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The Carlshütte in the 1970s

DThe Carlshütte underwent a cautious modernisation process in the late 1960s and early 1970s after a long standstill. Its main product was still bathtubs, but other traditional branches of production, overtaken by market developments, were gradually abandoned. This included, for example, the production of stoves, which ended in 1972.

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  Aerial view of Büdelsdorf around 1970. In the foreground the ACO site, in the centre the Carlshütte, whose products were now marketed under the name of Ahlmann.
  
  

At the same time, new segments were opened up. Continuous casting, i.e., the production of prefabricated raw material and semi-finished products from iron alloys, proved to have a promising future. However, it required significant investments in new plants.

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  The new continuous casting plant at the Carlshütte. Today, ACO Guss in Kaiserslautern is the market leader in continuous casting with this and new plants.