Our history

Eugène Muller builds a boilermaking facility in Luxembourg Hollerich, known to the townsfolk by the name “Kesselfabrek”. This is the birth of the Paul Wurth Company. 

The business is taken over by Paul Wurth, a young engineer, whose pioneering spirit deeply marks the company’s history. The firm specialises in the erection of metal structures, especially the construction of metal bridges and blast furnace shells.

The first 1-meter Grey-beam is manufactured by Paul Wurth.

The company is incorporated under the name Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Paul Wurth. 

Luxembourg’s largest steel company ARBED steps in to become main shareholder of S.A. des Anciens Établissements Paul Wurth. 

Construction of a first blast furnace at S.A. Métallurgique d‘Espérance-Longdoz in Seraing, Belgium. 

Paul Wurth engineers invent the Bell Less Top^® charging system, a revolutionary, innovative system for blast furnace charging. 

Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Paul Wurth becomes Paul Wurth S.A.  By now, Paul Wurth has become an international market leader to the ironmaking industry. A first subsidiary is incorporated in Brazil. In the following years, a worldwide network of entities is set up.  

Together with Dango & Dienenthal Maschinenbau, the TMT Tapping Measuring Technology joint venture is created. 

Paul Wurth transfers its fabrication activities to Arcelor Dommeldange and becomes a pure engineering company.  Integration of Didier – M&P Energietechnik as Paul Wurth Refractory & Engineering GmbH, specialised in hot blast stove technology and refractory & lining concepts.

Creation of Paul Wurth IHI Co., Ltd. in Japan, a joint venture with IHI Corporation. 

SMS group acquires a majority stake in Paul Wurth, taking over the shares previously owned by ArcelorMittal and Luxempart. Paul Wurth becomes part of the SMS group. 

Paul Wurth signs a construction license agreement with Kobe Steel to build MIDREX^® gas-based direct reduction plants. 

Paul Wurth becomes lead investor in, and technology partner of, Sunfire GmbH – and gains access to a specialist team as well as to a promising technology in the field of hydrogen production. 

SMS becomes the sole owner of Paul Wurth’s plant engineering business, making Luxembourg a global innovation centre for decarbonization and hydrogen technology within SMS group. Together, both companies shape the iron and steelmaking industry with the joint mission of #turningmetalsgreen

SMS group officially celebrates its 150th anniversary. Paul Wurth already turned 150 in 2020, but due to the pandemic, the celebrations could not take place, so that in 2023 both anniversary celebrations of SMS group and Paul Wurth were combined in one “Big family day”. 

Paul Wurth S.A. becomes lead shareholder in Norsk e-Fuel, a project developer establishing large-scale production sites to deliver synthetic fuels to the aviation industry. With its experience in plant building and engineering, Paul Wurth is taking active part in shaping the production of e-Fuels in order to enable the aviation industry to reach its net-zero emission targets.  

Tata Steel honored SMS group as “Technology Partner of the Year 2024” - among other things for the Paul Wurth EASyMelt technology - a resource-flexible, crisis-proof and cost-efficient alternative to direct reduction shaft furnaces.