History
100 Years of Excellence
1906
Claudius Peters establishes his eponymous company in Hamburg, Germany.
1920
Move to new offices in the Wallhof on Glockengießerwall, appointment of a lady clerk and a technician to assist the senior engineer appointed one year previously.
1933
Claudius Peters AG is formed. The shares are held by the Peters family and the British engineering group, Babcock. The Fuller company is acquired.
1951
Claudius Peters built their first-ever clinker cooler in 1951. This innovation marked the beginning of their journey in revolutionising cement manufacturing with advanced clinker cooling technology. Over the years, Claudius Peters has become renowned for their continuous improvements and contributions to this field, including the development of their modern ETA Cooler technology.
1954
A manufacturing facility is established at Buxtehude, 30km from Hamburg.
1957/58
Global agents are appointed and branch offices are opened for provision of technical services and advice to customers in Germany and other countries (Europe, Near East, Asia, South America)
1977/78
CP America Inc. moves from Milwakee to Dallas. Group now consists of 7 German and 4 foreign
companies. Staff of CP Este has risen to 400.
2002
The company is acquired by the privately owned British engineering group, Langley Holdings PLC.
2006
461 staff now employed in Buxtehude. CP Group has some 600 employees throughout the world.
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