Schulz-Knaudt
| Sheet metal rolling mill Schulz Knaudt Actien-Gesellschaft |
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | December 19, 1855 |
| resolution | May 18, 1914 |
| Reason for dissolution | Merger with Mannesmannröhren-Werke |
| Seat | Essen , Germany |
| management | Carl Julius Schulz , Adolf Knaudt |
| Branch | Puddling and sheet metal rolling mill |
Schulz-Knaudt was a German company that was founded in 1855 under the name Puddling and sheet metal rolling mill Schulz, Knaudt & Cie. in Essen founded in 1889 as a plate mill Schulz Knaudt Actien Society for Aktiengesellschaft was converted; it was in 1914 by merger of the Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG over.
history
The original production facilities, built from 1856 onwards, were located in Essen in what is now the East Quarter near the city center between Berne Strasse, Varnhorststrasse, Steeler Strasse and the route of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn , on the left and right of the Hollestrasse, which at that time did not yet exist . In 1912 a new plant in Duisburg-Huckingen on the Rhine was put into operation and the facilities in Essen abandoned.
The company was founded on December 19, 1855 by the businessman Carl Julius Schulz and the engineer Adolf Knaudt in Essen with a capital of 60,000 thalers . The manufacture of welded iron began with two puddle ovens, which were supplied to machine factories in the form of forgings . The company made a name for itself especially through technical innovations in boiler construction . In 1866 it was the first factory to manufacture only drawn boiler bottoms using machines. Adolf Knaudt introduced water gas pressure welding. On March 21, 1879, the production of metal corrugated pipes began, so that in 1895 the completion of the 25,000. Wellrohres celebrated.
After the death of the founders, the company was converted into a stock corporation in 1889. Since the factory premises in Essen were insufficient, a larger area was acquired in 1907 in what was then Honnschaft Huckingen (in today's Duisburg district of Hüttenheim ). There were a 1910-1912 Siemens-Martin - steel mill , a plate mill and a pipe - and floor work (boiler floors) built.
On May 18, 1914, the merger with Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG took place , and the Huckinger factory was managed as the Schulz-Knaudt department within the group .
literature
- Horst A. Wessel : The development of the Huckinger iron and steel works , in: Bürgererverein Duisburg-Huckingen e. V. (Ed.): Huckinger Heimatbuch, Geschichte und Geschichte , Volume I, 2nd, extended edition, Duisburg 2009, pp. 119–184.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Memorial sheet for the completion of the 25,000. Corrugated pipe; Sheet metal rolling mill Schulz Knaudt AG, Essen, October 22, 1895 (in the Essen city archive)
- ↑ Adolf Knaudt and the factory production of floors, corrugated pipes and other sheet metal parts for steam boilers. In: Contributions to the history of technology and industry. Yearbook of the Association of German Engineers. Volume 1, 1909, p. 74.
- ↑ Tony Kellen: The industrial city of Essen in words and pictures. History and description of the city of Essen. At the same time a guide through Essen and the surrounding area. Essen Ruhr 1902, printed and published by Fredebeul & Koenen, pp. 103-104 ( online )
- ^ The Huckingen plant. Mannesmann-Hüttenwerke AG, Duisburg approx. 1970.
- ^ City of Duisburg (ed.): Monument to the settlement of Hüttenheim. Duisburg 2010, p. 9 ff. ( PDF , 3.4 MB).
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '14.2 " N , 7 ° 1' 9.9" E