Jobo
| JOBO AG
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| legal form | AG |
| founding | 1923 |
| Seat | Gummersbach |
| management | Johannes Bockemühl-Simon |
| Branch | Photo industry |
| Website | www.jobo.com |
The JOBO AG is a 1923 founded joint stock company based in Gummersbach - Derschlag . It offers laboratory equipment in the field of analog and digital photography .
According to the company (as of May 2006), the proceeds are around eight million euros, the company in Gummersbach and the USA employed over 100 people in its peak phase, but had to cut down to 30 employees. Jobo AG supplies photo retailers and retail chains such as Media Markt / Saturn and Photo Dose .
The company name (company) is likely to have the highest level of awareness in connection with the Jobo-Tank , a plastic container for developing roll and 35mm films .
From a press release by JOBO AG:
- “Anyone who used to develop their films anywhere on this globe shook black plastic cans. Written on it in red: JOBO. "
Company history
Johannes Bockemühl founded the company in 1923 because he wanted to develop photos and didn't have a dark room. His idea was to get started with the Jobo tanks with which photographers and laboratories developed their black and white films .
Production began in the basement of the house, then two more buildings were built on the company premises in Gummersbach - Derschlag .
In 1960 Johannes Jürgen Bockemühl joined the company.
In 2002 the company was converted into a stock corporation, until today (as of May 2006) all shares are family owned.
Today, Johannes Bockemühl junior is the third generation to run the family business. In 2003, at the age of 30, he took over the management of his parents' company.
After an economic crisis in the 90s, Jobo AG began converting its product range in 2003 in order to take account of the changed market conditions in the age of digital photography .