Almamet Group 1997 - 2004 In 1997 the first products are manufactured. The works (SZD) have a capacity of 2,000 tons/year with the possibility to increase production up to 8,000 tons/year. 1998 – ALMAMET purchases a warehouse in Ratingen (near Düsseldorf), putting ALMAMET in a position to control and monitor all products containing magnesium from procurement and blending to transport to the customer. The facility replaces the two former blending plants. 2001 ALMAMET Reagents (India) is formed together with MACO Corporation (India), one of the leading suppliers to the Indian steel industry. 2003 ALMAMET opens an office in Baoutou, China. Now it is possible to react more efficiently on individual customer needs. In 2005 the office moves to Beijing. 2004 Together with NTMK (Metallurgical Combine Nizhnij Tagil) ALMAMET founds the joint enterprise ZMR (Zavod Metallurgitscheskij Reagentov) in Nizhnij Tagil/Kuschwa. The overriding objective of ZMR is to assure the supply of NTMK with fluidised lime and magnesium and other special reagents for the steel industry.