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History of the company/bank and archive description for Freudenberg & Co.
History of the
company/bank:		 Freudenberg & Co. is the holding for all the companies of the worldwide operating Freudenberg Group. Its legal status is that of a limited partnership, with its shares completely in possession of the Freudenberg family.
Its product mix consists of packing- and vibration-technique, fleece materials, caoutchouc floor coverings, calfskin, shoes, household products and electromechanical components.
The company was founded in the year 1849 as a tannery under the name "Heintze & Freudenberg", 1874 renamed "Carl Freudenberg" and in 1921 was put into the newly founded "Freudenberg & Co." Holding. Since 1929 it diversified its product mix, in order to be able to cope with the economic crisis.
In 1995 the company Carl Freudenberg was split into autonomous limited partnerships. In 1996 the Freudenberg Group reached a turnover of over 5 Billion DM and had 26,000 employees.
Archive description The company archive was founded in the year 1962, to hold the valuable stock of the registry and to be able to document the complete history of the company.
The materials of the archive are arranged by a three-step decimal system and fully opened up by an electronic catalogue / computer database (Microsoft - Access).

Present materials:

  • files
  • photographs
  • videos
  • historical films of the company
  • tapes / cassettes
  • various objects (products of the company)
  • records of the family
  • photographs of the family
  • paintings of the family
  • paintings
  • slides
  • newspaper of the company (completely accessible by electronic data systems)
  • publications
  • a small library (commemorative publications and historical specialist books)
The archive holds materials from 1848 up to the present.
Publications
  • Pinnow , Hermann : 100 Jahre Carl Freudenberg. Frankfurt am Main 1949.
  • Wilderotter , Stefan : Richard Freudenberg. Liberaler Politiker und Unabhängiger Abgeordneter. Weinheim 1992.
  • Freudenberg , Reinhart : 150 Jahre Freudenberg. Festschrift. 1999.
Conditions of use On inquiry, access to the archive can be granted for scientific purposes.
No passing on of the results of research without permission of the archive.
A copy of the completed scientific publication is asked for internal use.

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