Almamet Group 1983 - 1993 ALMAMET GmbH was founded in 1983 by Ing. Eugen Wieser and Alexander Rhomberg for the cost-effective production of magnesium granules for the iron and steel industry while simultaneously producing the traditional magnesium products such as magnesium chips for the chemical industry and magnesium powder for welding electrodes and pyrotechnics. Alexander Rhomberg has been ALMAMET's managing director ever since the company was founded. 1985 – the first products are manufactured at a newly built production plant (MME) located in the European part of Turkey. Today the plant has a capacity of approx. 6,000 tons/year. 1986 – an office is opened in Istanbul. At the same time ALMAMET's first blending station in the German Ruhr Area goes into operation. The plant produces some 4,500 tons of magnesium blends per year. 1993 – ALMAMET installs a second blending plant for lime/magnesium blends with a capacity of 6,000 tons/year.