HITIAG
HITIAG (Hanf-, Jute- und Textilindustrie-Aktiengesellschaft) was founded in 1869 by Paul Pacher von Theinburg as the first Austrian jute spinning and weaving mill in Vienna-Simmering. Five years later, a jute factory was acquired in Floridsdorf, followed by the establishment of a jute spinning and weaving mill in Budapest in 1882.
History
Growth until 1928
In 1899, the company was integrated into the Bodencreditanstalt Group.
In the last year of the First World War, a paper factory in Neudeck, a jute factory in Trieste and stakes in a jute factory in Bielitz and a textile loom factory in Eger were acquired. This was followed in 1919 by a founding participation in the Pielachberger Hanfspinnerei und Bindfadenfabrik Ges.m.b.H. near Melk and the takeover of the first Austrian mechanical hemp spinning mill, twine and rope factory Lieser & Duschnitz in Neuda.
At the beginning of the 1920s, the group spanned six countries and had 6,500 employees. In 1922, the First Hungarian Jute Spinning and Weaving Mill in Neufeld an der Leitha, founded in October 1889, was also taken over. In 1928, the workforce in Neufeld peaked at 1988.
Nazi Era
Postwar
Fortunately, the company suffered no damage during the Second World War, so that production in Neufeld resumed soon after the end of the war. After 1945, the shares outside Austria were lost.
Shrinkage after 1951
In 1959, the Vienna plants were shut down and the machines were transported to Neufeld and Neuda.
In 1971/72, the jute spinning and weaving mill in Neufeld was shut down and a factory for finishing textile yarn was set up with the remaining machines and a German partner from the textile finishing company Schroers (since 2007 TAG Composites & Carpets GmbH); HITIAG held 50 percent of the successor company AUTEXA.Parts of the former HITIAG factory buildings had already been used as a production site by Myrtle Mill, now Österreichische Kuvertindustrie Ges.m.b.H., since 1972; in 1989 this production was relocated to Hirm.
On July 31, 1985, the existence of the HITIAG company in Neufeld ended with the bankruptcy of the AUTEXA company. In 1996, the demolition of the former factory halls began and in September 1997 a monument was erected from the clock tower of the former HITIAG: The clock tower was depicted as if the entire factory had sunk and only the same one was still protruding. The monument is intended to remind future generations of the industrial heyday of the former industrial stronghold of Neufeld
In 1995, Lambacher Hitiag AG's turnover fell by half to ATS 266.45 million. At this time, the company consisted only of Lambacher Hitiag AG as the parent company of August Kohl & Wäntig Seilerwaren-Handels-GesmbH (Vienna) and Karolina Kft.).[1]
Relocations after 2001
In 2001, the plant in Neuda was closed and wet yarn production was transferred to the Tolna plant, followed by the closure of production in Stadl-Paura, where only the headquarters of Lambacher Hitiag Leinen AG remained.
The current company name is LHL Immobilien Beteiligungs-GmbH[2]
Literature
- Manfred Zwirner: Handwerkliche und industrielle Textilspinnerei im Bezirk Melk.
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