May 1, 1911.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD. 



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Some Rubber Interests in Europe. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GREAT COKPOKATION. 



The Veruinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Giunniiwarcn-Fabrikeu 

 Gelnhausen, near Frankfort-on-the-Main, in a handsomely 

 printed and artistically illustrated sixteen-page publication (12 

 X 18 inches) shows pictorially and describes in appropriate text, 

 the growth of its immense plant from its first establishment in 

 1869, by Messrs. Bergeon, Boeger & Ktibig at Frankfort-on-thc- 

 Main — Sachsenhatiscn, where they commenced, on a modest 

 scale the manufacture of surgical and technical rubber goods, 

 to the colossal plant of today, with its great factories at Geln- 

 hausen, at Gross-Lichterfelde, near Berlin, at Grottau, Bohemia, 

 and Dresden, Sa.xonr. 



A former mill, located in a spacious landed territory, was 

 the nucleus of the present great plant at Gelnhausen, and as 

 the business grew and various branches were added, the other 

 plants were established ; the Bolieniian factory being established 

 especially with a view to the supply of the markets of Austria- 

 Hungary, Italy and the Levant. 



Today, the capital of this great business, which employs about 

 2,000 workpeople and manufactures everything in the shape 



Vkrei.vigtk Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaren Fabriken. 

 (Gelnhausen Works.) 



of technical and surgical goods in hard and soft rubber, is 

 3,500,000 marks ($833,000). 



The Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaren fabriken, 

 Berlin, held its general meeting recently in that city, at which 

 the dividend for tlie past year, payable immediately, was fixed 

 at 9 per cent. The prices of raw rubber were represented as still 

 unsettled and although the factories were reported as fairly busy, 

 the prices of rubber goods were stated to be very low. 



GERMANY. 



The "Astra" Fabrikation und Vertrieb chcm. pharm. Prjiparate, 

 G. m. b. H., has removed its headquarters from Cologne to 

 Bad Homburg. 



Poppe & Wirt A. G., Berlin, manufacturing linoleum and rub- 

 ber, report business satisfactory during the first year of its ex- 

 istence as a joint stock corporation. An 8 per cent, dividend 

 is proposed and the listing of the company's securities on the 

 stock exchange will be suggested to the next general meeting. 



Nord Deutsche Gummi und Gutta percha warcn-Fabrik, for- 

 merly Fonrohert & Reimann. At the general meeting, president 

 Julius Klopstock referred at length to the unsatisfactory re- 

 sult of last year's business, which he attributed to the high 

 prices of rubber, the effects of a strike, and to the fact that 

 the necessary supply of crude rubber had not been provided 

 for filling the contracts. The result, according to an actuary's 

 report, was a depreciation of 180,000 marks in the company's 

 financial standing since 1908. There were, however, said the 



president, no grounds for apprehension as to tl^^ company's con- 

 dition, and steps had been taken to prevent a recurrence of 

 tlie luifavorable circumstances. The retiring member of the 

 Board of Trustees, was re-elected. 



Gummiwerkc F'ulda, Akt. T-es. For the second year of its 

 existence, as a joint stock coi ,. jration, this company, after writ- 

 ing oflf 143,960 marks ($34,170) reports the comparatively large 

 deficit of 143,.S75 marks ($34,170). Last year, the company made 

 a profit of 101,896 marks, and paid a dividend of 4 per cent. 

 Flerr Fritz Crcmer has been appointed a director of the com- 

 pany. 



The jubilee celebration of the 25 years' active connection 



Wilhelm Siekcke. 



of Herr Direktor Wilhelm Siercke with the Hannoversche 

 Gummi-Kamni-Co., Aktiengersellschaft, of Hanover, look place 

 recently. He has been on the board of the company as com- 

 mercial director, since the beginning of 1902. 



Hannoversche Gummi Kamm Co., Act. Ges. Frankfort-on-the- 

 Main, has removed from its former place of business in that 

 city to much more spacious quarters at Nidda Strasse, 74, near 

 [he main railroad station, where they will be able to carry a 

 stock commensurate with their steadily increasing business. The 

 Board of Directors recommended the distribution of a dividend 

 of 25 per cent., same as last year. 



Mannheimer Gummi-Guttapercha und Asbest fabrik A. -G. 

 Mannheim, will pay a dividend of 10 per cent. The profits for 

 the past year equalled those of the preceding twelve months, 

 in spite of the increased price of raw rubber and the dissolu- 

 tion of the asbestos syndicate. 



Deutsche Kabelwerke, Berlin-Rummelsburg. The directors 

 have decided to pay a dividend of 8 per cent., as compared with 

 7 per cent, for last year. 



The house of A. W. Faber, Stein, near Nuremberg, Bavaria, 

 famous the world over as manufacturers of lead pencils, will 

 celebrate, this year, the ISOth anniversary of its establishment. 

 To commemorate the event they are placing on the market a 

 Jubilee pencil of exceptionally good quality and attractive appear- 

 ance and they announce the fact in an illuminated folder of 

 artistic design and exccutio?i, which they are sending to their 

 customers and friends. 



