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After the war, Dr Alfred Neff set about rebuilding the plant with a workforce now reduced to seven employees. The influence and contacts made when appointed Mayor of Bretten and District Administrator of the rural district of Karlsruhe in 1945 by the American occupation forces were to prove useful in his efforts to quickly restore the company. Approval to continue operating the plant was thus granted to him as early as July 15, 1945 by the US military government and on October 18, 1945 by the District Administration of Karlsruhe. Using left-over metal from the production of aircraft parts, he succeeded in carrying out makeshift repairs on the destroyed and damaged production halls, paving the way for production to commence again. | After the war, Dr Alfred Neff set about rebuilding the plant with a workforce now reduced to seven employees. The influence and contacts made when appointed Mayor of Bretten and District Administrator of the rural district of Karlsruhe in 1945 by the American occupation forces were to prove useful in his efforts to quickly restore the company. Approval to continue operating the plant was thus granted to him as early as July 15, 1945 by the US military government and on October 18, 1945 by the District Administration of Karlsruhe. Using left-over metal from the production of aircraft parts, he succeeded in carrying out makeshift repairs on the destroyed and damaged production halls, paving the way for production to commence again. | ||
In addition to the plant in Bretten, an appliance factory had been established in the Ruiter Valley by 1957 along with a factory for large-scale kitchen equipment in Bruchsal as well as a foundry in Rinklingen. The product range was extended and modernized. In 1952, the state-of-the-art Arcus electric cooker became the most successful Neff product of post-war production. A uniform product line from refrigerators and cookers to washing machines was successfully launched in 1955 and manufacture of chest freezers commenced. Two years later, Neff became the first company in Europe to produce microwave ovens and in 1958 launched the first induction cooker in Europe.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-Neff-004, Hans Tischert: 80 Jahre Neff, page 15. BSH Corporate Archives, F-Neff-005, Gabriele Kicherer: Geschichte und Bedeutung der Marke Neff, Dissertation, Aachen 1994, page 41.</ref> | In addition to the plant in Bretten, an appliance factory had been established in the Ruiter Valley by 1957 along with a factory for large-scale kitchen equipment in Bruchsal as well as a foundry in Rinklingen. The product range was extended and modernized. In 1952, the state-of-the-art [[Arcus electric cooker from Neff|Arcus electric cooker]] became the most successful Neff product of post-war production. A uniform product line from refrigerators and cookers to washing machines was successfully launched in 1955 and manufacture of chest freezers commenced. Two years later, Neff became the first company in Europe to produce microwave ovens and in 1958 launched the first induction cooker in Europe.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-Neff-004, Hans Tischert: 80 Jahre Neff, page 15. BSH Corporate Archives, F-Neff-005, Gabriele Kicherer: Geschichte und Bedeutung der Marke Neff, Dissertation, Aachen 1994, page 41.</ref> | ||
By the mid-sixties, some 3,000 employees were working at four plant locations of Carl Neff GmbH, which – as the largest German manufacturer of electric, coal and oil burning cookers – was exporting to just short of 50 countries. | By the mid-sixties, some 3,000 employees were working at four plant locations of Carl Neff GmbH, which – as the largest German manufacturer of electric, coal and oil burning cookers – was exporting to just short of 50 countries. | ||