Brökelmann aluminum
| FW Brökelmann Aluminumwerk GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1910 |
| Seat | Ense - Höingen , Germany |
| management | Friedrich Wilhelm R. Broekelmann |
| Number of employees | approx. 320 |
| Branch | Aluminum semi-finished products |
| Website | www.broekelmann.com |
Brökelmann Aluminum , or FWB for short, is a medium-sized company from Ense - Höingen in the Soest district . It was founded in 1910 by Friedrich Wilhelm Ottilius Brökelmann , a descendant of Friedrich Wilhelm Brökelmann , in Neheim . The company was relocated to Ense in the 1980s. In 2014 the family business was sold to Interfer .
Company history
After the family's oil mill founded in 1826 burned down in 1908, Brökelmann founded FW Brökelmann Aluminumwerk KG in 1910. The plant was one of the first companies in Germany to process aluminum. Initially, the company specialized in the manufacture of aluminum housewares. In this area, it took over the market leadership in the German Empire shortly after it was founded .
Work regulations were issued immediately after the foundation. It said: “Workers and employers belong together. Only because a close bond is formed between the two and both parties have sincere trust in one another can the factory grow and prosper and the managers of the factory be able to look after the welfare of the employees to the greatest possible extent. I therefore urge everyone to respect and guard the facilities of the factory as if they belonged to them, and to avoid uselessly talking about factory matters with strangers, but to keep them as a strict secret. "
This hope was not fulfilled. As early as 1913 there was a strike in the factory. This was important because, after the fall of the Sauerland trade union, it led to the union workers' movement gaining a foothold in the city.
In terms of energy technology, the company was independent, as it had had the rights to use the Möhne's water to generate electricity since 1918. In 1936 the plant was expanded to include its own aluminum rolling mill. At the same time, the production of commercial devices began. The focus of production, however, was on the manufacture of aluminum sheets. During this time the company employed 220 workers. The Neheim plant was destroyed in 1943 by the flood wave of the Möhne disaster . Forced laborers from the company who were housed in the Möhnewiesen forced labor camp died. Production could not be resumed until 1945.
In 1952 the factory was expanded to include two bar presses and in 1955 a light metal department. The first door made entirely of aluminum was developed at the same time. Overall, the production of window elements and other products for the construction industry increased. In 1962 a branch was built in Ense-Höingen. In 1968 a new production building and a new administration building were added in Neheim. In 1985 production at the Neheim location was discontinued. A few years later the administration was also relocated to Höingen. In 2000 the company bought Innotec.
production
Today the company manufactures aluminum products in many variations. Some automobile and aircraft manufacturers purchase individual parts from Brökelmann Aluminum. In addition, there is the production of aluminum profiles for construction and industry, heat exchanger components and high-tech doors made of aluminum, which, contrary to the market trend, bring the company increasing sales.
According to the 2004 annual report, FWB has around 320 employees and achieved annual sales of around 80 million euros. In the following years this increased to around 90 million in 2007, where around 22,000 tons of aluminum were processed.
literature
- Tanja Bessler-Worbs, Klaus Pradler: Discoveries. Documents from company history collections in south-eastern Westphalia. Arnsberg, 2001, p. 66f.
- Company profiles from the Sauerland. In: Michael Senger (Red.): Kiepe, plow and vice. Economic life in the Sauerland. Arnsberg, 1999 p. 377f.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Brökelmann era ends: FWB sold to Knauf Interfer (Der Westen, from December 17, 2014)
- ↑ Company profiles p. 377
- ^ StA Neh II 1388: FW Brökelmann
- ↑ Jens Hahnwald: "Black Brothers in Red Underwear ..." Workers and workers' movement in the Arnsberg, Brilon and Meschede districts. In: Karl-Peter Ellerbrock / Tanja Bessler-Worbs (ed.): Economy and society in south-eastern Westphalia. Dortmund 2001, ISBN 3-925227-42-3 , p. 269
- ↑ Creditreform : Strategy and Solution - On the road to success with visions , February 1, 2003
- ↑ Bökelmann Aluminum: Company - History ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 25.7 ″ N , 7 ° 58 ′ 26 ″ E