Experience and Tradition
A Brief Overview of the Evolution of GOSSEN
HISTORY
Experience and Tradition
1919
Together with his partner Otto Cohn, electrical engineer Paul Gossen founded “Paul Gossen Co. K.-G., Factory for Electrical Measuring Instruments” on the 1st of September, 1919. Photometry was added to the company’s research and manufacturing program in 1932.
1963
The Gossen family sold 70% of the company to Bergmann EW AG and 30% to Siemens & Halske AG. Bergmann bought Siemens & Halske’s shares in 1965.
1970
The company was renamed to Gossen GmbH.
1990
Gossen GmbH was taken over by Gebr. Röchling KG and thus became part of the Röchling group, one of Germany’s leading industrial enterprises.
1992
The company fused with Metrawatt GmbH in Nuremberg, which also belonged to the Röchling group and was previously one of Gossen’s most significant competitors in the industry sector. Gossen left its head office in Erlangen and moved to Nuremberg to the location of Metrawatt GmbH. Henceforth, the merged companies did business under the name Gossen-Metrawatt GmbH.
1997
In November 1997, the business division for photometry was hived off from Gossen-Metrawatt GmbH and has since been doing business as an independent company under the name GOSSEN Foto- und Lichtmesstechnik GmbH.
1919-1936
1936-1941
1942-1945
1946-1967
1967-1978
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