Soennecken

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The company Soennecken is a German office product manufacturer. Its products are well-known in the anglo-saxon world, in North America, Australia and also India. Founded by Friedrich Soennecken in 1875, the name was registrated as trade mark in 1905. Soennecken is the synonym for the development of the pen, binder and the punch. Due to bankruptcy, the trademark is owned by the BRANION EG since 1973. Today the enterprise offers a variety of office products.

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1883: Soennecken employs 30 workers and packman, acquisition of area from Poppelsdorf, now Bonn
1887: extension of the factory
1896: A new building is inaugurated
1898: New building for furniture production
1903/1904: Completion furniture factory Soenneckenfeld
1909: New building in Poppelsdorf: Soenneckenfeld
1910: Participation at the World's Fair Brussels with awards
1911: Soenneckens son, Engineer Alfred Soennecken is active in the company
Purchase of Shannon Zeiss registration department company Berlin
1913 export branches in Berlin, Leipzig, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Paris
72,000 goods packages are sent into all world
Purchase of the feather/spring factory Schaper in Iserlohn
1919: Death of Friedrich Soenneckens
1920ies: Enterprise employs approx. 1000 coworkers
1973: bankruptcy
1983: BRANION EG buys the exclusive trademark rights