{"id":15325,"date":"2017-09-06T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T09:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gossen-photo.de\/?page_id=15325"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:08:27","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gossen-photo.de\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;full-width-section&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690294104665{padding-top: 10% !important;background: #d9d7cf url(https:\/\/www.gossen-photo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Historie_BG3.jpg?id=13330) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500645430623{margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1507637175779{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #D72A39;\">Experience and Tradition<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Brief Overview of the Evolution of GOSSEN<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<style type=\"text\/css\" >#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm .v_line{background: #D72A39;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm .timeline_event{ background:#ffffff;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm .event_info h2{color:#D72A39;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm .event_info p{color:#000000;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm span.timeline_event_date_ctn:nth-of-type(odd) .timeline_event_date,#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm span.timeline_event_date_ctn:nth-of-type(odd) h2{background:#ffffff; color:#000000;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm span.timeline_event_date_ctn:nth-of-type(even) .timeline_event_date,#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm span.timeline_event_date_ctn:nth-of-type(even) h2{background:#ffffff; color:#D72A39;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm div.timeline_event:nth-of-type(odd):before,#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm div.timeline_event:nth-of-type(even):after {color:#D72A39; background:#ffffff;}{color:#ffffff;}#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm {margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; }#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm.simple div.timeline_event:nth-of-type(even) .event_triangle{ border-left:20px solid #ffffff; }#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm.simple div.timeline_event:nth-of-type(odd) .event_triangle{ border-right:20px solid #ffffff; }#tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm.simple .event_info h2:after{background:#000000;}\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/style>\n<!-- Timeline Event --><div class=\"timeline_event_ctn simple clearfix\" id=\"tle_eafjqs37hqfk1t6fomgm\"><div class=\"v_line\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline_event rda_fadeInLeft\"><div class=\"event_img\"><\/div><div class=\"event_triangle\"><\/div><div class=\"event_info\"><h2>1919<\/h2><p>Together with his partner Otto Cohn, electrical engineer Paul Gossen founded \u201cPaul Gossen Co. K.-G., Factory for Electrical Measuring Instruments\u201d on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> of September, 1919. Photometry was added to the company\u2019s research and manufacturing program in 1932.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline_event rda_fadeInRight\"><div class=\"event_img\"><\/div><div class=\"event_triangle\"><\/div><div class=\"event_info\"><h2>1963<\/h2><p>The Gossen family sold 70% of the company to Bergmann EW AG and 30% to Siemens &amp; Halske AG. Bergmann bought Siemens &amp; Halske\u2019s shares in 1965.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline_event rda_fadeInLeft\"><div class=\"event_img\"><\/div><div class=\"event_triangle\"><\/div><div class=\"event_info\"><h2>1970<\/h2><p>The company was renamed to Gossen GmbH.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline_event rda_fadeInRight\"><div class=\"event_img\"><\/div><div class=\"event_triangle\"><\/div><div class=\"event_info\"><h2>1990<\/h2><p>Gossen GmbH was taken over by Gebr. R\u00f6chling KG and thus became part of the R\u00f6chling group, one of Germany\u2019s leading industrial enterprises.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline_event rda_fadeInLeft\"><div class=\"event_img\"><\/div><div class=\"event_triangle\"><\/div><div class=\"event_info\"><h2>1992<\/h2><p>The company fused with Metrawatt GmbH in Nuremberg, which also belonged to the R\u00f6chling group and was previously one of Gossen\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline_event rda_fadeInRight\"><div class=\"event_img\"><\/div><div class=\"event_triangle\"><\/div><div class=\"event_info\"><h2>1997<\/h2><p>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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<!-- Timeline Event END-->\n[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full-width-section&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500879681497{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 2% !important;background-color: #a9a793 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; animation=&#8221;rda_fadeInUp&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500649287230{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text animation=&#8221;rda_fadeInDown&#8221; 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