Armaturen- und Metallwerke
Zöblitz GmbH
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Bahnhofstraße 16 | D-09496 Marienberg OT Zöblitz
phone:
+49 (0) 3 73 63/4 80-0
fax:
+49 (0) 3 73 63/4 80-90
Our Company
This page will provide you with an insight into our history
15.09.1884
Foundation stone laid for factory building and apartment by Carl Heinrich Eduard Leichsenring,
as his
previous facilities ‘Metallwaren Ringk & Leichsenring’ burned dow
1905
Acquisition of the Company by Johannes Constanz Walter Heinze after its founder Leichsenring
deceased, on 21st July 1904
05.02.1917
Acquisition of the company by Peter Gluth from Nürnberg, who changed the company name to
‘Wemag
Werkzeuge und Maschinenfabrik Peter Gluth’. The company went into bankruptcy in 1920.
14. Juli 1922
Acquisition of the company by Metallwerke Zöblitz Aktiengesellschaft (‘MZAG’), which was
founded by
Jörgen Skafke Rasmussen for the purpose of manufacturing of turned parts with 20 employees.
1927
Diversification of product range with ERMETO-pipe fittings, which were produced under own
license
until 1945
1935 – 1936
Commencement of a new two -floor production building called ‘Valve building’
1937
Major employer in the region Zöblitz/ Marienberg with almost 1.200 employees (Zöblitz 852/
Marienberg 350)
1938 – 1945
Involved in the Armaments industry during World War Two.
1945
Production facilities dismantled due to reparations.
Total factory shut down was avoided by Dr. Ove Rasmussen and his executive board.
1946
Continuation of business with production of turned parts and repair work (30 workers)
1950
New products introduced to the market – 15 types of shut off valves in 35 different versions.
Metallwerke Zöblitz AG taken over and controlled by the German Democratic Republic until
1992.
1957
Continuation with valves and turned parts as ‘Metallwerke Zöblitz Verwaltungsbetrieb’, and later
as VEB
Pneumatik Zöblitz (Holding company VEB Kombinat ORSTA-Hydraulik). Jobs generated for 600
employees.
1973 – 1975
Construction and completion of administration building.
1973
The company continues to exist under the name VEB Armaturenwerk Zöblitz (Holding company
VEB
Magdeburger Armaturenwerke ‘Karl Marx’ – Armaturenkombinat (MAW)) until the unification of
Germany.
1974
Commencement of the production of heating fittings made of brass until 1982.
1984 – 1986
Construction and completion of new production building with 1.000 square meter production
facilities
Mai 1990
Restructured into Armaturenwerk Zöblitz GmbH and administered by the Privatisation Agency
Okt 1993
Liquidation of the Armaturenwerk Zöblitz GmbH
Jan to Jun
Jost Braukmann a private investor acquired the company as production facility for the section
valves
1994
division of SAXONIA Systemtechnik GmbH, Wiesa. Systemtechnik GmbH, Wiesa - Bereich
Armaturen
01. July 1994
Business recommenced as Armaturen- und Metallwerke Zöblitz GmbH under managing director
and major shareholder Karl-Heinz Börner with 32 employees.
1999
Product range of safety valves extended with the launch of the SVW 15
2000
Valves and Valve combinations for nuclear power plants (KKW) introduced to the market
2008
Shut off valves with DVGW (German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water)
approval
up to – 40°C and + 250 bar launched
2009
Machining of new materials Hastelloy and Inconel established, apart from standard materials like
brass, steel and stainless steel
2010
Start of a new production line:
Mechanical Processing of customized casted sacred art -
Bronze and Aluminium
2015
Construction and completion of a additional production building
2017
Expansion of production capacities by purchasing modern CNC-long turning machines
