KIESELSTEIN

1846	Foundation of the enterprise Louis Herrmann, shop and needle manufacturing workshop in Dresden, Dippoldiswalder Strasse 1
1850	Start of production of wire cloth (30 kinds) and manufacture of wire bend products like e.g., daedal fences and aviaries.
1872	First factory at the lake. It is considered the first factory of mechanical wire processing in Germany. Later on, the firm becomes the market leader for wire products. Start of production of grid colanders and punched plates.
1877	Building of a new facility at Zwickauer Straße, the current production facility of KIESELSTEIN Industriesiebe und Drahtförderbänder GmbH.
1879	Production of first wire belts from wire mesh.
1907	Louis Herrmann becomes a purveyor to the Saxon court for wire goods, punched plates and iron furniture.

1912	New construction of the main building for the extension of wire belt production.
1928	Patent for special spring steel cloth and commissioning of the first fully mechanized loom.
1945	Partial demolition of the factory buildings during bombing on 13th February, 1945.
1946	Restart of production with a limited range of products.
1952	Changing the name of business into VEB lndustriesiebe und Drahtförderbänder Dresden.

1990	Changing the name of business into lndustriesiebe and Drahtförderbänder Dresden GmbH.
2005	KIESELSTEIN Industriesiebe und Drahtförderbänder GmbH takes over the wide range of products from the Industriesiebe und Drahtförderbänder Dresden GmbH.
2007	The registered office of KIESELSTEIN Industriesiebe und Drahtförderbänder GmbH is relocated to Zwickauer Straße 33 in Dresden.