1825 » Founded as a forwarding agency. 1840 » Industrial production of roll-lead and lead foil, e.g. for tea crates and snuffboxes. 1848 » Lead shot manufacturing in the "hail tower". 1884 » Establishment of the staff sickness fund. 1898 » The existing capsule factory and the old lead rolling mill are modernised. 1946 » Resumption of production after war damage and partial disassembly. Developed modern aluminium foil refinement. 1970 » Sale of the enterprise to the Metallgesellschaft AG. 1989 » The shares are taken over by Austria Metall AG. 1993 » H&N becomes part of the Vienna based Constantia AG. 2000 » H&N celebrates its 175th anniversary.