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Vintage Csepel motorcycle metal sign Weiss Manfréd Steel and Metal Works Hungary
Vintage Csepel motorcycle metal sign Weiss Manfréd Hungary 1920-1930`
Original metal sign fromManfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works of HungarySize: 90X70 cm
History :
TheWeiss Manfréd Acél- és Fémművek(\"Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works\"), or colloquiallyCsepel Művek(\"Csepel Works\") was one of the largestmachine factoriesinHungary, located onCsepelisland outside Budapest. It was the second largest industrial enterprise in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and the biggest industrial enterprise in the Hungarian half of the Empire. It played an integral role in the heavy industry and military production of theAustro-Hungarian Monarchy. Founded byBaron Manfréd Weiss of Csepel, a Jewish industrialist, by the time ofWorld War Ithe company was one of largest defense contractors inAustria-Hungary,producing all types of equipment, from airplanes and munitions to automotive engines and cars, cycles, motorcycles. Badly damaged by Allied air raids and eventually pillaged duringWorld War II, the company continued in existence until 1950, when it was nationalised and renamed toRákosi Mátyás Vas- és Fémművek(\"Mátyás RákosiIron and Metal Works NV\", where \"NV\" meansNemzeti Vállalat, \"National Company\").
In late 19th century the company, by then owned exclusively by Manfréd Weiss, expanded into production of ammunition for theAustro-Hungarian Army.The new factory produced all types of ammo, fromrifle cartridgesto artillery shells for land forces and theAustro-Hungarian Navy.Thus Manfréd Weiss became one of the principal defence contractors for the Hungarian part of the empire, his main competitor being the state-owned steel mill inDiósgyőr, theDiósgyőr-Vasgyár.In 1906 the company was supported by Hungarian Society of Industrialists, who started to lobby for a new law that would allow state-owned companies to produce only the products unobtainable from private companies.With such support, the Manfréd Weiss Works soon emerged as the largest firm on the market.Another boost in company\'s history came in 1911, when Austria-Hungary significantly expanded its military budget and army size (from 877,000 to 1.57 million men at arms during peacetime).The public orders allowed the company to quickly expand the ammunition production and establish additional factories: new steel and iron furnaces, new copper, nickel and aluminium installations. Production capacity was growing and soon the firm became one of the principal sources of ammunition for the armies ofKingdom of Serbia,Kingdom of Bulgaria,Portugal,Spain,Mexicoand even theRussian Empire.By 1913 the Manfréd Weiss Works employed over 5000 workers on a daily basis.[DuringWorld War Ithe workforce soon exceeded 30,000.For his services to the Austro-Hungarian state, Manfréd Weiss was ennobled and from then on was styled Baron Manfréd Weiss de Csepel, after the main seat of operations of his company.Although by the outbreak ofWorld War IIthe company had become a modern industrial conglomerate, with over 40,000 employees,a large part of its management remained largely composed ofHungarian Jews.
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Vintage Csepel motorcycle metal sign Weiss Manfréd Hungary 1920-1930`
Original metal sign fromManfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works of HungarySize: 90X70 cm
History :
TheWeiss Manfréd Acél- és Fémművek(\"Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works\"), or colloquiallyCsepel Művek(\"Csepel Works\") was one of the largestmachine factoriesinHungary, located onCsepelisland outside Budapest. It was the second largest industrial enterprise in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and the biggest industrial enterprise in the Hungarian half of the Empire. It played an integral role in the heavy industry and military production of theAustro-Hungarian Monarchy. Founded byBaron Manfréd Weiss of Csepel, a Jewish industrialist, by the time ofWorld War Ithe company was one of largest defense contractors inAustria-Hungary,producing all types of equipment, from airplanes and munitions to automotive engines and cars, cycles, motorcycles. Badly damaged by Allied air raids and eventually pillaged duringWorld War II, the company continued in existence until 1950, when it was nationalised and renamed toRákosi Mátyás Vas- és Fémművek(\"Mátyás RákosiIron and Metal Works NV\", where \"NV\" meansNemzeti Vállalat, \"National Company\").
In late 19th century the company, by then owned exclusively by Manfréd Weiss, expanded into production of ammunition for theAustro-Hungarian Army.The new factory produced all types of ammo, fromrifle cartridgesto artillery shells for land forces and theAustro-Hungarian Navy.Thus Manfréd Weiss became one of the principal defence contractors for the Hungarian part of the empire, his main competitor being the state-owned steel mill inDiósgyőr, theDiósgyőr-Vasgyár.In 1906 the company was supported by Hungarian Society of Industrialists, who started to lobby for a new law that would allow state-owned companies to produce only the products unobtainable from private companies.With such support, the Manfréd Weiss Works soon emerged as the largest firm on the market.Another boost in company\'s history came in 1911, when Austria-Hungary significantly expanded its military budget and army size (from 877,000 to 1.57 million men at arms during peacetime).The public orders allowed the company to quickly expand the ammunition production and establish additional factories: new steel and iron furnaces, new copper, nickel and aluminium installations. Production capacity was growing and soon the firm became one of the principal sources of ammunition for the armies ofKingdom of Serbia,Kingdom of Bulgaria,Portugal,Spain,Mexicoand even theRussian Empire.By 1913 the Manfréd Weiss Works employed over 5000 workers on a daily basis.[DuringWorld War Ithe workforce soon exceeded 30,000.For his services to the Austro-Hungarian state, Manfréd Weiss was ennobled and from then on was styled Baron Manfréd Weiss de Csepel, after the main seat of operations of his company.Although by the outbreak ofWorld War IIthe company had become a modern industrial conglomerate, with over 40,000 employees,a large part of its management remained largely composed ofHungarian Jews.
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