1930 |
Formation of the company through Mr. Carl von Michalkowski. The business trades with cereals, fats and natural casings. The office in the heart of the historic dock area – with its close proximity to the free harbour and the specialist firms for the storage and dispatch of natural casings – was the optimal location for the company.
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1954
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Martin Wessling starts working as an employee at the company Carl von Michalkowski. Before he had a job as a commercial clerk in Bremen. At the same time the company specializes in trading with natural casings. The sale of the goods went exclusively to importers.
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1957
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Martin Wessling becomes business partner at Carl von Michalkowski and also personally liable partner.
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1959
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Martin Wessling takes over the company as the sole holder after Mr. Michalkowski died of a disease.
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1964
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Reinhard Wessling starts to work in the firm after having finished his apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer.
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| 1980 |
Due to changes in the industry and the increasing competition the company starts to sell the goods on its own authority and delivers directly to the factories. |
1981 |
Martin Wessling becomes president of the “Zentralverband Naturdarm” – the central association of natural casings. |
1984
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The company Carl von Michalkowski moves from the free harbor of Hamburg to a self-owned production plant in Wiefelstede. There the two Wessling brothers begin to train personnel and build up a modern casings processing site.
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| 1997 |
Mark Wessling, the son of Reinhard Wessling, starts to work in the company. He should support the sales department plus to take over the direction of production. |
2000
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Martin Wessling resigns – after almost 20 years – as the president of the central association of natural casings. He becomes honorary member of the executive board.
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| 2003 |
Gregor Wessling, the son of Martin Wessling, enters the company. |
