Veritas AG: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
In 1933 the Berlin operation, in collaboration with the IG-Farben (Leverkusen) test laboratories, succeeded in introducing the synthetic rubber "Buna" for practical manufacture. The first innovation of the new material was the use in brake hoses for the German National Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn) |
In 1933 the Berlin operation, in collaboration with the IG-Farben (Leverkusen) test laboratories, succeeded in introducing the synthetic rubber "Buna" for practical manufacture. The first innovation of the new material was the use in brake hoses for the German National Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn) |
||
The threatening danger of a second world war moved the board of directors to abandon business activities in east-Europe. The Grottau operation was sold. That operation never generated a loss and during the economic crisis was of great help |
The threatening danger of a second world war moved the board of directors to abandon business activities in east-Europe. The Grottau operation was sold. That operation never generated a loss and during the economic crisis was of great help for the whole corporation |
||
Because of the difficult war hostilities, the management was moved from Berlin-Lichterfelde to Gelnhausen. Hence were the companies' archives rescued, because shortly after the move, the operation in Berlin-Lichterfelde was severely destroyed, as a result of the continuous air attacks. The production buildings in Gelnhausen endured the war almost intact. Two years after the war ended, also the headquarters of the company were officially relocated from Berlin to the Gelnhausen works |
Because of the difficult war hostilities, the management was moved from Berlin-Lichterfelde to Gelnhausen. Hence were the companies' archives rescued, because shortly after the move, the operation in Berlin-Lichterfelde was severely destroyed, as a result of the continuous air attacks. The production buildings in Gelnhausen endured the war almost intact. Two years after the war ended, also the headquarters of the company were officially relocated from Berlin to the Gelnhausen works |
||
Revision as of 04:54, 20 February 2014
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (February 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
 |
Veritas AG is an international, automotive corporation based in Gelnhausen, Germany, in the Main-Kinzig circle of the Hessen state. The family-owned company employs today over 3,000 people worldwide. In 2011 the turnover of the company was around €580 million.
History
Veritas was founded in 1849 as "Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik" (Rubberware factory of Berlin) and is today the oldest Rubber manufacturer in Germany. In 1883 the company signed a public stock and became "Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik AG" where AG stands for Aktiengesellschaft or stock company.
In 1886 "Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik AG” merged with "Frankfurter Gummiwarenfabrik Wendt, Buchholz & Co.”, being the latter based in the city of Gelnhausen. The headquarters of the now Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabriken AG (United rubber factories of Berlin-Frankfurt) moved to Berlin, but a production plant remained in the Barbarossa street in Gelnhausen. In 1899 an unfortunate fire burned down most of the production hall at Gelnhausen
In 1900 theVereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabriken AG started to produce tires for automobiles. The corporation started to market tires, both with and without spikes, under the trade name Veritas. In 1905, these particular, spiked tires fitted with metal tacks, were a first-time; world novelty
During the years before the first world war, that Corporation stood at its highest success levels. The company had grown into a large Corporation, with two plants in Berlin, one in Gelnhausen, one in Bremen, as well as one in the then-Bohemian Grottau (what today is Hrádek nad Nisou). In 1929, and connecting with the trade name of its successful tire, the Corporation was renamed into Veritas Gummiwerke AG (Veritas Rubber Works). The impact of the economic crisis of 1929 almost brought the production to a halt. Only the operation at Grottau, now czechoslovakian, was fully booked
In 1933 the Berlin operation, in collaboration with the IG-Farben (Leverkusen) test laboratories, succeeded in introducing the synthetic rubber "Buna" for practical manufacture. The first innovation of the new material was the use in brake hoses for the German National Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn)
The threatening danger of a second world war moved the board of directors to abandon business activities in east-Europe. The Grottau operation was sold. That operation never generated a loss and during the economic crisis was of great help for the whole corporation
Because of the difficult war hostilities, the management was moved from Berlin-Lichterfelde to Gelnhausen. Hence were the companies' archives rescued, because shortly after the move, the operation in Berlin-Lichterfelde was severely destroyed, as a result of the continuous air attacks. The production buildings in Gelnhausen endured the war almost intact. Two years after the war ended, also the headquarters of the company were officially relocated from Berlin to the Gelnhausen works