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Company Focus

There was a lot to think about for Gerhard. At 40 years old, it was a big
decision to take on the forming of a new company so he had discussions
with family members, knowing that the new venture could become a
financial burden on the entire family. He sought financing from the bank
and from family in order to start the company which was formed by
Gerhard Schmid and Betty Hauer on the 1st October 1968.

Zeppelin went ahead with the model order with the tooling for the model
outsourced to a Franconian casting company. Gerhard remembers that
once the model was produced, he received a number of requests to
produce models from equipment manufacturers including companies like
Fuchs and O&K who also wanted models producing. Gerhard found that
it was not hard to convince industry that they should have a model, as
companies were looking to have models produced and had the budgets
available, so Gerhard sent out letters to various manufacturers of
equipment, asking them if they wanted models producing. He remembers
Right: one company well as he recollects
The completed HW70
model, photographed
from the archive. “Grove said they had the budget for the development of a model and
arranged to visit NZG to discuss the project but on the day of the meeting,
they could not find the NZG building as it was on the third floor of a
furniture store with only a small sign displayed on the building. Despite
the meeting not taking part on time, but a few hours later, Grove went
ahead with an order for the TM800 mobile crane which was their first
model, with 3000 pieces manufactured in 1970.”

Left:
An interesting release was
Right: the production of a plastic
The Aldi 1:87th case to hold gem stones.
cale model which was
a record production
of 300,000 pieces.

300,000 Expansion Inge Schmid Michael Ludwig Rosenbauer
piece order of the joined the started working 8x8 "KIT"
for 1:87th Sigmundstrasse company. at the company. awarded model
scale site to 3000 of the year.
Aldi truck. square meters.

1977 1985 1986 1988 1991

Hannelore
Hauer joined
the company.
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