eurometaal was eventually taken over by the german rheinmetall and stopped production in 2003. the eurometaal subsidiary at bergen op zoom, called franerex, was also closed in 2003. companies in eurometaal holding including intergas at coevorden and the german heidel, which worked for the automotive industry, were rejected for a social plan for the last 200 employees. in the old mansion workshop at zaandam, the tetrix training center was established in the old artillerie inrichtingen masonry pattern factory, founded in 1939. they left the site in 2012.