Hilden machine factory
The Maschinenfabrik Hilden was from 1919 to 2006 as the metal trades resident. They mainly produced parts for hydraulics .
Metallwerke Hilden
Screw and metal works Hilden
Metal processing began at Hilden Gerresheimer Strasse 93 on February 11, 1919. At that time, the Hilden screws and metal works submitted the building application to be allowed to build their metal goods factory in corridor 10, parcel 1948/24 and 1875/25 on 600 m².
Düsseldorfer Eisenhüttengesellschaft AG
In 1925, the Düsseldorfer Eisenhüttengesellschaft AG , based in Düsseldorf, and from 1913 in Ratingen, took over the company screw and metal works Hilden and the property. They made valve housings. They sold the company to Erich Warsitz on October 11, 1950 .
Owner and managing director Erich Warsitz
Erich Warsitz (born October 18, 1906 in Hattingen ; † July 12, 1983 in Lugano / Switzerland) was the aviation pioneer who flew and tested the maiden flight of the first Heinkel He 178 jet aircraft on June 20, 1939 . During the Second World War , he ran a metal processing factory in Berlin with 1,000 employees. But it was closed after the war.
Maschinenfabrik Hilden, Erich Warsitz
Erich Warsitz started in Hilden in 1950 with the Hilden machine works, Erich Warsitz a new beginning. In addition to other parcels, the newly acquired site was 20,000 m² in size. In the beginning he repaired old ball bearings in the Hilden plant . After rapid success, Warsitz had a 700 m² new building built. His Warsitz villa was in the immediate vicinity of the work "Auf dem Sand 25" (formerly Sandstrasse).
The Maschinenfabrik Hilden, Erich Warsitz (January 1, 1951 to January 2, 1963) presented machine components for lift trucks , coolant pumps for stationary diesel engines , heavy-duty pumps, compressors , edge filters , special machinery in high precision execution ago. The number of employees rose to 203 in 1957.
On September 5, 1959, his friend Wernher von Braun visited him in the Warsitz villa in Hilden Auf dem Sand 25.
Hydroma Hydraulische Anlagen GmbH Hilden
The Brake Shoe International SA in Geneva took over, through the mediation of Wernher von Braun, on 8 November 1962, the Maschinenfabrik Hilden . Erich Warsitz remained managing director, Mr. Plümacher was the operations manager. 300 people were employed in the manufacture and sale of parts and devices for diesel engines and hydraulics.
Universal Hydraulics GmbH
Just two months later, on January 14, 1963, the company was renamed Universal Hydraulics GmbH . Erich Warsitz remained managing director. The owners Brake Shoe International SA promised Warsitz that aircraft parts would be built in the company . When that did not happen, Warsitz left the company and moved to Switzerland with his family in 1965 . His residence became the former municipality of Barbengo , today a district of Lugano .
ABEX GmbH, Denison Hydraulik
Maschinenfabrik Hilden, ABEX GmbH, Denison, Gerresheimer Str. 93, 1976.
As a manufacturer of hydraulic components, on September 30, 1965: Universal Hydraulics GmbH, in Hilden Gerresheimer Straße 93, merged with DENISON GmbH, from Neuss Holzheimer Weg 44 and Aerohydraul GmbH, in Wiesbaden to form ABEX GmbH .
In 1966, ABEX GmbH in Hilden with 200 employees produced industrial valves, high-performance drives and controls in construction machinery and vehicle construction, in rolling mills, presses and testing systems, on ships and drilling rigs, in defense technology, in machine tools, in plastics processing and offered solutions to drive problems .
The managing director of the Hilden plant was Derk Wiemer. The sole overall management of the merged ABEX GmbH DENISON was in the hands of director Hans Schwelm from Kaarst , who built up DENISON GmbH in Neuss from 1959 and has headed it since then.
After purchasing additional parcels with a total area of up to 21,471 m², a new administration building was built in Hilden. The headquarters of ABEX GmbH moved from Neuss to Hilden.
In Hilden, 400 employees manufactured and sold pumps, control devices and complete hydraulic systems. By 1976 the number of employees rose to 450. The Hilden production facility was the fifth European production facility for DENISON hydraulic components . Further production facilities were in Belgium , England , France and twenty European branches. There were offices and services in eleven European countries and twelve non-European countries. The Hilden-based company had taken the top position among European companies.
The ABEX GmbH had with the acquisition of DM 300,000 shares in Hilden stock construction company secured housing for their employees. The company's particular endeavor was to expand the down-to-earth workforce and promote the training of skilled workers. To attract employees, they advertised a company canteen and a travel allowance.
The American Brake Shoe Group with the new name ABEX Corporation was founded in 1902 and employed 15,000 people in 1965. The product groups were: hydraulic devices and hydraulic systems; Brake and clutch linings; Railway and track material as well as cast and forged products. The group had factories and branches in 51 industrialized countries.
