First build of a hyperbolic natural draught cooling tower in Germany
In 1938, Wayss & Freytag introduced the hyperbolic natural draught cooling tower in Germany together with the machine building…
Foundation
Driven to maintain excellence
On June 15, 1875 Conrad Freytag and his brother-in-law Carl Heidschuch founded Offene Handelsgesellschaft Freytag & Heidschuch (a general partnership)…
Early business areas
Around 1880 the company Freytag & Heidschuch was already operating under the name of „Cementröhrenfabrik“(Cement Pipe Factory) and „Baumaterialienhandlung“ (Trading Company…
Freytag acquires the Monier patent
In 1884, during a business trip to Treves, Conrad Freytag visited an exhibition and saw water tanks and floor slabs built by Joseph Monier which were reinforced by…
In the beginning was the kennel
The first reinforced concrete structure produced by Freytag & Heidschuch oHG was a dog kennel for the company dog Flock. With this product, manufactured on a…
Wayss & Freytag will joint stock company
With assistance of Pfälzische Bank (Palatine Bank) the general partnership was changed into a joint-stock company, the Wayss & Freytag AG, on February 1,…
The reinforced concrete will be science
Emil Mörsch was born in Reutlingen on April 30, 1872 as the son of a clothier. After finishing his studies at Polytechnikum (today called Technical University)…
The „Neustädter Klärbecken“
On November 26, 1903 in Neustadt an der Haardt the Wasser- und Abwasserreinigung GmbH, a subsidiary, was founded which successfully dealt with the design and construction…
The Stuttgart experiments
In 1904, tests were carried out on the resistance of concrete structures against torsion and the adhesive power of reinforcement bars in concrete under the guidance of Emil…
Conrad Freytag meets Gustav Adolf Wayss
Gustav Adolf Wayss was born in Mühlhausen an der Enz on October 16, 1851. He was the son of a building contractor and consequently studied civil engineering at…
