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- Jan 20, 2014
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- 398
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- Location
- Kamp-Lintfort/Germany
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- www.tomvandutch.de
After the recordings had been slumbering on the HDD for a few years, I have now come to edit them.
The company was founded in Kohlfuhrt in 1827, employed over 1,000 people in the 20th century and was the largest factory in the city.
At the beginning they made boot irons, then various knives (table and slaughter knives) and later saws, chop and beet knives.
At the beginning of the 20th century, mainly rapidly wearing spare parts for agricultural machines were produced.
There was a 1,200-page spare parts catalog that included almost 30,000 items.
Even before the Second World War, mowers were manufactured for the increasingly widespread tractors. Machine knives for cutting meat, bread and vegetables were also produced.
After the war, the company was very successful with the supply business as an original equipment manufacturer in combine harvester production.
Thanks to new cutting techniques, sales declined massively from 1960 onwards.
With the production of new rotary and drum mowers, however,
Rasspe only managed to partially compensate for the decline in sales. Automatic knotters for hay and straw presses were also further developed and in turn were able to partially compensate for the enormous sales losses in the broken-down sales areas of the mounted mowers and their accessories.
Ultimately, the decrease in agricultural holdings in Germany and Europe contributed to the fact that Rasspe had to cut back production and lay off staff.
By 1995 the number of employees had dropped to just 300.
In 1999, bankruptcy had to be registered and a competitor took over the ailing company. With only 150 employees, the 175th anniversary could be celebrated in
which had grown too large, was abandoned in 2009 and the company moved to neighboring Wermelskirchen.
Today, with 128 employees, various components for agricultural machinery are manufactured. These include mower blades, straw chopper blades and rotary mower blades as well as twine and wire knotters for stationary and drawn presses that are used to bind straw and other products.
The city is planning a business park on the former, 60,000 square meter production site.
The monumental main building and the warehouse building on the main street are said to be preserved and were listed as historical monuments at the end of 2014.
A large part of the site has now been cleared and the demolition of the buildings has already begun.
2002.
The company was founded in Kohlfuhrt in 1827, employed over 1,000 people in the 20th century and was the largest factory in the city.
At the beginning they made boot irons, then various knives (table and slaughter knives) and later saws, chop and beet knives.
At the beginning of the 20th century, mainly rapidly wearing spare parts for agricultural machines were produced.
There was a 1,200-page spare parts catalog that included almost 30,000 items.
Even before the Second World War, mowers were manufactured for the increasingly widespread tractors. Machine knives for cutting meat, bread and vegetables were also produced.
After the war, the company was very successful with the supply business as an original equipment manufacturer in combine harvester production.
Thanks to new cutting techniques, sales declined massively from 1960 onwards.
With the production of new rotary and drum mowers, however,
Rasspe only managed to partially compensate for the decline in sales. Automatic knotters for hay and straw presses were also further developed and in turn were able to partially compensate for the enormous sales losses in the broken-down sales areas of the mounted mowers and their accessories.
Ultimately, the decrease in agricultural holdings in Germany and Europe contributed to the fact that Rasspe had to cut back production and lay off staff.
By 1995 the number of employees had dropped to just 300.
In 1999, bankruptcy had to be registered and a competitor took over the ailing company. With only 150 employees, the 175th anniversary could be celebrated in
which had grown too large, was abandoned in 2009 and the company moved to neighboring Wermelskirchen.
Today, with 128 employees, various components for agricultural machinery are manufactured. These include mower blades, straw chopper blades and rotary mower blades as well as twine and wire knotters for stationary and drawn presses that are used to bind straw and other products.
The city is planning a business park on the former, 60,000 square meter production site.
The monumental main building and the warehouse building on the main street are said to be preserved and were listed as historical monuments at the end of 2014.
A large part of the site has now been cleared and the demolition of the buildings has already begun.
2002.
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