Albert & Hamm
Albert & Hamm was a printing machine company founded on April 1, 1863 by Koenig & Bauer master craftsmen Andreas Albert and Andreas Hamm , the owners of a bell, fire engine and steam engine factory from Frankenthal (then called Schnellpressenfabrik ). The two partners had been working loosely together on the construction of high-speed presses since 1861. At that time, the cooperation agreement was set to run for 10 years.
In 1873 Albert and Hamm split up again and the joint company was dissolved. Hamm used the time after Albert's departure to devote himself to casting the imperial bell for Cologne Cathedral , but later built Schnellpressen again under his sole name. After Hamm's death, his company was sold to Wilhelm Müller and the headquarters moved to Heidelberg . There it became the Schnellpressenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft Heidelberg (today Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG ) in 1905 .
After his departure, Andreas Albert founded the Schnellpressenfabrik Albert & Cie together with Wilhelm Molitor in 1873 (later Albert-Frankenthal AG and since 1990 Koenig & Bauer again ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Krauß: From bell casting to offset printing. History of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. P. 20. Verlag regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000, ISBN 978-3897351486