Treibacher Industrie AG was founded in 1898 by Dr. Carl Auer von Welsbach and is still headquartered in Althofen/Carinthia (AUT). Here, materials for technologically highly demanding applications are developed, produced and supplied to customers all over the world. The spectrum ranges from precursors for the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, to coatings for the aircraft and catalyst industries, to high-quality alloying additions for the global steel industry. In addition, Treibacher Industrie AG is the market and technology leader in Europe for the recycling of spent catalysts from the petroleum industry, saving thousands of tons of primary resources such as vanadium, nickel and molybdenum every year.