Jos. Stefsky
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1823 |
| Seat | Stockerau |
| Branch | Textile industry |
| Website | www.stickerei2000.at |
Jos. Stefsky is a trimmings and lace goods factory in Stockerau , Lower Austria .
history
In 1823 the trimmers Josef Stefsky from Krems built a simple workshop in Stockerau, House Landstrasse 34. Even then, trimmings and laces for military purposes were the special products of this company, but they only offered periodic employment. At the beginning of the 1830s, the business was therefore expanded by setting up its own spinning , dyeing and weaving mill for the production of puke . When this branch of production turned out to be quite profitable, the production of finer goods of this kind, especially brightly colored bed covers , which withJacquard looms were made. However, no corresponding sales could be achieved in these products.
In 1832 Josef Stefsky bought the Freysegg mansion from the Albrecht von Albrechtsburg family , Hauptstrasse No. 14, and in 1833 the company relocated. After the founder's death in 1856, the company was continued by his widow. The business was limited to direct supplies for the military arena .
In 1869 the business was completely taken over by Josef Stefsky Jun., Who had already worked for years. His first activity was focused on the use of steam. The organization of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr troops at that time provided an ample source of sales and sufficient employment for the expanded factory. The introduction of the marksmen's badges with spherical balls in the army was of particular importance for this company. She knew how to make the pads of these badges perfectly round and velvety with the help of a new clipper . Initially, this processing required expensive preparatory work and employed 10 to 12 people. But then this work could be done by one man by introducing auxiliary machines. This special article also made it possible to export to Romania , which until then had obtained the need for military trimmings from Paris . This export fell sharply at the end of the 19th century, as the tariffs on Austrian goods were increased significantly, so that the Romanian traders preferred to let the goods go to Zurich first and import them from there as Swiss goods. This detour was of course time-consuming and costly.
An unusual increase in production occurred in 1880 when the army, especially the Landwehr , was extensively equipped . In that year, the number of special items manufactured was doubled, at that time the factory employed 235 workers and 140 house workers.
The trimmings produced in the factory were extremely varied and varied and comprised several thousand designs. Of the necessaries for the Austro-Hungarian army and uniformed corps were all kinds of braids , Armstreifen for Distinktionszeichen all batch degrees , cords of various branches of service, NCOs Portépées in numerous forms, Bugle Cords , Gunner Badge and armbands , and all the trimmings articles for a variety of uniforms significant. In addition, the company produced a number of special items for industrial purposes, namely drum lines , spindle cords and spindle tapes for cloth mills . The manufacture of these individual articles was very tedious and required many useful devices. So z. B. had a sergeant-Porteépée which individually for 20 to 30 Heller has sold all be undertaken manipulations something a hundred times, or to pass the worker's hand the machine. The production of the spherical, velvety balls for the marksmen's badges was interesting. There was initially a loose tassel of wool - yarn bound, they cut into the proper length, wound into circular shapes and sewn , the finished bale is then carded and velvety on its own, very accurate working shearing machine shaved .
The establishment of the factory around 1900 consisted of a Hoffmeister engine with four HP and a petrol engine with five HP, the latter also being used to operate the existing dynamo , which fed around 80 light bulbs . The factory equipment included 14 older ribbon chairs , most of which were still operated by hand, 70 lacing machines for the production of a wide variety of patterns, all of which were set up for machine operation, as well as two large spinning machines, a gimp turning machine , and the shearing machine and the associated cutting and carding machine . All articles were finally freed from the attached fibers in a singeing machine and completed for shipping by numerous other auxiliary machines.
Around 1900, 200,000 marksmen's badges and chest laces , 180,000 porteépées for NCOs, around 2 million meters of cord, etc. were made. The factory employed around 100 workers, 65 of whom were women. On the occasion of the marriage of Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria , the boss dedicated an amount of 4,000 crowns to disabled workers in this factory.
In 1873, after 50 years of existence, the company received its first award from the jury of the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna. Awards were later made in the World Exhibition in Paris 1878 , Vienna 1880, Triest 1882, Krems 1884, Vienna 1880, Triest 1882, Krems 1884, Antwerp 1885, Vienna 1888, Barcelona 1888 , Philippopel 1892, Mistelbach 1895, Innsbruck 1896, Vienna 1898 and Paris 1900 . The boss of the company received personal awards, namely in 1875 the title of kuk court purveyor , then the honor of being co-opted into the exhibition committee in 1888, on which occasion he was awarded the gold cross of merit .
A branch in Vienna was located at Neustiftgasse 121 in the 7th district of Neubau .
The company survived the First and Second World Wars , but with the reform of the army uniform, demand decreased more and more, and the company had to reduce the number of employees. In 1965, Ing.Kurt Stefsky took over the family business in the fifth generation. At the end of 2006 he retired and the production of cords and cords was stopped. The company now consists of an embroidery shop, which is operated by his daughter Christina Möller. All kinds of embroidery are produced , e.g. B. monograms , company logos , club coats of arms , embroidery of provided textiles such as jackets , polo shirts , embroidered ranks , name strips , emblems , etc. The headquarters at Hauptstraße 14, the Freysegg'sche manor house, is now a listed building.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Jos. Stefsky . In: Presented by the industrialists of Austria under the high protectorate of His K. and K. Highness of the Most Serene Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Hrsg.): Die Groß-Industrie Oesterreichs . Festival ceremony for the glorious fiftieth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Josef I. Volume 4 . Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1898, IX. Textile industry, p. 386-387 .
- ↑ a b industrial history of Stockerau. Stadtgemeinde Stockerau, 2011, accessed on September 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Kurt Stefsky: Jos. Stefsky - tape factory. (No longer available online.) January 1, 2001, archived from the original on June 12, 2008 ; Retrieved September 15, 2011 . 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.
- ^ Embroidery 2000: Achievements. 2011, accessed September 15, 2011 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 6 ″ N , 16 ° 12 ′ 36 ″ E