History

Over 100 years of contemporary history

The walls of the Heyne factory could tell quite a story. Over the decades of transformation from an industrial to a service location, Heyne Fabrik now has a very solid tenant mix from a variety of industries. There was a time when interim uses for culture, a variety of fashion agencies and creative service providers made up the Heyne Fabrik. The industry mix has expanded significantly in the 2020s to include service providers from the IT and health care sectors, architects, project developers and startups from the fields of new technologies and 3D printing.

THE HEYNE BROTHERS

Turning shop Heyne

Christoph Friedrich Ernst Heyne
1841 – 1915

Georg Johann Heyne
1844 – 1905

The first steps.

The siblings Christoph Friedrich Ernst Heyne and Georg Johann Heyne started with the industrial series production of small metal parts and experienced a great upswing with various inventions and patents, such as the first, at the end of the 19th century, a machine that could cut threads from metal wire (rods) – with which the industrial series production of screws was born.

“At that time, the Heyne factory was an important manufacturing company in Offenbach”.

– Hans H. Huber, former General manager

1920

Steadily growing production

The Heyne factory is flourishing. The heyday of industrial production was interrupted by the Second World War. The administrative building with the magnificent iron stelae to the left and right of the entrance symbolized the status that the factory now held.

1928

Series production with large machinery

In the first 30 years of the last century, the Heyne factory experienced a steady upswing with successive expansion of the buildings and the extensive machine park

1935

Specialists were in demand

The Heyne factory also had a good position as an employer. There were company statutes, social rooms and very acceptable conditions for workers and employees. The Heyne factory was also active as a training company.

1975

Deindustrialization and transformation

From the 1950s to the 1970s, production continued at the Heyne factory, latterly only in part of the buildings. The aerial view already shows the site with the residential buildings to the east and south on former plots of land that used to belong to the Heyne factory

1985

Interior renovation with exposed brickwork

During the interior renovation, the exposed masonry is sandblasted and defects are repaired. The original steel mullioned windows will be dismantled, sandblasted, repaired, repainted and reinstalled with insulated glass panels. In this way, the industrial character is preserved as far as possible in the rented premises.

1988

Creation of accesses and staircases

In order to make the large former production areas divisible and to make them accessible, additional staircases were created.

1994

The Heyne factory gets new lettering

New logo fonts were installed all around the Heyne factory

1998

Purist interior design

In order to keep the areas flexible, modular fixtures are used. The high-quality cast screed emphasizes the industrial look.

2009

Place of culture in the Heyne Fabrik

Heyne Kunst Fabrik uses spaces to intersperse art. The exhibitions attract national visitors to the Heyne Fabrik.

2012

Consistent adherence to the design concept

Constantly developed over several decades, the individual building tracts are based on the same material and color concept. This ensures that a uniform and coherent overall impression is created over many years, even when refurbishing existing buildings.

2016

Luminale as guest

Curated by the Heyne Kunst Fabrik, international actors were recruited to show their light art installations in the Heyne Fabrik on the occasion of the Luminale.

2020

Green moves into the courtyards

A series of large corten steel plant troughs has adorned the courtyards of the Heyne Fabrik since this year. The plants grow and thrive, adding a bit of nature to the ambiance.