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Pages in category "German engravers" The following 129 pages are in this category, out of 129 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Heinrich Aldegrever;
Despite the engraving A Division of Getzen which appears on some instruments sold in the United States, the company is part of the Buffet Crampon group. In 1991, Gerhard Meinl helped found the TA Musik group to take over Vogtländische Musikinstrumentenfabrik, the B&S brand in East Germany. The group became JA Musik GmbH, and managed the Meinl ...
He was born in Stuttgart Germany on June 11, 1843. When he was nine years old he emigrated to the United States with his family. [1] His family settled in New York. [2] In 1859 he began work as an apprentice engraver for the American Banknote Company. [1]
Born in Germany in 1832, Nimschke moved to the United States in 1850 at the age of 18 and began engraving jewelry, silverware, watch cases and dog collars. Nimschke was trained in both the European style of engraving which was represented by fine delicate lines and the bolder American style characterized by his scrollwork. [1]
It was incorporated in 1866 as the J. Manz Engraving Company by Jacob Manz, [1] [2] who was the company president, [3] and was built in 1867 in Chicago to act as a wood engraving business. [4] The company moved to premises at 4001-43 Ravenswood av. in Chicago in 1908, just after it merged with The Hollister Press. [ 5 ]
Johann Theodor de Bry En (later in Germany, also publisher); Jan Van Calcar Wo; Hieronymus Cock En, Et, Publisher; Hans Collaert En, son of Adriaen; Cornelis Cort En; Philippe Galle En, Publisher, and his heirs, including Adriaen Collaert.
Hogan took the company public in 1964 and renamed the corporation in 1973 to Standex. Between 1971 and 1975, Standex's net sales increased by 48%, growing from $119 million to $176 million. By 1984 the company's expansion was halted after a series of rash mergers and acquisitions. In 1985 the company debt-to-capital ratio fell to 20%.
The firm, initially named Maas & Manz, and was first located at the corner of Clark and Washington Streets, and was two years later moved to Dearborn and Madison. [2] While there, Mr. Manz became the sole proprietor of the business, by purchasing the interest of his partner, and was a very heavy loser in the great fire of 1871, realizing almost nothing of insurance.