The company history
1890
Company foundation under the name of "Bernhard Glaess Drehmaschinen", Chemnitz
1911
Glaess employs 325 workers and employees
The product range includes different types of turning machines in which hobbed change gears are used for the first time
1945
Expropriation, nationalization and renaming in "Drehmaschinenwerk Chemnitz"
1955
During communism, the company is renamed in the VEB Fahrzeuggetriebewerke "Wilhelm Friedel" Karl-Marx-Stadt - simultaneous incorporation of the company in the IFA-Kombinat Nutzfahrzeuge
Restructuring to manufactur gear parts and gears for commercial vehicles
1989
After German reunification, the company is renamed in CHEMNITZER ZAHNRADFABRIK an transformed into a trust company
The company can look back at many years of experience in the vehicle gear manufacturing and has thus acquired an outstanding qualification by manufacturing sophisticated and highly precise gear parts. This qualification has opened new markets after the German reunification
1992
Privatisation
Development and manufacturing of special gears in accordance with customers requirements as well as production of individual gear parts
1993
Moving to new factory building in Gruena outside of Chemnitz
2000
Increasing market positioning with customised special gearboxes
2017
Handover to the next generation. The values of a family business are preserved
2021
Extension and expansion of the production area