Scientific and technical workshops
Scientific-Technical Workshops GmbH
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legal form | GmbH |
founding | September 1, 1945 |
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Weilheim in Upper Bavaria Germany![]() |
The Wissenschaftlich-Technische Werkstätten GmbH (WTW) was a medium-sized German company based in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria , which was founded in 1945 by Karl Eugen Slevogt . In January 2010 the company became part of the ITT Cooperation and after its split in 2011, WTW became a subsidiary of Xylem Analytics .
history
On September 1, 1945, Karl E. Slevogt went into business for himself and founded the “Engineering Office for Electrophysics and Processing” in Wessobrunn. The first fields of activity were on farms in the area, where repair work of all kinds was carried out. Shortly thereafter, Slevogt started manufacturing radios.
By mid-1946, the company, which until 1949 was housed in the property of a master mechanic from Wessobrunn, had four employees. At this time, the “Thassilo” radio series developed by Slevogt was also created there. He had the chassis manufactured by the Zarges company , and wooden housings by carpenters. In 1947 the annual production of Thassilo radios was around 200 pieces.
In 1948 Karl Eugen Slevogt renamed his company WTW Scientific and Technical Workshops and the engineering office became a GmbH. At the same time, after the demand for his radios decreased, he was looking for new business ideas and products.
The first measuring instrument that WTW developed in 1948 was an OK measuring device for determining the so-called dielectric constant (OK), or decameter for short. A first sample of this device has already been successfully marketed. The first buyers were the Hüls chemical works . The first step for further business success was thus taken.
In the following year, 1949, a decameter was developed that was specially designed to measure the moisture of tobacco. Slevogt was able to successfully market this to a German and later also to a European tobacco product manufacturer.
In the following period, the WTW company developed a large number of other measuring and analysis instruments and devices. In 1954, Slevogt was able to introduce the first WTW ph measuring device onto the market. In the same year, he moved the company's headquarters from Wessobrunn to Polling to its current location, which was included in the area of the city of Weilheim i.OB as part of the municipal reform.
In 1965 WTW brought the first gel-filled, electrochemical oxygen sensor onto the market. For the first time, oxygen could be measured over several months with this sensor (with an electrolyte filling).
With the continued success of the company, the space requirement at the company location also increased. The company, which is now active worldwide, was therefore expanded in 1963 with a research and development building, in 1971 with the so-called Valentiner Hall (assembly hall) and in 1976 with an administration and construction building.
In memory of its company founder, WTW GmbH named its extension, which was completed in spring 1990, "Dr.-Karl-Slevogt-Haus". The main access road to the WTW company, which was built in the spring of 1993, was named "Dr.-Karl-Slevogt-Straße" by the city of Weilheim i.OB.
In January 2010 the company became part of the ITT Cooperation and after its split in 2011, WTW became a subsidiary of Xylem Analytics .
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- Mrs. Eva Slevogt (wife of Karl Eugen Slevogt )
- Mrs. Petra Slevogt (daughter of Karl Eugen Slevogt)
- Mr. Max Slevogt (son of Petra Slevogt)
- Article in the magazine Funkgeschichte, volume 25 in 2002, number 145, pages 249 to 252, company history WTW
Web links
- Website "dr-slevogt.de" (Dr. rer. Nat. Habil. Karl Eugen Slevogt - founder of the Wissenschaftlich-Technische Werkstätten GmbH WTW)
- Gerhard Turba: scientist, entrepreneur, person. Münchner Merkur, April 25, 2009.
- A trip into the history of technology for the 70-year-old. Münchner Merkur, July 20, 2015.
- Radiomuseum Lucerne Foundation - search term wtwwess
- Thassilo radio