Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer as a diplomat and supervisor of the League of Nations for 10 years in Geneva, beginning in 1930. Because of the incidents in Europe, he emigrated to America, where he worked at the American University in Washington as a professor. In addition, he was employed as a consultant of the United States State Department and supported the US government in the struggle against Hitler. There, he and his younger colleague Leopold Kohr began to criticize the National Socialist Germany through media such as "The New York Times". Shortly after the Second World War, Egon Ranshofen began to work as executive,
AMAG Austria Metall AG non-ferrous metal business of Arthur Krupp AG to form "Vereinigten Metallwerke Ranshofen-Berndorf AG" (VMW). To expand the product portfolio with cast aluminium wheels, a 100% subsidiary was founded in 1983, "Alu-Guß GmbH". It was later sold to the Borbet group. Similarly, the Berndorf business was spun off and sold in 1988. The name of the company was changed to "Austria Metall AG" (AMAG). AMAG was privatised in 1996, in the form of a Management-Buyout by Klaus Hammerer (40%) and an employee trust (20%), the remaining stock (40%) being acquired by Constantia. In 2007, Hammerer sold its stake to Constantia Packaging