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Löblich & Co., full name Löblich & Co. Kessel- und Apparatebau KG, is the name of one of the oldest operating companies in Austria ( EU). Löblich & Co. was founded as a coppersmith's workshop in the old city of Vienna in 1738 and is today operating in the fields of gas heating and professional kitchens as well as real estate development. The headquarters is in Vienna.

History

The company was founded on August 20, 1738 by the coppersmith Josef Krottenthaller. ^{[1] [2]} It was taken over by Leopold Löblich on July 20, 1823, the company-ownership and management have since then remained in the hands of the Löblich family. Today, in the 6th family-generation, Dr. Markus Seiller-Tarbuk is Partner since 1996 and Chairman since 1998.

Famous personalities, VIPs and institutions, such as the emperors of the K.u.K. Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, state presidents, prime minister and cabinet ministers of the Federal Austrian Republic, as well as governments, from a number of states in Europe, Africa and Asia, but also artists have since a long time been amongst the clients of Löblich & Co..^{[ citation needed]}

Products

• MUSTAPHA (filter coffee machine): filter coffee brewing machine in the coffee houses in Austria-Hungary around 1900 from Cafe Tomaselli (Salzburg), Demel's (Vienna), Cafe Sacher (Vienna), Caffe Tommaseo ( Trieste), Café l'Europe ( Czernowitz), Cafe New York (Budapest)
• Löblich GWU (Gas Wasser Umlaufheizer): first floor-standing steel heater for gas in Austria, invented and designed by heating engineer Maximilian Leopold Loeblich (b. 1901-d.1984)
• Löblich GWS: first floor-standing steel, enameled storage water-heater
• Löblich combi-boilers: first wall-hung compact gas boilers
• Löblich GLM: cooperation with French manufacturer Emile Marcel Leblanc, introducing heat exchangers made of hard welded copper, till today the most compact sized wall-hung boilers of all
• Löblich Catering Systems: worldwide supplier of professional kitchens in copper and stainless steel
• Löblich Service: technical repair service

Distribution & Services

• Gas heating (heating boilers and water heaters): Löblich is operating as regional distributor and service organisation for the world market leader Bosch Thermotechnik and other manufacturers.
• Catering systems (professional kitchens, machines for professional cooking and food production): regional sales, installation and local service in Vienna and East Austria.
• Real estate: the company is developing real estate (premises for small-business use) in Vienna.

Trivia

The Viennese have a special nickname for the ever-present, Löblich-servicecars in the city:

"Zitronenbomber" - lemon-bomber, which refers to the bright yellow colour of the fast driving small trucks.

References

External links

• Official website