Museum of Hamburg History / List of Manufacturing Companies in Hamburg
The list of manufacturing companies in Hamburg is a sub-article of the Museum of Hamburg History and relates to the exhibition Clocking the Harbor . It lists well-known companies and historical brands from the chemical and mineral oil industry , shipbuilding and mechanical engineering , aircraft construction and electrical engineering, as well as numerous specialty trades that were important in the city's history . They are an example of the good conditions that the Port of Hamburg created for the processing of imported raw materials and thus favored the development of manufactories and factories.
| product | Companies | annotation | Illustration |
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| Helbing Caraway | Heinrich Helbing GmbH | Grain distillery , founded in 1836 by Johann Peter Hinrich Helbing, traditionally based in Wandsbek , part of Borco-Marken-Import since 1974 | |
| ATA and VIM scouring powder | F. Thörl's United Harburger Oelfabriken Aktiengesellschaft | Chemiewerk, founded in 1906 by Friedrich Thörl in Harburg , was the amalgamation of various Thörl family businesses that had already emerged in the 19th century |
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| Hercules combs | New-York Hamburger Gummi-Waaren Compagnie | Rubber goods factory, founded by Johann Hinrich Wilhelm Maurien and Conrad Poppenhusen in Barmbeck in 1870 , later based in Harburg ; 2009 Relocation of production to Lüneburg | |
| Nivea , tesa and Labello | Beiersdorf AG | Cosmetics and chemical factory, founded by Paul Carl Beiersdorf in 1882 and taken over by Oscar Troplowitz in 1890 ; traditional in Eimsbüttel resident |
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| Stockmeyer walking sticks | HC Meyer Jr. | Walking stick factory, founded in 1839 by Heinrich Christian Meyer , known as Stockmeyer, from a carpenter's business, is considered to be the first factory in Hamburg to use steam engines | |
| rubber boots | Phoenix AG | Rubber goods factory, founded in Harburg in 1856 by Albert and Louis Cohen, sons of a Hamburg banking family ; Acquired in 2004 by Continental AG Hanover | |
| Copper block | North German Affinerie | Chemical factory, 1846 through the merger of the shipping company Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn and the Hüttenwerke Beit, Marcus and Salomon, Gold- und Silberscheider and founded in 1866 as Norddeutsche Affinerie AG , has been operating as Aurubis since 2009 and has been based on the Peute since 1910 . | |
| Yellow variety , Harvest 23 , Peter Stuyvesant , R6 , West , John Player Special | Reemtsma cigarette factories | Founded in 1910 by Bernhard Reemtsma in Erfurt, moved to Bahrenfeld in 1923 by his son Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma in mechanical production | |
| Sash fitting , hot air system part and hydraulic equipment carrier | airbus | Aircraft construction on the premises of the Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH founded in Finkenwerder in 1936 | |
| Hamburger beer | Holsten Brewery | exemplary for the long tradition of the brewery industry in Hamburg | |
| Hamburger beer | Elbschloss brewery | exemplary for the long tradition of the brewery industry in Hamburg | |
| Control elements of forklifts | Jungheinrich | , Maschinenfabrik in 1953 by Friedrich Jungheinrich in Wandsbek founded | |
| Wagon wheel of a Tempo Matador | Vidal & Sohn Tempo Factory | Delivery van factory, founded in Harburg in 1928 , taken over by Daimler-Benz AG in 1971 | |
| Sunlight soap | Unilever | the group has had its head office in Hamburg since 1945, and in the Unilever building in HafenCity since 2009 | |
| Voss margarine | Heinrich Voss Margarinewerke | Margarine factory, founded in 1904 by Heinrich Voss in Winterhude on Humboldtstrasse, relocated to Bramfeld on Bramfelder Strasse in 1909 ; production stopped in 1978 | |
| Rama | Margarine union | Margarine factory, the Margarine Union had been part of the Unilever Group since 1927 | |
| Cigars | Emil Wohlsdorff KG | Cigar factory and tobacco goods trade, the parent company on Georgsplatz in the old town was founded in 1907 by Emil Karl Ferdinand Wolsdorff, sold to the Oettinger Davidoff Group in Basel in 1997 | |
| Fountain pen and cardboard box | Montblanc | Stationery manufacturer, founded in 1906, moved to the Schanzenviertel from 1908 , moved to Eidelstedt in 1989 | |
| Felt pen marker | Edding | Stationery manufacturer, founded in 1960 in Barmbek by Carl-Wilhelm Edding and Volker Detlef Ledermann , based in Ahrensburg since 1970 | |
| Ice cream | Langnese | Founded in 1927 by the businessman Karl Rolf Seyferth, sold to Unilever in 1936 through the Margarine Union | |
| Smarties and Choco Crossies | Nestlé SA | Formerly the Hamburg branch of Rowntree MacIntosh GmbH at Neumarkt | |
| Tennis balls | Phoenix AG | Rubber goods factory, founded in Harburg in 1856 by Albert and Louis Cohen, sons of a Hamburg banking family ; Acquired in 2004 by Continental AG Hanover: in addition to classic rubber goods, the product range also includes tennis balls | |
| Coin sets DM and Euro | Hamburg Mint | the mint established in 1875 is the oldest German mint and has a "J" as a mint mark | |
| Nozzles | ELAFLEX - Gummi Ehlers GmbH | Specialist in fueling technology, founded in 1923 with headquarters in Stellingen | |
| Piano keys | Steinway & Sons | The Hamburg branch of the piano factory was opened on Schanzenstrasse in 1880 | |
| Rivets and marine steel wall part | Blohm + Voss | Shipbuilding, 1877 by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss in Steinwerder founded | |
| Wine vinegar | Carl Kühne KG | Food manufacturer, headquartered in Hamburg since 1945 | |
| Replacement coffee Koff and Java coffee | JJ Darboven | Coffee roastery, founded by Johann Joachim Darboven in 1866 , with headquarters in Billbrook |
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| Aristo slide rule | Dennert & Pape | Development of geodetic instruments , founded in 1862 by Johann Christian Dennert, in operation until 1978 in Juliusstraße in the Schanzenviertel | |
| Aurora wheat flour | Aurora Mühle Hamburg GmbH | Founded in 1897 by Georg Plange in Wilhelmsburg | |
| Advocaat egg liqueur | Heinrich von Have | Spirits manufactory and winery, founded by Heinrich von Have in Bergedorf in 1868 | |
| Mineral water bottle from 1920 | Albertus Delfs mineral water company and beer publisher | ||
| Canned fish | Gottfried Friedrichs KG | Fish factory, founded in 1908 by Gottfried Friedrichs under the name Erste Hanseatische Feinfisch-Manufactur in Altona | |
| Kemm's cake | JG Kemm | Cake factory, founded in Lokstedt in 1903 , belongs to Wilhelm Gruyters GmbH & Co. KG in Krefeld |
literature
Sven Tode, Mathias Eberenz: Ingenious in Hamburg. Hamburg company between tradition and innovation , Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-922857-32-7