Combine Unimewa
The Kombinat Unimewa Aue - Kombinat Universalmetallwaren (later also Kombinat for household goods) was an amalgamation of state- owned companies in the GDR that produced metal goods for household use. The association was established in 1970, the main company was the VEB Auer cutlery and silverware factory in Aue (Saxony) . In 1972 the company had 4,700 employees. The following companies were also included:
- VEB Elstawa cutlery factory in Steinbach ,
- VEB cutting tools and metal goods factory Klingenthal ; was privatized after reunification, but then given up,
- VEB Pametall Pausa , which made dishes and cutlery from aluminum ,
- VEB Aluminumwarenfabrik Fischbach / Rhön (AWF), whose range included baking and roasting equipment (previously also VEB AlFi),
- VEB Union Quedlinburg , who manufactured pressure cookers,
- VEB Geithainer enamelling factory ,
- VEB Schwerter enamelling factory Lauter ,
- Saxon aluminum and metal goods factory Glauchau and
- CF Hutschenreuther & Co. KG in Aue, manufacturer of cutlery and tableware made of stainless steel (later VEB cutlery and metal goods (Bemet) Aue).
The combine was incorporated into the VEB Combine Household Appliances Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1979 . Individual companies reorganized themselves, such as the AWF, which was renamed BAF Fischbacher household goods GmbH and is still active on the market. In 2014 it celebrated its centenary.
Web links
- Announcement of the merger of 9 cutlery and metal goods factories to form Kombinat UniMeWa in the depositary of the Saxon State Archives, inventory no
Individual evidence
- ^ Socialist finance. Vol. 26. 1972. p. 22
- ↑ Elstawa (enter Unimewa in the search window) in the everyday culture documentation center
- ↑ At the Dt. Documents available for pension insurance : re. Elstawa (p. 96). Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ↑ Cutting tools and metal goods factory at www.ostfirmen.de
- ↑ a b Finding aid in the Saxony Archives; enter unimewa in the search window ; accessed on May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Renovation tax in Klingenthal , here the SMK is mentioned at the end of the article. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ^ Letterhead from the factory in Pausa, found in documents from the Wellner factory on the occasion of a public inspection on May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Offer of a pressure cooker ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 3, 2015.
- ↑ Geithain enamelling factory in the Dt. Histor. Museum ; accessed on May 13, 2015.
- ↑ Lauter enamelling works in the Unimewa combine ; accessed on May 13, 2015.
- ^ Archive material from Hutschenreuther in the Saxon State Archives ; accessed on May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Archive material in the Saxon State Archives , accessed on June 3, 2015.
- ↑ Historical overview of the AWF Fischbach ; accessed on May 13, 2015.
