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WMF was originally called Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer and was opened as a metal repairing workshop. Through mergers and acquisitions, by 1900 they were the world's largest producer and exporter of household metalware, mainly in the Jugendstil, or Art Nouveau style, designed in the WMF Art Studio under Albert Mayer, sculptor and designer, who was director from 1884 to 1914.
Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik: 4,500 Metalware Fiedler 89. Deutsche Bank: 4,439 Banking Fiedler 90. Buderus'sche Eisenwerke 4,400 Steel Kocka & Siegrist 91. Vereinigte Gummiwaaren-Fabrik 4,320 Rubber Fiedler 92. Oberschlesische Kokswerke & Chemische Fabrik 4,259 Coal products and chemicals Kocka & Siegrist 93. Graf Bismarck Gewerkschaft ...
The leading industrial enterprise is the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) founded in 1852, a world-renowned manufacturer of goods for kitchen and table. Much older than the "artificial" foundation of Geislingen are two present-day districts, Altenstadt and Rorgensteig.
The monument, which inspired the design of the Bismarck Monument in Cologne, amongst others, had to be galvanised with a layer of bronze for reasons of durability shortly before Bismarck's 100th anniversary in 1915. This was carried out by the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Geislingen an der Steige.
English: Mosaic with the mark of the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (Metalware Factory of Wuerttemberg), façade of the former WMF Building, Leipziger Straße / Mauerstraße, Berlin Date 6 September 2011
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In April 1941, Leipzig radio equipment construction was affiliated with the Berlin company as Löwe-Radio AG, Leipzig plant. In the same year, Löwe also took over the Peter Grassmann Metallwarenfabrik in Berlin. From August 1, 1942, the branch was called Opta Radio AG, Leipzig plant, analogous to the parent company.
The Württemberg Class K steam locomotives of the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) were the only twelve-coupled locomotives built for a German railway company.