Friedrich Hesser, machine factory
| Friedrich Hesser, machine factory | |
|---|---|
| legal form | AG (temporary) |
| founding | 1861 |
| resolution | 1974 (takeover) |
| Seat | Stuttgart , Bad Cannstatt (later), Germany |
The Friedrich Hesser, Maschinenfabrik (later: Fr. Hesser Maschinenfabrik AG ) was a mechanical engineering company that specialized in the production of packaging machines and developed into a leading company. The company's headquarters were in Cannstatt , which is now the city district of the state capital Stuttgart .
history
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In 1861 master carpenter Friedrich Hesser and mechanic Karl Geiger (Schwager) founded a workshop in which folding machines for the production of envelopes were manufactured. The company was initially called "Geiger & Hesser", from 1862 as "Hesser". Hesser, who originally worked as a Flaschner in the west of Stuttgart , received the inspiration for folding machine construction from Eugen Lemppenau, a manufacturer of letterheads and envelopes. The gumming costs had become too expensive for him, which is why he commissioned Hesser to manufacture a folding machine. In 1868 the company moved to Bad Cannstatt (area of today's Cannstatter Carrés ). In 1878 Karl Geiger left, which is why the company now continued as "Friedrich Hesser, machine factory".
From 1882, the production range was expanded to include tube machines for chicory as well as bag and pouch machines in order to adapt to new market conditions. The economic downturn in 1885 required another rethink, which is why automatic packaging machines went into production. This made the company less susceptible to crisis situations, and it was also a market innovation. Double package machines were produced from 1899 until the first fully automatic packaging machine was ready for the market in 1911. The production of simple and lined cross-bottom bags resulted in economic success. Otto Hesser, the founder's son, changed its name to an AG in the same year . With the equity capital , the machine factory Carl Drohmann, located in Stuttgart-Münster , was bought up in 1934 , which enabled production to be expanded to include smaller, simpler packaging machines. Drohmann's specialty was the manufacture of "block bag machines", which was able to reduce the need for manual labor in bag lining and soil processing. From then on, filling machines were also part of the production range.
The conversion to electronically controlled production led to a majority stake by Bosch , which took over the company in 1974. The packaging machine division was relocated from Bad Cannstatt to Waiblingen in 1982 because the factory halls acquired from the “Zeitler & Missel” nickel plating company no longer met the requirements for the manufacture of modern machines. The Syntegon company , which emerged from the Bosch Group, now produces packaging and process technology at more than 30 locations in Germany and abroad and is still headquartered in Waiblingen.
literature
- Rudolf Hundhausen: Fr. Hesser Maschinenfabrik AG Stuttgart-Cannstatt In: The German Industry (1888-1913), Berlin 1913 p. X60
- Jürgen Hagel, Cannstatt and its history, Silberburgverlag, 2002, ISBN 3-87407-529-X
- The machine tool 37, 1933; 50 J. Fortuna works, 1953
- Werner Buthge, Vom Feuersee zum Birkenkopf, Forays through the west of Stuttgart, Schmetterling Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-89657-129-X
Web links
- Early documents and newspaper articles on Friedrich Hesser, machine factory in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ^ Economic archive Baden-Württemberg of the University of Hohenheim: Ms. Hesser Maschinenfabrik AG
- ↑ Werner Buthge, Vom Feuersee zum Birkenkopf, pp. 30–32 (see lit.)
- ↑ a b Jürgen Hagel, Cannstatt und seine Geschichte, pp. 81 and 125 (see lit.)
- ↑ Heinz Schmidt-Bachem: From paper: A culture and economic history of the paper processing industry in Germany
- ^ History. Retrieved March 18, 2020 (English).