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1934 Idea N o 0770 – 2289 1935 – 1974 War economy, collapse and economic miracle 1935 Ferdinand Porsche presents the prototype of the Volkswagen VW Bug.
Growth in the times of war Although not a direct arms supplier, the Linde Company experienced vigorous growth during the Nazi period. Its entire product line – from gas separators and industrial gases to motors and mobile repair facilities – was considered important to the war effort. Despite great destruction, the company was able to return quickly to its original markets after the war – with a few changes. Even after the death of Carl von Linde, the company still reflected his values. Despite having its own manufacturing operations, engineering and development still took the same high priority as before. But, Carl von Linde’s professional versatility had been divided among three people in the company since 1900: Friedrich Linde took on the role of entrepreneur, Rudolf Wucherer became general manager, and Richard Linde remained, all his life, the gifted developer and engineer. “Assumption of power” and economic upswing Within just a few years after the “assumption of power” by the National Socialists in January 1933, the economic atmosphere changed: Public spending on weapons as a percentage of total spending rose from four percent in 1933 to 50 percent in 1938, export conditions became increasingly worse and self-sufficiency efforts and a shortage of foreign currency made raw materials more difficult to acquire and shifted the focus of investments. Products and know-how from all divisions of the Linde Company were in demand during the “Third Reich.” For example, Department B sold a total of 37 air separation plants between 1935 and 1941 just for the new facilities being built for the production of synthetic fuels from coal and the production of synthetic rubber. Some of the biggest customers were subsidiaries of IG Farben. 1936 1937 Olympic Games in Berlin. The “Hindenburg” zeppelin explodes in Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA. N o 0838 Device for the quick freezing of foods. The Linde cold storage building in Munich (approx. 1938). The Linde Company’s gas plants also profited from the economic upswing after 1933. In 1934, the 24 Linde-owned plants in Germany were supplying nearly as much oxygen as in the peak years of 1928 and 1929, and acetylene sales rose even more. In order to be able to satisfy the strong demand for compressed gases, Linde first stocked up its cylinder fleet, and then the company relocated and expanded its oxygen plants in Nuremberg and Dresden. In 1938 the factories in Hamburg- Wilhelmsburg and Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr, which had long been shut down, were put back in operation. Linde also expanded its plants in Untermaubach near Cologne, Düsseldorf-Reisholz and Braunschweig. 41
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