Automotive sales and organization company
The Autotechnische Vertriebs- und Organizationalgesellschaft (AVOG) was a company based in Bühlertal , which mainly manufactured automotive accessories.
history
In 1930 Otto Mühlschlegel acquired the Stuttgart auto technology sales and organization company (AVOG for short). In 1938 the former Engelsmühle was bought and the company moved to Bühlertal.
In autumn 1939 the factory building was confiscated and a bakery company was housed there. A labor camp was later set up. Military products essential to the war effort were made. The number of employees rose to around 1,000 by 1943. Around 200 Russian slave laborers were among the workforce .
In July 1945 production was resumed in Bühlertal. First of all, domestic machines were repaired. New products were created from leftover stocks and waste material. Engine protection caps, shoe irons, ashtrays, pastry bowls and table lamps were made. During this period, AVOG also manufactured cans for cosmetic preparations, potato peelers and tobacco cutting machines.
Orders slowly came in again, so in 1947 the Pfaff company placed an order for the delivery of sewing machine motors. After the currency reform in 1948, the manufacture of automotive accessories was started again. Electrically heated frost protection windows, small motors for car heaters and windshield wipers were produced. 1956 began with the manufacture of new electrical appliances such as fan heaters and hair clippers. The number of employees rose to over 1,500.
As a supplier for other companies, the manufacture of small engines became more and more important. This area was therefore outsourced from the core business and the subsidiary Elektromotorenbau GmbH Bühlertal (EMB, later renamed EMOB) was founded.
The company's history ended in 1964 when both companies were taken over by Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart. The BOSCH location in Bühlertal has developed continuously since then. Almost 1,000 jobs are available in the Bühlertal high-tech center. The focus of innovation is still the electric motor.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bosch in Germany. Retrieved July 31, 2018 .