Kortenbach & Rauh Explained

Kortenbach GmbH
Type:Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Industry:Metalworking
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Founders:August Kortenbach
Carl Rauh
Hq Location City:Solingen
Hq Location Country:Germany
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Products:Umbrellas, stamping parts
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Kortenbach & Rauh is a German steel manufacturer and umbrella manufacturer. The company is based in Solingen, Germany.

The business partners August Kortenbach and Carl Rauh founded their manufacturing plant in Solingen, then a part of Prussia.[1] The company became one of the leading umbrella frame manufacturers in the country.[2]

In 1982 the company took over the traditional company Knirps.

The company also produced the Kortenbach & Rauh Kora 1, which was an unusual twin boom, pusher configuration motor glider, designed and built in Germany in the 1970s and intended as a training aircraft.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KOBOLD . 2016-02-07 . https://archive.today/20160604014608/http://www.kobold-international.com/article.php?article=history_1860 . 2016-06-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Wenke: Mein Solingen / 100 Jahre Kortenbach & Rauh.