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1928
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Heinrich Beyer (1903 - 1994) founded in the age of 25 years the Mittelrheinische Metallgiesserei Heinrich Beyer GmbH & Co. KJG and leaded his company till 1989, at first in loan rooms.
Registered in the Trade Register of Andernach
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| 1937 |
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Buy a property to built up a foundry in Andernach
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| 1938 |
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Additional areas are bought to extend the company. Construction of a hall, a storeroom, washrooms and lounges for the workmen and women and a new office house with appartment.
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| 1939 |
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Now 40 workers are emplyed in a modern a bright factory. Production of heavy and light metal mould castings for the industry and the handcraft.
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| 1944 |
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During the Christmas Days of 2nd World War the company was hit by a bomb. The office building was completely damaged and huge parts of the production hall and the equipment as well. But - Thank God - no human being.
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| 1944 |
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The factory is closed. The whole company and all buildings were requisitioned by the military administration and became a prisoners camp. After desbandment some people started with clearing of debris and repairing.
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| 1945 |
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10 - 15 workers started the work and first orders were delivered to the French occupation area.
A short time later the occupation authority started with the dismantling of all machines and equipments and transported everything to France.
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| 1947 |
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The factory and the halls are empty.
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| 1948 |
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Currency reform, disbandment of the sequestration.
With energy, heart, spirit and trust into the future Heinrich Beyer started again with the rebuilding of his company. 15 - 20 former workmen were again employed.
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| 1949 |
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The production could start again. The production of centrifugal casting started in own builded furnaces.
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| 1952 |
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A first branch in Germany was built up in Bielefeld
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| 1953- 1983 |
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Permanent expansion of the company in Andernach and enlarment of the materketing to national wide 14 offices and storehouses
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| 1960 |
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The production of continuous casting was added to meet now all the demands of customer requirements.
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| 1978 |
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Heinrich Beyer celebrated his 50th Company jubilee and his 60th profession jubilee as owner of the foundry BEYER.
240 men and women are employed
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| 1980 |
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The central storehouse in Andernach has more then 1000 tons. of tubes, bars and profiles in stock.
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| 1988 |
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The town of Andernach honoured Heinrich Beyer with the freedom of the citiy because of his merit and spirit of boss of his enterprise
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| 1990 |
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310 workers are employed
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| 1992 |
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The expansion of the company is now finished. The area of the whole factory in Andernach has now more then 40000 square meters.
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| 1994 |
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The founder Heinrich Beyer died in the age of 91 years.
The company will be continued by his son, Heinrich Beyer jr.
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| 1999 |
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The company received the Quality Managment System Certification DQS DIN EN ISO 9001
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| 2001 |
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A new investment has been done. A new huge storehouse of non-ferrous metals semi-finished products and an office building was built in Gütersloh. The branch in Bielefeld is closed. Everybody removed in a new and modern logisitc centre.
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