Paint factory - Katzauer brothers

The Katzauer brothers founded the "Lack- und Farbengroßhandlung Gebrüder Katzauer" in 1896. Initially still a trading business, they began producing their own window putty and various lime paints at the end of the 19th century. The acquisition of a 20-hectare site in Talstrasse in the early 1920s also laid the foundation for the chemical production of inorganic pigments. With this product range, the Bruchsaler Farbenfabrik achieved an international breakthrough. In 1938, in the course of the so-called "Aryanization," the company owners Katzauer and Levi were deprived of the power to dispose of their company. The families managed to emigrate to the USA. In 1949, the company was transferred back to its former owners.