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1735 Foundry established
1753 Johann Jakob Gienanth takes a lease on the plant
1857 Company Health Insurance Fund established
1882 Administration building erected
1950 Production of large engine blocks
1964 Start of large-series production for the automotive
industry with DISA moulding plants
1988 Purchase of a foundry in England (Capacity: 5000t car castings/year)
1996 € 10m invested to double engine block production capacity for diesel
and gas engines between 0.5t and 6t
1997 Gebr. Gienanth-Eisenberg GmbH becomes a 100-per-cent subsidiary
of Fink Deutschland Holding GmbH
1998 Opening of a new foundry in England with an annual capacity of 30000t
of car castings and closure of the old British foundry
2002 Introduction of robots in hand moulding
2005 Purchase of the Fronberg Guss GmbH
2007 Closure of the English foundry
2008 Cognetas acquires Gebr. Gienanth-Eisenberg GmbH
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