Nistertal Walter Niepenberg machine factory

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Nistertal Walter Niepenberg machine factory
legal form OHG
founding 1949
resolution 1968
Seat Know , Germany
management Walter Niepenberg, Walter Niepenberg jun.
Branch Commercial vehicles , mechanical engineering

The Nistertal Walter Niepenberg Maschinenfabrik in Wissen , founded by Walter Niepenberg, built commercial vehicles with combustion engines from 1949 to around 1960 under the brand name NISTERTAL .

history

The predecessor company of Nistertal Walter Niepenberg Maschinenfabrik was founded in 1911 by the brothers Carl and Walter Niepenberg in Solingen- Ohligs and entered in the commercial register on February 11, 1922 under the name Niepenberg & Co. GmbH as a metal goods factory. Initially, raw materials and products from the steel goods industry were traded and, in addition to conventional razor blades under the brand names "Nicoso" (Niepenberg & Co, Solingen) and "Wanie" (Walter Niepenberg), innovative safety razor blades based on the American model were also manufactured. On September 4, 1925, a branch was founded in Schmelze near Eitorf an der Sieg and from then on managed by Walter Niepenberg. In 1928 another branch was founded in Nisterau near Wissen an der Sieg. By expanding production to include areas of vehicle technology, in particular by manufacturing high-quality spark plugs, the company first came into contact with the leading manufacturers in the automotive industry as a supplier for the renowned Bugatti brand .

On July 20, 1948, it was decided at a shareholders' meeting to give up the previous headquarters in Solingen and relocate as far as possible. Shortly thereafter, Walter Niepenberg and his son Walter Niepenberg junior divorced. left the company and founded the company Nistertal Walter Niepenberg Maschinenfabrik in the immediate vicinity in 1949.

By 1959, a total of around 600 commercial vehicles, mostly three- or four-wheeled vans equipped with combustion engines and special vehicles were manufactured and sold under the brand name NISTERTAL. The engines were supplied by Clinton Engines Corp., Maquoketa, Iowa , USA . With the development of the prototype V 75 A, of which only one was ready for series production, the production of commercial vehicles was stopped. Despite the sometimes very innovative constructions, enormous maneuverability, low consumption and very high load capacities in relation to their own weight, the numbers of items produced by the individual models remained very low. After all, the new developments at the end of the 1950s came at a time when the production of three-wheeled vans in Germany was generally phased out. In addition, the Deutsche Bundesbahn and the Bahnpost standardized their vehicle fleets and from then on used almost exclusively electric vehicles from SE Fahrzeugwerke / Still GmbH in this segment .

In addition to commercial and special vehicles, welding machines were another focus of the company's industrial production.

The branch of the company, which Carl Niepenberg continued in Wissen from 1949, has been operating under the name DALEX since 1952 and is today one of the world's leading companies in the field of resistance welding technology.

Vehicle models

  • V 75, 1957/58, motor tricycle , transporter with open platform
  • V 150, 1957/58, motor tricycle, transporter with open platform and 1.5 t load capacity
  • D 250, 1958, four-wheeled transporter with an open platform
  • D 400, 1958, four-wheeled transporter with an open platform
  • V 75 A, 1959, motor tricycle ( prototype ), 1-seater, open transporter in frame construction with a permissible total weight of 970 kg (approx. 0.7 t load capacity) and air-cooled 167 cm³ (10.2 cm) mounted and steered in a turntable in³) Single-cylinder four-stroke front engine with 4.5 hp from Clinton Engines, which drives the front wheel. Mechanically operated drum brakes acting on both rear wheels as foot and hand brakes; Development for the Deutsche Bundespost and the Bahnpost.

See also

literature

  • Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011. ( PDF file , 8.9 MB).
  • Successful start in business with razor blades , Rhein-Zeitung of November 8, 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011 , p. 10.
  2. ↑ A successful start in business with razor blades , Rhein-Zeitung of November 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011 , pp. 3, 5f.
  4. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011 , pp. 4, 7, 9.
  5. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011. , P. 6.
  6. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011. , P. 7.
  7. ↑ https://sites.google.com/a/jciahs.com/clinton-engines/
  8. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011 , p. 31.
  9. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011 , p. 12.
  10. ↑ Dalex welding machines (ed.): 100 years of Dalex. Chronicle 1911–2011 , pp. 25–31.
  11. ^ Walter Niepenberg, Wissen (Sieg) Maschinenfabrik (Ed.): NISTERTAL Transporter V 75.Walter Niepenberg Maschinenfabrik 1958.
  12. ↑ Walter Niepenberg, Wissen (Sieg) Maschinenfabrik (Ed.): NISTERTAL Transporter Model V 150. 1.5 to load capacity. Walter Niepenberg machine factory 1958.
  13. ^ A b Walter Niepenberg, Wissen (Sieg) Maschinenfabrik (ed.): NISTERTAL Transporter Model D 250, Model D 400.Walter Niepenberg Maschinenfabrik 1958.
  14. ^ Clinton Engines Corporation (Ed.): Series 498 Long Life Cast Engine 4.5 HP . Clinton Engines Corporation Maquoketa, Iowa 1968.