Johann Kronester porcelain factory
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The Johann Kronester porcelain factory in Schwarzenbach an der Saale , Upper Franconia , was founded in 1906 by Johann Kronester (1860–1953) and has been run as a family business for four generations. Since 1987 she has been cooperating with other medium-sized porcelain manufacturers within the Bavaria-Porzellan-Union-GmbH consortium . From this, the SKV Porcelain Union was formed in 1993 , consisting of Schirnding, Kronester and Seltmann Vohenstrauss . As a result, in 1997 the white business and parts of the colored business were relocated to the Schirnding location . A little later the family withdrew from the holding company .
history
Johann Kronester received an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer in his father's forge. In 1906, together with relatives Gottlieb Pfeifer and Christof Merkel, he founded the open trading company J. Kronester & Co. for the production of porcelain items. The construction of their factory progressed rapidly, and production could start as early as 1908. Initially, the company only had two round furnaces instead of the usual three. At that time, Kronester produced both household utensils and electrical porcelain such as insulators.
In November 1922 the company was converted into a GmbH. The share capital was 480,000 marks. In 1932 the insolvent ironworks was in neighboring Martinlamitz taken over and converted into a supplier for engine and bearing industry.
On December 30, 1936, a general assembly converted the GmbH into an oHG , with the brothers Erwin, Alfred and Paul Kronester as shareholders. At the end of 1938 two modern tunnel kilns ( Schrüh and Glattbrand ) were built, the construction of which was largely based on internal expertise. During the Second World War, the plant was threatened with closure because the production of technical ceramics had long since been discontinued, meaning that there were no war-relevant products to show. The closure could be averted, probably also because the Reich Labor Service and the Wehrmacht were among the main buyers.
After the war, the designer Hans Achtziger , who mainly worked for Lorenz Hutschenreuther , provided designs. The Ulrike service was one of the bestsellers until the 1980s. During the boom in the 1950s, the administration building was expanded, and a generator system, coal and clay storage facilities were newly built. The flourishing business was reflected in the purchase of a liquefied gas system. In 1986 a fast firing furnace for decor firing and a plate nozzle dryer followed, and finally automated cycle lines for plates and cups.
On July 1, 1975, the company was restructured into a limited partnership .
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literature
- Beatrix Münzer-Glas: FoundersFamilies - Family startups. A contribution to the history of the porcelain industry in Northeast Bavaria (publications and catalogs of the German Porcelain Museum 75), Hohenberg an der Eger 2002. ISBN 3-927793-74-4 . Pp. 45-78.
- Ludwig Danckert: Handbuch des Europäische Porzellans , Prestel, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7913-1173-5 .