Production

The company, founded by Theordor Schuchardt in 1865, quickly grew from a few employees in a small building in Muskau to a production area in Görlitz of over 8,000 square meters by 1876. After the death of the company founder in 1892,  the business was taken over by his son-in-law Dr. Albert Weil, Kommerzienrat, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Honorary Senator of the TH Breslau üb.

The beginnings of the Ephraim hardware store date back to the middle of the 19th century. In 1902 the company moved to the site with a railway siding behind the Schützenhaus on Zittauer Strasse. Iron and iron structures of the Ephraim Eisenhandlung were used for well-known new buildings in Gürlitz before 1914: hospital, new barracks, hall of fame, joint-stock brewery, town hall, department store, town theater and also the hall complex of the Ephraim Eisenhandelsgesellschaft at the Schützenhaus in Gürlitz Südstadt.

The name Arnade in Görlitz is permanently associated with the suitcase factory. Its roots go back to 1872. At that time, the 28-year-old company founder Julius Arnade founded a leather goods and suitcase factory. Ten employees were producing until a fire in 1876 on Peterstra;e in the old town. Julius Arnade used the misfortune to rebuild the company on a larger scale in Moys. The upswing of the founding years and the increasing possibilities for travel favored his business.

In the address book for Munich 1876, the following entry is found in the alphabetical list of residents - Wassermann Elkan, owner of the spirit, brandy, liqueur and vinegar factory Max Wassermann Compt, Sendlingerstr.82. - Factory Sendlingerstr.82, Spitalstr. 9 and Thalkirchnerstr. 33.Factory Sendlingerstr.82, Spitalstr. 9 and Thalkirchnerstr. 33 - Läden Sebastiansplatz 4 - Zweibrückenstr. 22  and Sendlingerthorplatz 1a. - Kommerzienrat Max Wassermann (1825-1885) was the founder and head of the Max Wassermann spirit, brandy, liqueur and vinegar factory.

In 1876, the brothers Max and Detmar Schwarz founded the company Samuel Schwarz Sarns, Mechanical Weaving Mill at 6 Zeulenrodaer Strasse. Her father Samuel Schwarz (1810-1889) settled in Greiz in 1840 as one of the first Jewish businessmen. In 1894 Detmar Schwarz left the company and left Greiz, whereupon his brother renamed the company „Samuel Schwarz Sohn, Offene Handelsgesellschaft“. After the death of Max Schwarz in 1922, the company was transformed into a limited partnership.

Simon Felsenstein and Sigmund Mainzer founded a pewter workshop in Nürnberg in 1886. From 1904 they began to produce pewter on a larger scale under the name  " Norica ". Around 1918, the company was taken over by the brothers Bing - " Bingit Zinn " übern.