1860
Establishment of the Eduard Laeis & Co Trier, originally as a foundry

1861       
Commencement of production activities

1878       
Construction of the first press for production of refractory bricks for the steel industry

1960       
Introduction of the generation of oil-driven hydraulic presses
 

1983       
Introducing the first HPF II press with compact control to the market.

1985       
Construction of the first programmable brick setting machine

1986       
Delivery of the first hydraulic refractory presses with a pressing force of 32000 kN

1993       
Take-over of the central laboratory of the Agrob AG, Ismaning, and renaming as Alpha Labor GmbH
Commissioning of the assembly workshop for tile presses with spare parts warehouse at the Trier Harbour

1994       
Establishment of the LAEIS BUCHER Representative Office in Foshan, China
Commissioning of the first 3000 t press for tile production and the largest refractory press HPF II 3600.
Construction of the first sand-lime brick production unit SIGMA 650 KS with PR 200 L.

1996       
Establishment of the LAEIS BUCHER Iberica s.r.l. Castellón, Spain, and the LAEIS BUCHER Representative Office in Beijing, China

1997       
Establishment of the LAEIS BUCHER Impianti S.r.l. in Sassuolo, Italy Foundation of the LAEIS Heimsoth GmbH, after acquisition of the former Heimsoth Keramische Öfen.
Completion of the new LAEIS BUCHER building complex at the Trier Harbour.

1998       
Development of the third generation refractory presses HPF III.

2006
Presentation of the new HPF IV press generation
Inauguration of the new assembly shop in Wecker
2007
Start-up of "TEAM by Sacmi", an alliance of Sacmi group
companies offering technology for advanced ceramics
2009
Presentation of the first LAEIS anode press Mega 1600 AV

2010
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of LAEIS company
Current number of employees: 71