History
In 1868, Anton Weber founded a hardware store in the "Bären" house on Herrengasse in Schwyz. At the beginning of the 20th century, the company expanded its range of activities and began trading in heavy building materials. A first depot with railway connection was built in Seewen SZ. The company has continued to develop into today's group of companies.
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1868
Anton Weber founds the hardware shop in the "Bären" house in Schwyz.
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1907
Rent of the first plot of land with a railway siding in Seewen and the first magazine in Seewen.
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1912
The new owners are Melchior Weber-Diebold
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1923
Melchior Weber is the sole owner
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1939
Reinforcing steel bending shop in Seewen
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1940
Construction of the "Eisenhof" in Seewen
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1951
The new owner is Arthur Weber-Klein
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1967
Opening of the bending shop and reinforcing steel warehouse on Militärstrasse in Schattdorf.
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1972
Construction of the sanitary warehouse in Schattdorf and foundation of ARTHUR WEBER IMMOBILIEN AG
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1982
Construction of the steel bar hall and the retail shop in Schattdorf
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1985
The new owner is Arthur Weber-Elsener
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1990
Takeover of Seeholzer AG, Küssnacht and opening of the Küssnacht retail shop in Chli Ebnet.
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1994
Opening of new building Wintersried, Seewen
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1996
Takeover of KAWEBA, Seewen
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2001
The new owners are Christoph and Philipp Weber
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2005
Takeover of Frischknecht, Lachen
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2008
Change of the company name to Arthur Weber AG
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2009
Takeover of PE Fabrikation AG in Lachen, takeover of Zehnder GA = Handwerkerzentrum Einsiedeln, takeover of Gysi in Baar
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2012
Opening of the Steinhausen branch, takeover of the Pirosig company in Sursee
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2013
All railing systems are now marketed under the InoxTech brand.
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2014
Takeover of ERA Eggenschwiler AG in Jona, foundation of the metal construction planning department mbp Schwyz
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2014
STARCH - the Swiss tool brand enters the market
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2015
Takeover of Rekag AG
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2016
Takeover of the safety technology division of Theiler Einsiedeln, Pirosig takes over Wälti Baumaschinen AG in Berne, takeover of Furter und Co. AG
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2018
Takeover of Briner AG in Winterthur, addition of a domestic technology pick-up shop to HWZ Jona.
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2019
Opening of the HWZ and central warehouse in Galgenen, takeover of the product range of Müller Professional and working clothes from Seewen.
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2020
New location in Bern with foundation B Team
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2021
Merger with Engel AG in Biel, new warehouse in Seewen
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2022
Takeover of Wiederkehr AG and merger of Drosg AG
