| 1941 | 16 May: Formal establishment of METAALCOMPAGNIE ,,BRABANT” C.V. by Marinus van Kempen and Frans van Ettro.
First MCB employee |
| 1942 | MCB moves to the Aalsterweg in Eindhoven |
| 1945 | MCB has 5 employees |
| 1946 | MCB becomes representative for Styria steel |
| 1947 | Purchase of first truck: the DT 10 DAF |
| 1948 | MCB becomes representative for BPW (axels) |
| 1949 | MCB becomes representative for Lemmerz (wheels) |
| 1951 | First edition of the MCB book |
| 1953 | MCB 12 ½ anniversary
Compagnie Métallurique BRABANT (CMB) establishment in Montegnée (Liege) |
| 1955 | MCB becomes representative for Klöckner electrodes |
| 1956 | MCB agent for Espérance Langdoz (Belgium) |
| 1958 | Office staff move to new head office on the Aalsterweg |
| 1961 | Introduction of the five-day week at MCB
Compagnie Métallurique BRABANT (CMB) moves to Ans (Belgium) |
| 1966 | MCB 25th anniversary |
| 1969 | Purchase of site Valkenswaard
Introduction of pension scheme |
| 1971 | The first five stock halls in Valkenswaard taken into service |
| 1972 | First works council appointed |
| 1974 | The second series of stock halls taken into service |
| 1976 | MCB 35th anniversary |
| 1977 | The third series of stock halls taken into service |
| 1980 | New service: MCB Service, the precursor of the Steel Service Center (SSC) |
| 1981 | The first decoiler arrives
MCB 40th anniversary |
| 1982 | The first slitter operational
Compagnie Métallurique BRABANT (CMB) moves to Awans (Belgium) MCB opts for Emcebis (ERP) |
| 1984 | Founder Frans van Ettro (74) dies
Founder Marinus van Kempen (82) dies |
| 1985 | Start of Brabant Stahlhandel GmbH in Dormagen (Germany)
First pile driven for new office building in Valkenswaard |
| 1987 | MCB moves definitively to Valkenswaard |
| 1989 | Delivery of the 40,000th roll of band steel
Sales exceed half a billion guilders |
| 1991 | The 50,000th coil goes on the decoiler
MCB 50th anniversary MCB takes over Hamel Metaal Kubra Kunststoffen established |
| 1995 | The 100,000th coil is delivered |
| 1996 | Jan van Kempen (son of founder) leaves employment
Staalmarkt Nederland B.V. is established |
| 1998 | Piet van Kempen (son of founder) leaves employment
MCB sales exceed 1 billion guilders Purchase of StrukturMetall in Germany |
| 2000 | Hub van Ettro (son of founder) leaves employment |
| 2001 | Activities in ‘Precision’ terminated |
| 2003 | MCB acquires 50% interest in Metaveld
250,000th coil in Service Center |
| 2004 | MCB Czech Republic established |
| 2005 | Building of the Centrum Productie Bewerkingen (CPB) [Centre for product processing]
MCB takes over Metaveld MCB Deutschland 20th anniversary |
| 2006 | Establishment of MCB Hungaria and MCB Central Europe
MCB 65th anniversary StrukturMEtall new building MCB Polska established |
| 2007 | Initiation of the IRIS project, a new information system for the MCB Group |
| 2008 | MCB Group takes over Testas and TS Métaux |
| 2009 | MCB Group halts its activities in Central Europe
Metaveld is sold VALX is established Metal2 is established |
| 2010 | 400,000th coil unloaded in the Steel Service Center
Introduction of VALX axels at Valkenburg airfield |
| 2012 | Implementation of SAP at MCB Nederland |
| 2013 | Testas 20th anniversary
The MCB Group e-campus opens |
| 2014 | Head office Staalmarkt Nederland moves to Valkenswaard |
| 2016 | Entry of 1,000,000th order in SAP
MCB 75th anniversary Hamel 80th anniversary |
| 2018 | BEWO operational |
| 2020 | Implementation of SAP at Testas
Purchase new decoiler 5 |
| 2021 | Initiation building of decoiler 5
Initiation “Redesign de Vest” Building of high-bay warehoude Testas Initiation building of new compact branches of MCB Direct MCB 80th anniversary Purchase of the 300th DAF Truck |
