MAB Schkeuditz
| MAB Schkeuditz | |
|---|---|
| legal form | VEB |
| founding | May 13, 1947 |
| resolution | 1991 |
| Reason for dissolution | Change of ownership as a result of German reunification with subsequent sale |
| Seat | Schkeuditz , Germany |
| Number of employees | approx. 3,500 (1989) |
| sales | 465 million marks (1989) |
| Branch | Refrigerators , industrial equipment with cooling |
The Maschinen- und Apparatebau Schkeuditz ( MAB ) was the largest operation of the VEB Kombinat Luft- und Kältetechnik (ILKA) in the GDR and with 3,500 employees the largest employer in the city of Schkeuditz .
history
After the end of the Second World War in 1945, the companies Siebel Flugzeugwerke GmbH Werk III Schkeuditz and the Deutsche Lufthansa AG Berlin Überholungswerkstätten Schkeuditz merged to form Hansa Werkstätten GmbH . It was produced for the Soviet military aircraft industry. December 18, 1945, the company was under receivership asked. From July 1, 1946, it operated as the main administration Nordmeerweg at the Council of Ministers of the USSR , Schkeuditz aircraft repair workshop . The company was subordinated to the government of Saxony-Anhalt on the basis of the order no. 360 of the SMAD and incorporated into the Saxony-Anhalt industrial works. Until the factory was returned to German administration, Siebel and Focke-Wulf aircraft and Soviet military aircraft were maintained, repaired and later converted for civilian use under Soviet administration .
On May 13, 1947, the company was nationalized and traded as Maschinen- und Apparatebau Schkeuditz . He was entrusted with the development and construction of systems for air and refrigeration technology. Refrigerators, compressors and cooling systems were manufactured. The structural design of the commercial refrigerators was characterized by a wooden frame and tile lining. Frames for freezers were manufactured in cooperation with VEB Kühlautomat Berlin . In June 1961 MAB was subordinated to VVB Chemical and Air Conditioning Systems, from which VVB Air and Cooling Technology was later separated. In 1970 the state-owned company Kombinat Luft- und Kältetechnik Dresden emerged . All products were developed for the GDR market, the main sales subsequently shifted more and more towards the Soviet Union and countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (RGW). The production was focused on:
- Refrigerant compressors and compressor sets in the displacement range from 10 to 112 m 3 / h,
- Cooling units for machine refrigerated vehicles and air conditioning units for passenger coaches and
- Air conditioners for air conditioning units, as climatic chambers and at times as air handling units .
In 1965 the front-end crank compressor series was developed for the refrigerant R12 from 10 to 28 m 3 / h, which was characterized by its light metal housing as the lightest compressor of this size worldwide. In 1970 the sales figures reached several thousand and the development of the refrigerant R22 began. The number of employees rises to 2,500 and sales reached 200 million marks . From 1982 crane air conditioning units were developed and manufactured in small numbers for the GDR needs. In 1989 the company had 3,500 employees and reached a turnover of 465 million marks.
After German reunification in 1990, VEB MAB was wound up and the company was privatized as Maschinen- und Apparatebau Schkeuditz . The inventory also included documents from Flughafengesellschaft Halle-Leipzig GmbH and Kurt Gradl, Dreherei, Gollma. In the first phase of privatization from 1991 onwards, around 20 companies were created on the site and from parts of the MAB, including:
- Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau Schkeuditz GmbH (former area of compressors and compressor sets) as a subsidiary of Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH Sindelfingen.
- Branch of Hagenuk Fahrzeugklima GmbH (formerly the area of products for rail vehicle construction), from 1995 Faiveley Transport Leipzig
- Aloys Bockholt Schkeuditz GmbH (former manufacturing equipment manufacturing) now ABS Schkeuditz GmbH.
- Schkeuditzer Metallveredlungs GmbH (former electroplating).
The administration building was bought by the Preussag company Noell. The former MAB site was named Industriegebiet Schkeuditz-Nord . In 2001 around 1,500 people were employed there. More than 400 of these employees work at the Bitzer company alone, which grew to over 700 in 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Archives Leipzig : Signature 20834 - VEB Maschinen- und Apparatebau Schkeuditz ( 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.
- ↑ Schkeuditz location - Bitzer invests 30 million euros. Retrieved October 11, 2014 .
