Netzschkauer machine factory

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Picture from 1952

The Netzschkauer Maschinenfabrik was a German company in Netzschkau was established.

description

Ferdinand Hofmann and Franz Stark founded the mechanical engineering workshop "Hofmann und Stark" on May 1st, 1889. You worked in the field of mechanical engineering and repair. After Hofmann left in 1899, the name was changed to "Netzschkauer Maschinenfabrik Franz Stark & ​​Sons". At the time there were 35 employees. In 1907 the production of agricultural machines followed and in 1912 devices for ventilation and heating.

Between 1923 and 1925 a few passenger cars with the name Nemalette were built .

In 1929 the company had 322 employees, at the end of 1936 around 1,000 and in 1944 around 2,000.

In 1945 the previous owners, two Stark brothers, were expropriated. As of November 25, 1946, the company name was “Sowjetische Aktiengesellschaft SAG, vorm. Netzschkauer Maschinenfabrik Nema Netschkau ", from 1949 Soviet engineering company" Podjomnik "and from 1952" VEB Maschinenfabrik Nema Netzschkau ".

On July 1, 1990, it became the "Maschinenfabrik NEMA GmbH". After that, individual parts of the company were sold.

vehicle description

The only model was a small car with three wheels. The single front wheel was steerable, the two rear wheels were driven. The single - cylinder two-stroke engine was air-cooled . He made 4 HP from 198 cm³ displacement . The chassis had a wheelbase of 170 cm and a track width of 110 cm . The vehicle was 260 cm long, 126 cm wide and 110 cm high. The open body offered space for two people next to each other. The maximum speed was given as 50 km / h.

Web links

Commons : NEMA Works  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d company history Nema, Netzschkau (PDF; 298 kB) ( Memento from July 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , pp. 263-264.