Our mission
Preserve. Research. Communicate.
Preserve.
Our history is our foundation. As a company archive, we ensure that this foundation remains alive.
We preserve documents, images, objects and digital data that show how our company – and with it a part of society – has evolved over the course of two centuries.
Research.
We conduct research to identify connections, understand developments and bring knowledge from the past into the present. Whether it's company milestones, innovation cycles or changes in corporate culture, history helps us to shape the future with intention.
Communicate.
We share this knowledge with employees who want to connect with their company's history, with the management which aims to build strategically on past experience, and with the public which is interested in economic, social, or regional developments.
Photograph © Gabriele Singer
Our archive is an active space for remembering, understanding and passing on knowledge. It is for everyone who wants to know where we come from and where we are headed.