VEB neon technology

Neon sign Minol

Illuminated Berlin Schönefeld Airport

Neon sign "Plastic and Elastic" at the Elbe bridge near Vockerode. GDR. circa 1984

The VEB Neontechnik was a state-owned enterprise in Halle (Saale) . In the GDR and Eastern Bloc countries he was one of the largest manufacturers of illuminated advertising .

Major projects in particular were implemented. The VEB was spun off as an independent company from DEWAG (German Advertising and Advertising Company ) in 1962 and was incorporated into the "Kombinat Elektrotechnik" in 1985 as part of austerity measures.

Neontechnik developed numerous well-known neon advertising such as the capital letters at Schönefeld Airport, the "Plaste und Elaste aus Schkopau" plaque based on a design by Siegfried Berthmann on the bridge near Vockerode over the Elbe of the A9 motorway for the Buna-Werke . The installation is now part of the collection of the German Historical Museum . The GDR petrol stations Minol were also equipped with neon advertising from VEB Neontechik. Further examples are the large illuminated logos of Messe Leipzig and the ORWO advertisements. In the period of transition until 1992, Mr. Schwarzbach was in charge of day-to-day business. In particular, the large order for newer roof structures for all miniature filling stations would have ensured the company a livelihood for years. VEB Neontechnik in the Kombinat Elektrotechnik was privatized in the course of the turnaround. After the trust settlement, Siegfried Urbscheid and Jürgen Riebele won the bidding process. These indebted the company disproportionately, so that bankruptcy was brought about. Due to the debts, no new investor or buyer of the factory could be found, so an insolvency administrator appointed a tenant. After the bankruptcy, parts of the workforce and parts of the inventory were taken over by the Alpha Signs Group. In 1997 the production of this one main tenant was outsourced and the VEB Neontechnik site has since been used for youth culture projects. The insolvency administrator sold the neon technology in 2008 to Gabriel Machemer , who now runs the Hühnermanhattan venue there .

Realized projects of VEB Neontechnik

place	Year of manufacture	image	source
Berlin	1987	Historic neon sign, Narva, tower conversion near Warsaw train station, Berlin	Detail of the construction plan
Berlin	1980	Historic neon sign	Detail of the construction plan
Leipzig	1981	former front advertising, Leipzig
Leipzig	1981	Former front advertising center department store, Leipzig
Magdeburg	1987	former neon signs of the Hotel International in Magdeburg	Detail of the construction plan
Leipzig	1986		Detail of the construction plan
Leipzig	1979	former roof structure, Leipzig	Detail of the construction plan
Leipzig	1986	The former consumer department store at Brühl in Leipzig	Detail of the construction plan
Erfurt	around 1970, renewed in 1986	In Erfurt, Willy Brandt went to the window near the Pilsner Urquell advertisement	Detail of the construction plan
Erfurt	around 1970, renewed in 1981		Detail of the construction plan

Web links

• Example of illuminated advertising from VEB Neontechnik
• Reuse of the site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inventory number: 1991/627
2. ↑ Report of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung on March 26, 1993. Rosendahl, Ingolf: Why concepts-isn't a parrot enough?
3. ↑ The reference to this advertisement can be seen in a brochure from 1990, it is in the VEB Neontechnik archive
4. ^ State Insurance of the GDR, neon sign Leipzig station 1986 reference to the neon sign at Leipzig main station Google Books. In: Barbara Eggenkämper, Gerd Modert, Stefan Pretzlik: The State Insurance of the GDR. Beck Verlag, Munich 2010. p. 110
5. ^ Willy Brandt next to the Pilsner Urquellreklame Erfurt-Web.de, In. Steffen Raßloff (ed.): "Willy Brandt to the window!" The Erfurt summit in 1970 and the history of the "Erfurter Hof" (publications of the association for the history and antiquity of Erfurt. Vol. 6). Jena 2007.