Viessmann model technology
The Viessmann model GmbH , founded in 1988, is a manufacturer of model railway accessories and especially known for its shape and light models as well as for its overhead lines. The company headquarters is in Hatzfeld, Hesse .
history
Viessmann Modelltechnik GmbH was founded in 1988 by Wieland Viessmann and his brother Hubertus Viessmann. Until then, Wieland Viessmann worked as a designer for production machines and as manager of storage and conveyor technology at the Viessmann boiler works.
The growth of the young company finally culminated in the opening of a manufacturing plant in Hungary in 1993. This was intended to lower production costs compared to manufacturing in Germany and to secure the further course of expansion. At the end of 2009 Viessmann initially continued the production of the insolvent Kibri (Kindler & Briel GmbH) and finally took over the entire production and the Kibri brand at the beginning of 2010. The previous Kibri plant in Schopfloch was closed and production relocated to Hungary and Romania.
When operations at the Stuttgart company Vollmer were discontinued in 2014, Viessmann also took over the Vollmer brand and its product range. Since then, production has also taken place in Hungary and Romania.
Products
Model railway accessories such as signals and lights in nominal sizes 0 , H0 , TT , N and Z as well as electrical and electronic components for model railway control are offered under the Viessmann brand . The range also includes overhead lines in sizes H0, TT and N. Viessmann has also been offering powered rail construction vehicles and moving figures for a number of years.
The Kibri product range mainly includes building models and construction vehicles in sizes H0, N and Z.
The range of the Vollmer brand primarily includes building models and brick objects (walls, tunnel portals, etc.) in sizes G, H0, TT, N and Z (brick also in gauge 0), and some figures and vehicles in H0 and N.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Modellbahn aktuell, April 23, 2015 .
- ↑ tour de force in terms Kibri: Viessmann production takes over in Hungary .
- ↑ Viessmann press release, January 25, 2010 ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 920 kB).
- ↑ Press release from Susanne Vollmer and Viessmann: Vollmer lives on! . In: catalog.lokshop.de , August 11, 2014, (PDF, 2 pages, 67 kB).
