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History
The history of today's Veritas AG goes back to the "Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik" founded by William Elliott in Berlin in 1849. This makes us the oldest rubber processing company in Germany.
1849
William Elliot founds the "Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik" in today's Berlin district of Friedrichshain.
1886
Through a merger the “United Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabriken AG” with a branch in Gelnhausen is established.
1929
The company changes its name and is now called "Veritas Gummiwerke AG". The brand name VERITAS, which stood for all kind of technical rubber goods, is now part of the company name.
1943
The plant in Berlin is destroyed in an air raid, the company management moves to Gelnhausen.
1947
Gelnhausen becomes the headquarter of "Veritas Gummiwerke AG".
1958
The Giessen company Poppe acquires a majority stake in Veritas Gummiwerke AG and Ullrich Gummiwerke AG, which is also based in Gelnhausen
1981
Production needs more space. A second plant is built on Stettiner Strasse in Gelnhausen.
1982
Production is completely relocated from Berlin to Gelnhausen, the plant in Berlin is closed.
1986
Complete takeover of Ullrich Gummiwerke AG by Veritas.
1990
In Gelnhausen, Germany's first state technical college for rubber and plastics technology is being built on the initiative and with the support of Veritas.
1993
The former factory premises on Barbarossastraße has been completely cleared.
1995
Veritas founded the Hungarian Veritas Dunakiliti Kft., the first production site outside of Germany.
1998
Formation of "Veritas Thüringen GmbH" in Benshausen.
Formation of the holding company "Automotive Veritas de Mexico S.A."
1999
The name changes to "Veritas AG" due to the expanded product portfolio. The materials rubber, plastic and metal join the production range.
2005
Veritas takes over PS-Fertigungstechnik GmbH - a metal processing company - in Mieders, Austria.
2008
Veritas opens a competence center for injection molding technology in Turkey: Veritas Otomotiv Sanayi Ltd. Sti. in Cerkezköy-Tekirdag.
2010
Veritas takes over Ostsächsische Gummiwerke (OGW) in Neustadt (Polenz district) in Saxony.
2011
Veritas builds a new plant in Neustadt. From 2012 onwards the company, including the previous “OGW”, will operate as “Veritas Sachsen GmbH”.
In der chinesischen Provinz Kunshan entsteht die Veritas Automotive Systems (Kunshan) Ltd.
Gründung der Veritas Automotive d.o.0. in Rajlovac (Sarajevo, Bosnien und Herzegowina).
2018
The new plant of Veritas Otomotiv Sanayi Ltd. Sti in Gölcük starts operations.
2020
The Hanau District Court opened the insolvency proceedings of the Veritas AG, Veritas Thüringen GmbH, Veritas Sachsen GmbH and Poppe GmbH.