Josef Ringler's sons

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Sign in front of the company's former headquarters in Bolzano Lauben
The former business of Ringler under the arbors

Josef Ringler's Sons was a Bolzano food company and purveyor to the court .

history

Josef Ringler's Sons was an old grocery store in Bolzano, the history of which goes back to the beginning of the 19th century. The grocery store was located in an old patrician house under the southern arcades 7. The canning factory itself was founded in 1856 and was therefore one of the first in the Austrian Empire . The factory was set up in the same building as the shop. In the beginning, only several large copper kettles and a number of long tables made up the entire establishment of the company. It expanded over time and soon took up room after room in the vast building.

The start was made with the production of compotes , which won a price at the World Exhibition in London in 1862 . Then the production of candied fruit and canned vegetables began. At the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 , the founder was awarded the “Progress Medal”.

Corporation

After the founder's death in 1875, the business experienced a significant boom under the new owner. The transformation into a stock corporation , known as a stock corporation for the preparation of preserved fruits and vegetables , was done by those previously involved in the company by taking over shares. The first president of the corporation was Ignatz Oettel. The spelling of the company name was modernized in the course of time to include fruit, vegetables, and meat-canned-stock companies. Jos. Ringler's Sons (1902) or stock corporation for the preparation of canned fruits and vegetables (1907).

Experts were called in, who improved the previously somewhat primitive manufacturing method. New machines were purchased, steam operation was introduced and the production of canned meat for tourists and the Austro-Hungarian military was added to the previous branches of manufacture . Attention was also paid to establishing new connections and sales increased to such an extent that in 1885 the old house became too small and the company had to start building a new factory building equipped with all the modern machines and apparatus of the time. The canning factory was built by builder Albert Canal .

Extensions

This was expanded in 1896 and presented as a model establishment in this branch. Before 1900, 40 different special machines and 25 cookers were used . The two steam engines with 30  HP and the cookers were fed by two steam boilers with 120 square meters of heating surface.

Invoice with a view of the factory in Bozen (1911)

The factory employed an average of 150 to 200 workers in the individual plants and processed around 2000 meter tonnes of fruit, 1500 meter tonnes of vegetables, 2500 meter tonnes of sugar , 500 meter tonnes of meat and 500 meters of citrus per year . The factory had branches in Bolzano and Meran , as well as representatives in all major cities of the Danube Monarchy . The company's products were largely sold in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Germany and the Netherlands . Around 1898 the president of the company was Sebastian Tschugguel. As the owner, Carl Ringler was appointed purveyor to the imperial court for his services.

Web links

Commons : Josef Ringler's Sons  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Actiengesellschaft for the preparation of preserved fruits and vegetables, Bozen . 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 5 . Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1898, XII. Agricultural industry, food and vegetable products, p. 178 .
  2. ^ Association of Austrian Chemists (ed.): Österreichische Chemiker-Zeitung . tape 5-6 . Vienna 1891 ( Bolzano fruits and canned goods in the Google book search USA ).
  3. ↑ Hannes Obermair : Bozen – Bolzano 1850–1950 (series of archive images). Erfurt: Sutton Verlag. 2nd edition 2010. ISBN 978-3-86680-489-0 , p. 65 (with advertising sheet).
  4. ^ VIII. International Agricultural Congress Vienna (Ed.): Organization - Report on the congress consultations. Excursion report . 1 (May 21-25, 1907). Vienna ( IV. Excursion to Tyrol. In the Google book search USA ).
  5. ^ Entry about Albert Canal on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project by the University of Innsbruck, accessed on January 23, 2011

Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 58.6 ″  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 21.8 ″  E