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- established year : 1909
- Phone : 0049757696030
- Fax : 00497576960329
- website : https://www.columbus-verlag.de/en
- E-mail : info@columbus-verlag.de
- Address : Am Bahnhof 2,72505 Krauchenwies - Germany
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About us :
When Paul Oestergaard founded the company in Berlin, he aimed at cultivating his energy and creative phantasy in his own company. A few years prior, he had already gained some experience in the production of globes together with his brother.Having set himself the goal to make globes accessible to a broad population, he founded COLUMBUS in Berlin in January 1909 with the mission statement ...
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About us :
When Paul Oestergaard founded the company in Berlin, he aimed at cultivating his energy and creative phantasy in his own company. A few years prior, he had already gained some experience in the production of globes together with his brother.Having set himself the goal to make globes accessible to a broad population, he founded COLUMBUS in Berlin in January 1909 with the mission statement ‘A COLUMBUS globe for every home’. In addition to offering his clients exemplary cartography, he also implemented the tasteful design in large numbers, enabling him to offer the representation of earth at a low price for the first time.Within a few years already, the initial rooms of the company which was now exporting worldwide were too small. The innovations by COLUMBUS dominated the market, and production was ever-growing. The number of staff had increased tenfold, and COLUMBUS globes were produced in 24 different languages.The second generation, Paul Oestergaard Jr., joined the company in 1942. Management and production fell victim to the war in the same year, which is why they were moved into neighbouring sites and into the private family house.After the war had ended, attempts were made to rebuild the company together with the remaining staff. After the Berlin Blockade in 1948, the decision was made to start a factory in southern Germany (Stuttgart).Production grew steadily, and patenting the DUO™ globe made it possible to simultaneously display two maps on one globe.Representing the third generation of the family entering the company, Peter Oestergaard joined in 1963. From the beginning, the trained mechanical engineer was instrumental in the development of the next innovation, the Duplex™ globe, introduced in 1965. He also automated the production of these revolutionary plastic models.
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