C. Blumhardt vehicle works
| CBV Blumhardt Vehicles GmbH & Co. KG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited partnership |
| founding | 1870 |
| resolution | 1996 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat |
Wuppertal , Germany
|
| Number of employees | 700 |
| Branch | Commercial vehicle construction |
The C. Blumhardt vehicle plants are a former German manufacturer of semi-trailers, trailers and bodies .
history
The C. Blumhardt vehicle plants emerged from a 1804 to 1907 in Good Simon house existing brick. In 1868 the farmer Carl Blumhardt, son of the pastor Johann Blumhardt , bought the estate and the brickworks for 30,000 thalers . A brick from the production of 1870 is still visible and well preserved in the company's former administration building in the Wuppertal district of Vohwinkel . In 1870 Carl Blumhardt founded the factory of iron wheelbarrows and hand-held vehicles, his own invention and construction for all types of use . Soon afterwards he handed over the business to his brother Christoph Blumhardt , who in 1895 sold the business to the Elberfeld entrepreneur Wilhelm Muthmann .
The product range was expanded to include rail-bound transport, tank and special wagons of various gauges as well as other hand and horse carts. After the death of his father Friedrich Muthmann (1869–1926), Günther Muthmann (1903–1985) took over management of the company with his brother Wilhelm . Over the years, C. Blumhardt Fahrzeugwerke developed into a large vehicle manufacturer that exports worldwide with a considerable range of products such as: B. dump trucks, tankers, refrigerated vehicles, heavy goods vehicles and agricultural trailers. In 1970 the company acquired a branch in the Liblar district of Erftstadt .
In the mid-1980s, the company ran into financial difficulties , among other things because of unpaid deliveries of vehicles to crisis areas in the Middle East . After Günther Muthmann's death in 1985, his family sold 50 percent of the capital, a total of 7 million marks, to the British competitor Craven Tasker Ltd. in Doncaster , which also took over the remaining capital in 1993 and continued the company as CBV Blumhardt Fahrzeugkontor GmbH & Co. KG . In the 1990s, bankruptcy followed and production was continued for a while by the banks. On May 7, 1996 the company was finally closed. Most of the old production halls have now been torn down, and Wilhelm-Muthmann-Strasse now runs through an industrial park on the former company premises.
Trivia
In the first season of the 1977-1996 television series On Axis , Franz Meersdonk, played by Manfred Krug , drives a blue Mercedes-Benz NG 1632 with a C. Blumhardt Fahrzeugwerke trailer .
Blumhardt vehicles were the most frequently used models for miniature models from the toy manufacturer Wiking .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß : Muthmann, Günther. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 655 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ 100 years of development in transport - 100 years of progress with Blumhardt , Wuppertal 1970, 40 pages, commemorative publication without ISBN
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '31.8 " N , 7 ° 3' 25.2" E