In 1852, the company was founded by as an iron foundry in Andritz, a suburb of the city of Graz in Austria. Soon after its foundation, the company's production program was extended to include large capital goods, such as cranes, pumps, water turbines, and later also bridges, steam boilers and engines, as well as mining equipment. In 1949, Andritz began a lasting cooperation with the Escher Wyss Group of Switzerland, initiall.
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