| 2014 |
Lapmaster Group Holdings LLC acquires PETER WOLTERS. The new company is called Lapmaster Wolters |
| 2012 |
As a result of the acquisition of Novellus Systems by Lam Research, PETER WOLTERS GmbH has a new parent company |
| 2010 |
Relocation of VOUMARD products to PETER WOLTERS in Rendsburg |
| 2008 |
Acquisition of US product line micron |
| 2005 |
Acquisition of Swiss Voumard Machines Ca, SA |
| 2004 |
22nd/24th September company jubilee 200 years of PETER WOLTERS |
| 2004 |
Sale of PETER WOLTERS to Novellus Systems
The product line SpeedFam-IPEC (former Spitfire) now belongs to Peter Wolters and is renamed as SpeedFam-PW |
| 2004 |
Merging of PETER WOLTERS Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH & Co and Surface Technologies GmbH & Co.KG into one combined company |
| 2003 |
PETER WOLTERS CMP Systems GmbH & Co. KG renamed to Peter Wolters Surface Technologies GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2001 |
Closure of RIWO Drahtwerkes in an effort to concentrate on core competencies |
| 1998 |
Foundation of PETER WOLTERS Japan K.K. in Osaka (Japan) |
| 1998 |
Foundation of PETER WOLTERS CMP-Systems GmbH & Co. in Rendsburg |
| 1996 |
Sale of the division Carding Machine to the Carclo Group, England |
| 1994 |
Foundation of PETER WOLTERS U.K. Ltd. in Mitcham near London (GB) |
| 1994 |
Foundation of PETER WOLTERS Läpp- und Poliertechnik GmbH in Stuttgart-Leinfelden. |
| 1992 |
Foundation of PETER WOLTERS Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore |
| 1990 |
Restructuring of the group with concentration on the core competencies and beginning of divisionalization |
| 1987 |
PETER WOLTERS AG; restructuring under German company law: the partnership becomes a corporation with limited liability |
| 1979 |
Anniversaries: 175 years of PETER WOLTERS and 50 years of RIWO-Drahtwerk |
| 1977 |
Foundation of Riwo Wire Inc. in Plainville near Boston (USA) |
| 1975 |
Official opening of the new building in Rendsburg |
| 1974 |
Foundation of PETER WOLTERS of America Inc. in Plainville near Boston (USA) |
| 1974 |
Relocation of the corporate headquarters of the machine construction and the wire plant from Mettmann to Rendsburg. |
| 1973 |
Death of Hans-Friedrich Bovensiepen |
| 1972/73 |
Planning and construction of the new plant in Rendsburg |
| 1971 |
Creation of the PETER WOLTERS Foundation as limited partner of the PETER WOLTERS Company. Founders are Hans-Friedrich Bovensiepen and his sons Hans-Joachim and Bernd Bovensiepen. |
| 1965 |
Sale of the first series of machines for the semiconductor-industry to Wacker |
| 1961 |
Delivery of the first lapping machine for silicon wafers to Wacker |
| 1959 |
Peter Robert Bovensiepen and his children retire from the company. Hans Friedrich becomes the sole fully liable partner. |
| 1951 |
Gustav Bovensiepen dies. His sons Hans-Friedrich und Peter Robert continue the business. |
| 1950 |
Foundation of the PETER WOLTERS Kratzen- und Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. in Mettmann; the sons Hans-Friedrich and Peter Robert Bovensiepen become shareholders as limited partners |
| 1946 |
Relocation and reconstruction of RIWO-Drahtwerk in Wülfrath in rented premises |
| 1944 |
RIWO-Drahtwerk in Hamm is destroyed by bombs |
| 1943 |
Construction and distribution of lapping and polishing machines under own direction |
| 1936 |
Beginning of the licensed production of fine grinding, lapping and polishing machines in Mettmann |
| 1934 |
Hans-Friedrich and Peter Robert Bovensiepen become personally liable partners Gustav Bovensiepen retires as a limited partner. |
| 1929 |
Acquisition of RIWO-Drahtwerk in Hamm |
| 1928 |
Gustav Bovensiepen´s sons, grad.engineer Hans-Friedrich Bovensiepen and Peter Robert Bovensiepen, enter the company |
| 1927 |
Foundation of „Iron Foundry Hardenberg“ in Neviges by Gustav Bovensiepen. |
| 1903 |
July 19: Official opening of the new concrete building in the Bismarckstraße in Mettmann. This type of construction was very special at the time. Start-up of own machine manufacturing and sale of first auxiliary textile machine. |
| 1893 |
Next new factory building in Mettmann, Düsseldorfer Straße |
| 1892 |
Gustav Bovensiepen takes over the company on his own account. |
| 1887 |
First new factory building in Mettmann, Düsseldorfer Straße |
| 1881 |
Gustav Bovensiepen, born in 1867, enters the company. He is the founder's grandson, nephew of Robert and son of Johann Peter Wolters´ daughter Ida and her husband, the lathing master craftsman Friedrich Bovensiepen. |
| 1880 |
The production of carding machines is expanded. Not only cotton cards, but also cards for raising and stiffening are fabricated. |
| 1850 |
Johann Peter Wolters dies. His widow and 4 of his sons, Wilhelm, August, Fritz and Robert continue the business. |
| 1804 |
Johann Peter Wolters, born 1777 in Mettmann, begins making carding machines in the little house Schlickum in Mettmann |
