Körting Hannover
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- York Fusch, CEO
- Horst Wilms Meyer, Chairman of the Board
- Jet Pumps / Vacuum Technology
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Körting Hannover AG (formerly: Gebr Körting AG) is an apparatus engineering company headquartered in Hanover.
The company played the late 19th and early 20th century, a leader in Germany and Europe in the development of jet pumps, in particular steam jet pumps.
Even today manufactures Körting jet pump installations and based on them vacuum systems, as well as burner and equipment of thermal and chemical process engineering.
History
The company Gebrüder Körting was founded on 1 November 1871 by the brothers Berthold and Ernst Körting in Hanover. To this end, the brothers rented a small office and a small room on the backyard today Joachim Street 13 near the Hanover Central Station. Berthold took over the predominantly commercial, Serious technical leadership. The brothers started successfully with the development and patenting of the first functioning injectors. Initially, only two workers were employed.
Because of the ever-growing jobs, the company rented a factory in 1872 at the Celler Straße in today Oststadt. It consisted of two small administrative buildings with a 12 horsepower steam engine. There were 41 workers employed. The young company introduced steam and water jet pumps and the associated capacitors ago. 1874 already provided the small business 2000 jet projecting machines.
The company grew quickly and within a few years founded missions in Germany and neighboring European countries (London, Paris, Milan, Genoa, Barcelona, Wroclaw, Paris, Saint Petersburg and Vienna) and overseas (Philadelphia ). The first overseas branch business originated as " Körthing Brothers" in Manchester. 1874 America business was opened. 1880 working for the company 20 employees and 170 workers. The product range has been extended to central heating systems, gas scrubbers, gas, petrol and diesel engines, steam jet fire engines and basement pumps. In its newly designed ad, the company pointed to previous awards. Saugluftbremsen the Körting were found in many railways of the time. Körting built in 1910 and the first Holzwarth gas turbine.
1889 a new, larger factory was built with a large foundry and private power plant in Linden, where the company has its headquarters. In the immediate neighborhood was built in 1890 for employees a working class neighborhood with its own school, the so-called " Körting village". At its peak before the global economic crisis Körting employed about 1,700 workers and 400 salaried employees. The company was one of the largest employers in the Hanover region. During the First World War Körting set forth, among other grenade detonators and employed for many women.
In 1904 joined by marriage, the family Fusch in the company. Today the company Körting is in its fifth generation of family ownership Körting / Fusch.
The development of large gas engines in the early 20th century did not bring the hoped-for success for Körting, so that this branch was abandoned after a short time.
The product range has been continuously adapted during the 20th century, the core competence, the flow apparatus ( jet pumps, nozzles and burner ), has been further refined. In turn, the engine and turbine technology was scaled back and ultimately abandoned.
U 1, the first submarine of the German Imperial Navy (built in 1906), with petroleum motor Körting
Holzwarth gas turbine to the test at Körting (1909 )
Last houses of the village Körting
Token money over 10 billion dollars in 1923 during the German hyperinflation
Körting gas engine 1915
Körting gas engine 1915
Körting gas engine 1903
Körting gas engine 1903 - sectional view
Large two-stroke gas engine in 1906 after a patent by Ernst & Berthold Körting
Other personalities
- Sigmund Meyer ( engineer) ( 1873-1935 ), studied with the Brothers Körting
- Hans Werner, worked from 1904 to 1909 as an engineer at Körting