Günther & Co.

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Günther & Co., branch of Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH
legal form branch
founding 1890
Seat Frankfurt am Main GermanyGermanyGermany 
sales EUR 61.3 million
Branch Tool manufacturer
Website www.walter-tools.com
As of December 31, 2015

Günther & Co. is a tool manufacturer founded in 1890 with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main , which is now part of the Swedish Sandvik Group as a branch of Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH . Precision tools are manufactured and sold under the brand name Titex .

history

In 1890, Ludwig Günther began manufacturing twist drills in the Nordend district of Frankfurt on Sandweg 104b. From 1893 the company traded as Günther & Co. mbH, precision tool factory. Already in 1898 the company moved to Frankfurt-Bockenheim to Adalbertstraße 7. In 1895, another company called Frankfurter Präzisions-Werkzeuge-Fabrik Günther & Kleinmond was founded at Adalbertstraße 11 , which was sold shortly afterwards to the furniture manufacturer Heinrich Langenbach.

In November 1911, the Titex brand for drilling tools was registered in the trademark register of the German Patent and Trademark Office . By 1918 Günther & Co. bought urban land on Ohmstrasse, Voltastrasse and Pfingstbrunnenstrasse in Bockenheim for the purpose of relocating and expanding production. The headquarters were moved to Voltastrasse 41.

During the Second World War , Günther & Co had a civil labor camp at Voltastrasse 41 with 165 forced laborers . After 1945, Günther & Co was one of the companies examined by the Office of Military Government for Germany (US) (OMGUS) as leading German industrial companies.

In 1952 a new building complex was built for the main administration. In 1963 Max Christen, the owner of Günther & Co. in Frankfurt at the time , founded a branch in Soultz-sous-Forêts , France . In 1972 the English Titex Tools Ltd. followed.

In 1990 Günther & Co GmbH merged with SKF Tools GmbH, Prototyp Präzisionswerkzeug Ges. MbH, DT Diamant Technik GmbH, under the umbrella of the Swedish SKF Group, which for this purpose took over 70% of the respective shares. Until then, Günther & Co was a purely family company . In 1992, Sandvik took over the drilling tools division from SKF, including Günther & Co.

In 1998 Günther & Co moved its location to Eschborner Landstrasse 112 and sold the old headquarters to various investors, including the DEKA real estate group.

In 2006, Titex and Prototype were reorganized and brought together under the umbrella of Sandvik Tooling. At the end of 2007, Günther & Co GmbH merged with Walter AG, which was also part of Sandvik Holding GmbH, and was restructured. For this purpose, Walter Deutschland GmbH was founded on November 2, 2007 for marketing and sales of the newly created joint brands Walter Titex and Walter Prototyp . The company headquarters remained with Günther & Co in Frankfurt. On March 25, 2008 Günther & Co. GmbH was converted into Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH, based in Düsseldorf, and took over the continuation of the Günther & Co. GmbH & Co. company as Günther & Co. ZN of Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH as well further companies in the group through merger.

In 2016 the company was restructured again. Walter AG, which was previously only responsible for the sales of the group, from then on also took over the management of production.

  • Adalbertstrasse 7

  • Historical logo Günther & Co.

  • Historical head of the company Günther & Co.

  • Post-war head office at Voltastraße 31

  • Günther & Co. Eschborner Landstrasse 112

Companies

Günther & Co. is a branch of Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH, which in turn belongs to the Swedish company Sandvik AB. At its locations in Germany and France, the company produces drilling tools that are sold worldwide under the brand names Walter Titex and Walter Prototyp .

Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH achieved a turnover of 447 million euros in 2015 with 987 employees.

Corporate structure

  • Sandvik Holding GmbH
    • Walter AG
    • Sandvik Tooling Germany GmbH
      • Sandvik Coromant Sales
      • Günther & Co.
      • Sandvik Hyperion
      • Sandvik Tooling Supply Schmalkalden
      • Sandvik Tooling Supply Renningen
      • Safety Germany

Trivia

  • In 1938 the Jewish owner Heinrich Langenbach was forced to sell his company Präzisionswerkzeuge Günther & Kleinmond GmbH during the Aryanization process . The new owner was R. Stock & Co., Spiralbohrer-, Werkzeug- und Maschinenfabrik AG , Berlin.
  • The Frankfurt Precision Tools Factory Günther & Kleinmond GmbH was located at the current location at Eschborner Landstrasse 112 until 1969.
  • The old building complex at Voltastraße 31 was extensively rebuilt and is now managed as a residential and commercial building under the name Bixx .

Web links

Commons : Günther & Co.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Annual financial statements of Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH in the Federal Gazette .
  2. ^ Volker Rödel: Factory architecture in Frankfurt am Main 1774–1924 . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-7973-0435-8 ( frankfurt-nordend.de ).
  3. ^ Albert Gieseler: Günther & Comp. GmbH, tool factory. In: Kraft- und Dampfmaschinen with reference to Reichs-Adreßbuch (1900) 1685. Retrieved on May 11, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Information on the Titex brand  in the register of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
  5. ^ Martin Weinmann: The National Socialist Camp System . 3. Edition. Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-86150-261-5 ( ns-in-ka.de [PDF]). The National Socialist camp system ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ns-in-ka.de
  6. ↑ Lloyd A. Beers: General Records Pertaining to External Assets Investigations, 1945-1949 . United States. National Archives and Records Administration, 2009, p. 17 ( archives.gov [PDF]).
  7. ↑ Production facilities for solid carbide and HSS tools. Walter Titex Günther & Co, accessed on May 11, 2017 .
  8. ^ A b R. Whiteside: Major Companies of Europe 1992/93 . 12th edition. tape 3 : Major Companies of Western Europe Outside the European Community . Springer, Dordrecht 1992, ISBN 94-011-2252-0 , pp. 217 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  9. ↑ SKF Tools and Titex merged . In: Handelsblatt . July 12, 1990.
  10. ↑ Drilling tools all over the world . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 9, 2005.
  11. ↑ 1990-1999. In: History. Sandvik AB, accessed May 12, 2017 .
  12. ↑ If necessary, move to the surrounding area Günther & Co. has too much space and cannot find a buyer . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 26, 1998.
  13. ↑ Sandvik product areas Titex and Prototyp will be combined. In: press release. Sandvik AB, March 21, 2005, accessed May 12, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Titex and prototype are added. In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger . July 6, 2006, accessed May 11, 2017 .
  15. ^ Company profile of Walter AG, Tübingen. (PDF) Walter AG, accessed on May 11, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Walter Deutschland GmbH Commercial Register New entries. In: Commercial Register Düsseldorf. November 5, 2007, accessed May 11, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Sandvik Tooling Deutschland GmbH Commercial Register New entries. In: Commercial Register Frankfurt am Main. March 11, 2008, accessed May 11, 2017 .
  18. ^ Benno Nietzel: Action and Survival: Jewish Entrepreneurs from Frankfurt am Main 1924-1964 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-37024-7 , p. 254 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  19. ^ Furniture manufacturer Heinrich Langenbach. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: The Jewish address book Frankfurts 1935. Tracing the Past e. V., archived from the original on March 2, 2017 ; accessed on May 11, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tracingthepast.org