In the year 2000 Salzgitter AG acquired Mannesmannröhren-Werke and established the Tubes Division of the Salzgitter Group.
The name of Mannesmann has been a byword for the highest quality steel tubes for over a century.
In 1885 the brothers Reinhard and Max Mannesmann invented the first process for manufacturing seamless steel tubes and revolutionized the piping, engineering and vehicle construction industries. At the end of the 1890s Mannesmann also began production of welded steel tubes. More on the history of Mannesmann
Today Mannesmannröhren-Werke GmbH is the management company at the head of the Tubes Division operating companies. These companies offer their customers a broad range of high-quality welded and seamless steel tubes for a wide variety of applications.