Almost all of the presented publications come from the publication of the German Imperial Gazette (Deutscher Reichsanzeiger), which has been newly available on ZEDHIA since 18 April 2023. The rise of the Krupp family in Essen, which still emulated English standards in steel production at the start of its business activity, only to quickly surpass them, is clearly evident and traceable in these reports. As this important company of the German steel industry was reported on very regularly in those days, the trove has been divided into two blog posts. Part 1 and Part 2, which together cover the period up until 1880, can be retrieved in the ZEDHIA blog.