1807-1874 From blacksmith's shop to global corporation

1807 Heinrich Bucher(-Weiss) (1784-1850) ran the Murzeln blacksmith's shop in Niederweningen.
1817 A fire destroyed the blacksmith's shop, and a new "headquarters" was built by the Surb river.
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1844 Heinrich Bucher(-Bucher) (1815-1876) took over the blacksmith's shop.
1853 1853 Water power now drove the bellows and hammer in the workshop where agricultural implements were made.
1871 Johann Bucher(-Manz) (1843-1919) took over the business.
4 employees.
1874 Business registered as "Johann Bucher, mechanische Werkstätte, Fabrikation von mechanischen Bestandteilen landwirtschaftlicher Maschinen".