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History
"Market-oriented development ? yesterday and today"
ELBE, a medium-sized company based in the Greater Stuttgart area, has been producing high-quality grinding tools for over 100 years.
An acute sense of tradition and progress is the driving force of the company; these two principles complement each other perfectly at ELBE. Decades of experience paired with modern production technologies will give the customer the required confidence in the quality of their products."
Timeline
1861
Birth of the company founder, Friedrich Elbe
1872
Birth of Berta Maier, future wife of Friedrich Elbe
1889
Establishment of an abrasives factory that started with the small-scale manufacture of bonded abrasive stones made from abrasive powder and other natural grinding raw materials
1893
Birth of daughter Julie, future wife of Theodor Schreiber
1895
Construction of the first factory building on Austrasse in Bietigheim-Bissingen
1896
Birth of daughter Erna, future wife of Hanns Falkenroth
1898
Birth of son Hermann
1899
Expansion of the production facility through an affiliation with a separate grinding mill where raw materials were ground and sieved until 1930
1917
Death of son Hermann
1920
Entry of Theodor Schreiber into the Elbe company
1924
Death of the company founder Friedrich Elbe and takeover of management by son-in-law and engineer Theodor Schreiber
1939
Establishment of a benevolent fund with additional pension scheme
1948
The nephews of Theodor Schreiber, Mr. Gottfried Traub and Mr. Gerhard Schreiber, join the company and take over its management
1955
Changeover from ceramic ovens to innovative gas-heated ovens
ca. 1960
Suspension of production for the manufacture of simple grinding tool types (e.g., grindstones)
1960
Strategic shift to the manufacture of high-quality precision grinding tools for modern grinding processes
1965
Additional line of production with the manufacture of shaped abrasives for drum and barrel grinding methods
1968
Death of Theodor Schreiber
1989
100-year celebration
1992
Handover of management to Dr. Hans-Jörg Natusch
Since 2007 New management under Mr. Horst Häberle
