Fulgurite plant in Luthe
The Fulgurit plant in Luthe was a factory founded in 1912 by the entrepreneur Adolf Oesterheld in Luthe (now part of Wunstorf ) for the manufacture of products made from fiber cement . Before 1939, up to 60 percent of production was exported.
After the Second World War, Adolf Oesterheld was the sole owner of the Fulgurit Group and around 1950 employed around 500 people. Thanks to successful exploration and subsequent serpentine asbestos mining in Turkey , the company became independent from the world market, especially from more expensive imports from Canada, and was able to expand.
Several plants in West Germany produced corrugated sheets, roof sheets, facade sheets, planning boards, pipes, fittings, window sills, ventilation systems, etc. in several shifts on high-performance machines, including Fulgutherm PVC light sheets and structural elements. In addition to the main plant in Luthe, the plant in Blaubeuren (Baden-Württemberg) was established in 1950 , in Salmünster (Hesse) in 1958 and in Dettelbach (Bavaria) in 1963 .
Until asbestos was banned in Germany in 1993, the Fulgurit plant was one of the largest manufacturers in Germany with up to 1,300 employees. The plant was taken over by Eternit AG in 2000 and closed in 2003.
The disposal of the spoil dump with 170,000 tons of asbestos sludge has not been resolved. Transporting them to landfills in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was prohibited in 2012 due to the high environmental risks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Development after the war .
- ^ Special right for asbestos removal Special right for asbestos removal , taz, October 27, 2011.
- ↑ 7000 trucks full of problematic waste , Süddeutsche Zeitung v. April 27, 2012, p. 6.
- ↑ Efendim Oesterheld and the Asbestos , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung v. May 19, 2012.
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 9 ° 27 ′ 59.5 ″ E