CF Roser
| CF Roser GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1834 |
| resolution | 1997 |
| Seat | Stuttgart-Feuerbach , Germany |
CF Roser was a German leather factory founded in Feuerbach in 1834 .
The company became known throughout Europe as one of the leading manufacturers of quality leather supplied to the automotive and furniture industries . As part of the necessary company expansion, branches were created that existed until 1995 in Ichenhausen and Rehau in Upper Franconia . In 1994, the company discovered that the main location was uneconomical. Inadequate administration, because it was too time-consuming, led to an enormous drop in sales. Because solid future prospects no longer existed in the traditional market segment, the C. F. Roser Holding , to which the film manufacturer "Roxana GmbH & Co" belonged , submitted a settlement application .
Company history
The leather goods factory CF Roser was founded in 1834 by Carl Friedrich Roser. Roser was the descendant of a Huguenot family from Strasbourg . Before that he had worked in his father-in-law's tannery in Heilbronn . In 1848 he moved the tannery from Heilbronn to Stuttgart on Hauptstätter Strasse , in order to rebuild it in Feuerbach in 1872, because there was enough space there for the industrial expansion of the company. At that time, the company operated as "CF Roser, Feuerbach tannery". The steam engines required for production were supplied and installed by the Berger company G. Kuhn .
At the turn of the year 1927/28 Roser converted the company into a stock corporation . Due to a law of the royal government , Roser was allowed to be referred to as a factory, which meant that it was no longer a mere craft business. The prerequisite for this was that the company operated steam engines. From 1930 the production of car upholstery leather gained in importance. Regardless of this, shortly before the start of the war in 1938, the company was renamed a GmbH again . During the Second World War , the company became the largest manufacturer of the PVC- based plastic "P-sole", a forerunner of film production .
After heavy bombing raids caused considerable damage to the plant in 1944, CF Roser quickly picked up momentum again after the war.
The 1970s were marked by M&A activities. The aim was to relocate leather and foil production from Feuerbach. In 1972 a plant was built in Ichenhausen. The expansion meant that Roser achieved a monopoly in the automotive leather manufacturing segment by the mid-1980s . In the mid-1980s the company had 800 employees. The 1990s, on the other hand, were marked by a drop in sales, consolidation and, ultimately, the closure of the plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. A restructuring plan was implemented despite the opening of the subsequent bankruptcy. In 1995 a social plan was drawn up for the departing employees. After the production task in Stuttgart, there were just 35 employees in Stuttgart, 235 in Ichenhausen and 20 in Rehau. After foreign manufacturers had promised price reductions that could not be undercut at the location, the company finally went under in 1997. Until the economic end of the CF Roser company, it was the largest employer in Feuerbach after Bosch.
The Roser area is now used by various trading companies and a senior citizens' home.
Products
Leather was made for industry ( drive belts ) and for the military ( belts ). It was also produced for private households. These ranged from different colored leathers Blank for straw and strap sandals, over Chromnarben- and split leather for intermediate and outsoles to sealing, cuff and Einfassleder. In addition, the Fahlleder company produced for bicycle saddles, flexible slits for insoles and midsoles, belts, suitcase straps and school satchels. The manufacturing was based on the use of cowhide. All bodywork requirements could be covered by upholstery leather, stamped leather, cowhide vachettes and shadow leather.
Others
Roser was a sponsor of the young architect Bonatz , who built a new administration building and a machine house (company), a new festival hall and a new high school at the Feuerbach location . These buildings are now a listed building. Bonatz built the Villa Roser personally for the manufacturer .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ CF Roser GmbH, general
- ↑ The Roser Areal - the history of the Roser family (seniorenresidenz-am-feuerbach.de)
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, September 1, 1994, p. 17
- ^ [Reichs-Adreßbuch (1900) 3732] [Handbuch dt. Lederind. (1960) 109] [TextilWirtschaft December 8, 1994] Wirtschaftsarchiv BW, inventory Y 202