19 01 1993, Chemnitz, Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Union,In 1852 the company was founded by David …, 1993...

19 01 1993, Chemnitz, Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Union,In 1852 the company was founded by David Gustav Diehl in Chemnitz 1 In 1872 it was transformed into the Aktiengesellschaft Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Union, formerly Diehl In 1875, the first boring machine from Chemnitz was introduced In 1936, UNION merged with Karl Wetzel Maschinenfabrik from Gera to form Wetzel UNION, based in Chemnitz After the Second World War, the company was expropriated in 1946 The Gera and Chemnitz sites were now organizationally separate parts of the Fritz Heckert machine tool combine under VVB Werkzeugmaschinen und Werkzeuge WMW After reunification in 1990, the company was privatized and the Gera site was closed in 1994 In 1996, the company Neue UNION was founded as an employee-owned company, A new factory was subsequently built at the current company headquarters in Chemnitz With the acquisition in June 2011, UnionChemnitz was integrated into the owner-managed HerkulesGroup As a result of a realignment of the Union brand, production at the Chemnitz site was discontinued Open day Employees fight against the closure of Union Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik