Bremshey
The Bremshey AG was until 1982 a German manufacturer of umbrellas branded tots , car accessories , sports equipment and tubular steel furniture based in Solingen . The company's well-known products also included the Dinett serving trolley . The company was last part of the Mannesmann Group .
history
In 1857 the 31-year-old locksmith Caspar Wilhelm Bremshey acquired part of the Poschheider mill in the southern Lochbachtal of Solingen- Ohligs . Here he set up a mechanical workshop with a lathe and milling machine and initially manufactured cash register locks. In 1862 he founded the company Bremshey & Co. and acquired a new factory site on the area of today's Bremsheyplatz. In 1876 the manufacture of umbrella fittings began.
Dinett serving trolley
Bremshey seats in a 2nd class Schlieren car
At the end of the 19th century, Bremshey had around 600 employees. In 1905 the foundation stone was laid for a plant in Trotshilden , which was frequently expanded with the development of new products. In 1927, the 25-year-old Fritz Bremshey acquired the patent from the Bergassessor Hans Haupt for the Knirps umbrella , which with its collapsible umbrella frame became the company's main product. The brand name soon developed into a generic term .
In addition, the company manufactured, among other things, garden umbrella frames , car seats and accessories, seats for buses and trains, the rollable serving trolley Dinett designed around 1955 , household appliances, shop fittings, sports equipment, tubular steel furniture and hospital beds. The company Wohnungsbau Bremshey GmbH built 150 apartments for the employees. Branch plants opened in Nördlingen , Gelbach, Gelsenkirchen and Westerholt. In 1962 the number of employees was over 2000.
In 1969 the company turned into a stock corporation. The Mannesmann AG in 1977 acquired a stake of 25.01 percent, followed by 1981, the Nördlinger branch factory shut down and operations were relocated. Bremshey AG's losses consumed equity, so that the company with 1,800 employees had to be closed on December 23, 1982.
Web links
- The career of the folding umbrella. In: Solinger Tageblatt of September 28, 2014.
- Klaus Schuster: Patriarch at the end. Ten years of mismanagement ruined a thriving family business. In: Die Zeit of June 25, 1982.
- Fritz Bremshey (1902– around 1975) . Short biography in: solingen-internet.de
- Chronicle of the Bremshey company ( Memento from July 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bremsheyplatz . In: Google Maps
- ↑ trolley "Dinett" Bremshey . In: teenagewasteland.de