| 1898 |
WR Lysaghts company starts at Orb Works. |
| 1906 |
Transporter bridge built to carry men to work. |
| 1913 |
Expansion to 40 hand worked hot mills, 6 steam driven engines, 3000 employees. |
| 1914 - 1915 |
Diversification into products for Great War effort: trench plate, helmet steel. |
| 1920 |
GKN acquires controlling interest. |
| 1933 |
UK first mechanical rolling mill installed. |
| 1939 - 1945 |
Diversification again to help war effort: corrugated sheets and sheet steel. Pioneering rolling of "duralumin" for aircraft. |
| 1944 |
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the works in recognition of war effort. |
| 1947 - 1950 |
GKN and Lysaghts join, founding the Steel Company of Wales: electrical steels production for global customers begins. |
| 1965 |
Last hand mills phased out. |
| 1967 |
Orb becomes part of British Steel Corporation. |
| 1989 |
British Steel Corporation privatised. |
| 1991 |
Orb becomes Orb Electrical Steels Ltd., part of European Electrical Steels Ltd. |
| 1995 |
Orb becomes Accredited Investor in People |
| 1996 |
Orb receives Queens Award for Export Achievement. |
| 1998 |
Orb celebrates centenary with Open Day. |
| 1999 |
Orb re-accredited as an Investor in People. |
| 2000 |
EES acquires Keinle & Spiess group and forms Cogent Power Ltd. |
| 2002 |
Orb re-accredited as an Investor in People. |
| 2005 |
Laser Line commissioned. |
| 2006 |
Cogent divests of Laminations division. |
| 2007 |
Becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Corus UK Ltd. |
| 2008 |
Non oriented steel production at Orb ends and new grain oriented line is commissioned. Project Renaissance is completed. |
