Time travel: 1923 - 1933

It All Began with Flexible Cables for Attachments

Time line
1923  Christian Trumpf and two partners acquire Julius Geiger GmbH, a machine shop in Stuttgart.
The company’s founder Christian Trumpf (photo from 1950) Machine shop Julius Geiger GmbH in Stuttgart
The company's first logo was based on its product: flexible shafts.

These were initially manufactured for dental and printing use. With the invention of the motor drive they were also produced and distributed for industrial purposes – for the machining of metal and wood.

Product catalogue from 1927
 
1927  Julius Geiger GmbH has 70 employees.

Growth of the firm necessitates a move to larger production premises. In 1933 the company moves to the Stuttgart suburb of Weilimdorf.

 
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