History

More than 80 years

A company on the move.

Pils comes from Pilsen. But that is not all. Mühlberger comes from Pilsen as well. On 27 October 1926, the company Mühlberger was established in a more than a thousand year old Bohemian town that now has the difficult to pronounce Czech name Plzen. 80 years – not old for a company that goes through continuous development at the place where it was established. But it is a long time for a company that has had to move five times during that time and had to be rebuilt two and a half times.

1926 Franz (Frantisek) Mühlberger establishes a technical trade business in Pilsen (formerly Czechoslovakia), focussing on the motor vehicle sector.
A subsidiary is opened in Karlsbad.
1938 Due to political turmoil, the locations Prague and Pilsen are abandoned and the head office moved to Karlsbad/Sudetenland.
Name changed to Mühlberger & Mach.
1945 Nationalisation of the company and run by Czech authorities.
1946 New beginning with a license as “refugees’ business” in Wiesbaden-Biebrich.
1947 Move to the new company building at Rathausstraße.
1963 Mr. Mach leaves the company; it was called Mühlberger & Sohn thereafter.
1972 A new building with 850 m² at Otto-Wallach-Straße, product range changes aiming at industrial equipment.
1980 Enlargement by 900 m².
1983 Construction of an additional adjacent office building.
1985 Dipl.-Kfm. Peter Mühlberger takes over the company business from Franz Mühlberger.
1995 Fritz Mühlberger leaves the active business management.
1998 Rüdiger Weber becomes the second general manager.
2001 Participation with MSR Schlauchtechnik GmbH in Mülheim/Ruhr.
2004 Establishment of Mühlberger Frankfurt, last location Hattersheim.
2006 Otten & Mühlberger Arbeitsschutz GmbH in Wiesbaden, Kalle-Albert and new locations in the Frankfurter industrial zones Höchst and Griesheim by takeover of the materials supply business R&M.
2007 Construction of new Mühlberger head office Mainz-Kastel.
2008 Creation of PSA stores in Mainz-Kastel and Frankfurt-Höchst.