTec GmbH became a 100 % shareholder. |
| 2009 | Development of a new business unit for the production of reactors and converters in order to manufacture silicon for the photovoltaic industry. |
| 2010 | Reconstruction of the corrosion protection hall IV as well as the verifying and packaging plant V. |
| 2011 | Investment into a CNC milling – and drilling center for internal and external mechanical processing. Market activity as a service-provider for machine components with processing. |
| 2012 | Redemption of Michael Glatt Maschinenbau GmbH by Büechl Handels- und Beteiligungs-KG, Regensburg. |
| 2014 | Investment in high-performance water-jet cutting system with new Hall I + |
| 2017 | Change of Managing Director |
| 2018 | Renovation of the office |
| 2019 | Investment in plasma cutting machine |
| Future | Company-owned training center |