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Johann Philipp Schifferdecker, the founder of Heidelberger ZementBergheimer Muehle, founded in 1873Friedrich Schott, first technical director of Portland Cement Company Heidelberg, 1900

1873 till 1926


The Founding Years

1873





1874

Johann Philipp Schifferdecker purchases the "Bergheimer Mühle" - a mill - located in Heidelberg on the river Neckar and converts it into a cement factory.
On 5 June 1874, Portland-Cement-Werk Heidelberg, Schifferdecker & Söhne, is entered in the commercial register as a partnership.

Workers at the quarry, around 1900

1889

The company goes public, and trades under the name of Portland-Cement-Werk Heidelberg AG, previously Schifferdecker & Söhne.

1895

After a fire on 4 February 1895, construction of a modern factory begins in Leimen, some 10 km to the south of Heidelberg.

Steel engraving of the new Leimen plant, 1898


The Expansion Years
1896 The new plant in Leimen starts operations in 1896; annual production of 80,000 tonnes.
1901


Cement marks of the merged company 'Heidelberg und Mannheim', 1901

 Merger with the Mannheimer Portland-Cement-Fabrik AG to form Portland-Cement-Werke Heidelberg und Mannheim AG, also including the acquisition of the Mainz-Weisenau cement plant, which had been founded in 1864. Numerous holdings in brickyards, gypsum pits and cement plants follow.
1914 Takeover of the Burglengenfeld cement plant.
1918 As a result of the merger with the real estate and construction company “Stuttgarter Immobilien- und Bau-Geschäft AG“, the Schelklingen cement plant becomes part of the company. The new company retains the name Portland-Cementwerke Heidelberg-Mannheim-Stuttgart AG until 1938.

Kiefersfelden Cement plant in Bavaria, 1922

1922 Acquisition of the Lengfurt cement plant.
1926 Acquisition of the Kiefersfelden cement plant.
  
 
 
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