Soennecken

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.

Timeline

* 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

External links

* [http://www.soennecken.de/ Website of the company Soennecken]
* [http://www.poppelsdorf.de/poppelsdorfer__heimatsammlung_soennecken.htm pictures of historical punch, penholder and advertising of the company Soennecken]