The Hilden company was entered in the Langenfeld land register, sheet 8940, section III, No. 2. From December 1986 the intention was to sell the entire Hilden plant and its entire area to Hägglunds Denison GmbH , Trinkausstrasse 7 in Düsseldorf.
Hägglunds Denison GmbH
After the sale and re-registration, Hägglunds Denison GmbH started its activities on December 13, 1986 . Her fields of activity were the development, design, manufacture and sale of hydraulic products. The managing director was Wolfgang J. Rösler. 280 people were still employed. The company had a branch in Geroldswil , Switzerland.
Furthermore, ABEX GmbH was registered at the Gerresheimer Str. 93 site until October 1989.
The Denison Hydraulics GmbH in Hilden was founded on January 28, 1991st The Hagglunds Denison GmbH withdrew in 1995 from the Denison Hydraulics GmbH back.
The site was divided and a cul-de-sac led from the “Am Sand” street to the former ABEX administration building. On the western property under the new address "Auf dem Sand 14", hydraulic components, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic gears and drives were still manufactured by Denison Hydraulik GmbH .
Parker Hannifin, Denison Hydraulik GmbH
The US company Parker Hannifin bought Denison Hydraulik GmbH in Hilden in 2004 . After the construction of an administration building in Kaarst , the company concentrated its administration in Kaarst . The Hilden plant was closed in favor of the plant in Oberndorf-Hochmössingen am Neckar in the Rottweil district on June 30, 2006, despite violent protests. 183 employees lost their jobs.
Hilden components
In the course of the closure of Denison Hydraulik GmbH on February 23, 2006, the Hilden Components company was founded on January 1, 2006 . 25 former Denison employees with many years of professional experience have been with us since the start. Within six months, a completely new company was set up at Siemenstrasse 9a, which has been working independently under the name Hilden Components since July 1, 2006 with Mr. Rolf Krebs - former production manager at Denison Hydraulics - as managing director .
Post-industrial era, Aldi-Ei, Aldi-Süd, Autoprofi Ertner
The eastern site, adjacent to Gerresheimer Strasse, was sold to the Aldi-Süd discounter . In March 1999 the old building of the machine factory was demolished and the groundwater analyzed. The groundwater was polluted with volatile, chlorinated hydrocarbons (LCKW) with values up to 145 micrograms per liter of water. That was far higher than the limit value of 25 micrograms CHC per liter of water at the time.
After the earth was excavated and the site was renovated, an oval roundabout was built on Gerresheimer Strasse by March 2000. Because it is right next to the Aldi-Süd discounter , it is popularly known as the “Aldi egg”.
In addition to the roundabout, the Hephata Evangelical Foundation has built dormitories for the mentally handicapped.
The western part (formerly Denison Hydraulik GmbH "Auf dem Sand 14") was bought by EL Immobilien GmbH , Auf dem Sand 6 (Ertner / Lindner). Today, car professional Ertner (Stockhausstr. 1–3) has been offering car service there since 2008 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Building application from the Hilden screw and metal works on February 11, 1919, Hilden City Archives
- ^ Düsseldorf ironworks company
- ↑ Sale to Erich Warsitz : Hilden city archive, notarial purchase contract of October 11, 1950, (Düsseldorf District Court District Volume 29 Sheet 1443 Corridor 10 Parcels 2637/25 2640/24), 20,000 m²
- ^ Maschinenfabrik Hilden, Erich Warsitz: Hildener Heimatblätter No. 2/1958, Hilden City Archives, S-Film No. 287
- ↑ City administration: Advertisement about the beginning of Hydroma Hydraulische Anlagen GmbH Hilden on December 22nd, 1962, City Archives Hilden
- ↑ a b company brochure ABEX GmbH - DENISON Hydraulik , Hilden city archive
- ↑ Hilden city administration, commercial registration, merger Denisen GmbH with Universal Hydraulics December 18, 1965, Hilden city archive
- ↑ Erich Scheffler: "Abex" emerged from the machine factory. Rheinische Post January 8, 1976, No. 6, Hilden City Archives
- ↑ Abex GmbH DENISON was the subsidiary of the American group ABEX Corporation , Die Handelsauskunft, special edition Hilden 6/66, Hilden city archive
- ^ Hilden city administration, business registration Hägglunds Dension GmbH on September 8, 1987, Hilden city archive
- ↑ Hilden city administration, Abex GmbH business deregistration on August 22, 1990, Hilden city archive
- ^ Managing director Walter Rudi Albert Knackstedt
- ↑ Parker Company History
- ↑ Hildener Components, Siemenstrasse 9a
- ↑ Hilden historical data
- ^ A roundabout in the shape of an egg , Rheinische Post April 1, 2010
- ↑ Simone Kops: Domicile for the mentally handicapped. Evangelical Foundation Hephata, Neue Rhein Zeitung (NRZ) October 7, 1999.
- ↑ Michael Kremer: Hilden, start of construction on the Denison site
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 35.8 " N , 6 ° 55 ′ 36.7" E