Emil Kränzlein

Emil Kränzlein (born July 6, 1850 in Erlangen ; † May 7, 1936 in Erlangen) was a factory owner, secret councilor of commerce and is an honorary citizen of the city of Erlangen.

Life and work as an entrepreneur

Brush factory Emil Kränzlein 1912; between Hindenburg-, Glück- and Östl. Stadtmauerstrasse

After attending the agricultural and trade school in Erlangen, Kränzlein received his commercial training in Nuremberg , while at the same time he became familiar with the manufacture of brushes in his father's workshop. In 1872 the 22-year-old Kränzlein founded his own brush factory in Schwabach , which he brought to Erlangen in 1873. Kränzlein was considered a pioneer in the matter of workers' discipline; B. in terms of punctuality, as well as in the introduction of the division of labor and mechanization . In addition to fine brushes of all kinds, the company also produced toothbrushes from 1899, all of which were sold under the Ideal Zett brand and whose patent for an anatomical shape had been acquired by the Polish doctor Zielinsky.

Emil Kränzlein's grave in the Neustädter Friedhof in Erlangen

In 1896, Kränzlein converted the company into an AG, which was renamed Bürstenfabrik Erlangen A.-G., due to the capital requirements of the fast-growing company. wore. The number of employees rose from 150 in 1888 to over 500 in 1910. In 1919 Kränzlein was awarded the city of Erlangen's iron honorary coin. Since 1922 his company traded as Bürstenfabrik Emil Kränzlein AG and founded a branch with the takeover of a bristle dressing shop (Heidecker bristle preparation) in Neustadt an der Aisch , which had existed since 1890 , which existed until 1982. Emil Kränzlein led the company as general director until the end of 1927 and died in 1936. His grave is on the east wall of the Neustädter Friedhof in Erlangen. In 1948 a street in Erlangen-Süd was named after him.

The AG after Kränzlein's death

As early as 1939, the large company premises on the Östl. Stadtmauerstraße to be sold to P. Gossen & Co KG . Due to increasing competition from abroad, Kränzlein's company had only 130 employees in 1977 with an annual turnover of 7.4 million DM. In 1995, the operative business was transferred to Ideal-Zett GmbH , which ended the manufacture of brushes in 2007. The shell of Emil Kränzlein AG became Cranz net in 1999 . AG Beteiligungsgesellschaft, which became part of Hench-Thermoplast AG in Schwarzhausen in 2006 and had to file for bankruptcy in 2009. On September 27, 2011, the insolvency plan for the continuation and restructuring of the company was submitted to the Erfurt District Court.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} http://www.nordbayern.de/region/erlangen/pionier-der-produktions-mechanisierung-1.1830709
2. ↑ http://www.bwa.findbuch.net/php/rechter_be_e.php?ar_id=3254&action=.&kind=be_e&id=164&be_id=&kg_id=&ve_id=
3. ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch up to 1933. Ph. C. W. Schmidt, Neustadt a. d. Aisch 1950, OCLC 42823280 ; New edition to mark the 150th anniversary of the Ph. C. W. Schmidt publishing house, Neustadt an der Aisch 1828–1978. Ibid 1978, ISBN 3-87707-013-2 , p. 502.
4. ↑ HIGHTECH: The brush factory became Cranz net . In: Der Spiegel . No. 20 , 2000 ( online - May 15, 2000 ).
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