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1949
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Foundation of the company by the physicist Dr. Karl Korth who was one of the first crystal growers of the first hours in Europe at Göttingen University (Germany 1928- 1932).
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1962
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New building ready to move in.
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1968
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Son Jörg U. Korth joins company after completing studies in chemistry.
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1972
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MERCK acquires company. Creation of the necessary new capacity for research and development.
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1974
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New building part with air conditioned polishing rooms.
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1975
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Acquisition of further Bridgman-Stockbarger furnaces and premelting furnaces for fluoride crystal growth.
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1983 - 1984
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Acquisition of new ground and buildings in neighbourhood. Expansion of crystal growth part into new building; separation of growth and optical finishing. Growth of first big BaF2 crystals of 150 mm diameter. Investment into further smaller and medium sized furnaces for BaF2 projects (scintillators). Investment into new machinery for processing big crystals of BaF2, CaF2 and others.
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1987
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First processing of beam splitters by diamond turning.
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since 1988
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Start of expansion of growth capacity for fluoride crystals (BaF2) for TAPS project. Set up of new designed furnaces and control units.
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1989
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New Kyropoulos furnace for development of high purity salt crystals for CO2 laser application.
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1990 - 1992
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Improving transmission of fluoride crystals for excimer laser application.
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1993
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Take over of company by Jörg U. Korth from MERCK in September (MBO). Foundation of KORTH KRISTALLE GMBH.
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since 1994
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Improvement of fluoride crystals for better quality.
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since 1995
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CaF2 crystal development for stepper application at 193 nm.
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in the last years
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Investments to develope the growing process of fluoride crystals like BaF2, MgF2, CaF2, NaF, Lif also improvements by participation at several EU projects. Moreover investments in machines, which are used for processing crystalline materials and also in measurement equipment to characterize the quality of crystals and optical surfaces.
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