Freiberg precision mechanics
Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik Holding GmbH | |
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legal form | Company with limited liability |
founding | September 2, 1771 |
Seat | Freiberg , Germany |
management | Hubert Böhme |
Number of employees | 45 |
Branch | Measuring device |
Website | www.fpm.de |
The Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik Holding GmbH (abbreviation FPM) is a paver of measuring instruments , which was founded in 1771 as a workshop. While mining products were initially manufactured, the manufacture of measuring devices began as early as the 18th century.
At the time of the GDR as a state- owned company VEB Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik , nautical sextants have been built since then . After the fall of the Berlin Wall , these “Freiberg sextants” became well known among sports boaters.
Geological compass (structural compass)
literature
- Martin Ihle: 200 years of scientific equipment manufacturing . Festschrift. Ed .: VEB Freiberger Precision Mechanics. VEB Freiberger Precision Mechanics, Freiberg 1977, DNB 212658476 .
- Wolfgang Torge: History of geodesy in Germany . de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019056-4 , p. 67, 206 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
Commons : Freiberg Precision Mechanics - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik Holding GmbH.
- Always in the right direction - FPM Holding GmbH (Freiberg Precision Mechanics). www.wirtschaft-in-mittelachsen.de, accessed on October 7, 2018 .
- Biography of Wilhelm Lingke (1784–1867). saebi.isgv.de, accessed on October 7, 2018 .