The company Kovohuty, a.s. placed in town Krompachy, was established in year 2000 and is build on past traditions in the region of Spiš, which is characterized also by long-lasting metallurgy tradition. The Krompachy's copper known as "cuprum Crumbasis" is for the first time appearing on the European markets already in 14thcentury.

On april 4th 2012 Montanwerke Brixlegg AG, Austria and as well as Kovohuty, a.s. as its subsidiary have been officially acquired by the Swiss Group UMCOR AG, through its fully owned subsidiary UMCOR Holding GmbH, Vienna.

UMCOR AG is a Swiss company specialized in the trading of non ferrous metals and is already active worldwide.

This acquisition represents for UMCOR AG a technological and strategic integration which enables them to continue and develop operations of the copper division through further expansion programs and to initiate synergies the different entities of the Group.

The main mission of the company is to effectively recover the copper from the secondary scrap materials, and their restoration to the production cycle, by which it's helping to upkeep the non-renewable sources of our planet with the principles of sustainable development.

Kovohuty, a.s. is constantly upgrading the used technologies in accordance with fulfillment of the vision, to minimize the impact on the environment and maximize the effectiveness of input material recovery. Since the year 2001 is company also holder of the quality certificate ISO 9001:2001.

Mission and vision

Effectively gather the copper from secondary scrap materials, recycle it to the processing industry and save the non-renewable sources of our planet. With the ecological technologies of scrap treatment raise the level of copper recycling and by its processing gather also other secondary raw materials.

With the further technology improvement and constant modernization, process the copper with the goal to minimize the costs and environment impact.