Robert Schwarzenbach & Co

Robert Schwarzenbach & Co[1] (also referred to as Schwarzenbach, Huber & Co or The Schwarzenbach Enterprises) was a Swiss American textile manufacturing concern. Founded in 1829, the concern was active in silk and jacquard manufacturing. In 1928, Schwarzenbach was the largest textile company in the world exceeding 28,000 employees worldwide with a net turnover of 267 million Swiss francs.[2][3] The majority of sales were generated in the United States through the subsidiary Schwarzenbach, Huber & Co based in New York City.[4] In 1981, all manufacturing activities were seized and the concern was converted into a private real estate and investment vehicle currently still owned and managed by the Schwarzenbach family.[5][6]

Robert Schwarzenbach & Co
TypePrivate company
IndustryTextiles
Founded
  • 1829 (1829) as Robt. Schwarzenbach Thalwil, Switzerland
  • 1888 (1888) as Schwarzenbach, Huber & Co
  • New York City, U.S.
FounderJohannes Schwarzenbach-Landis
Defunct1981 (1981)
FateBusiness transformation
RevenueCHF 267 millions (1928)
Number of employees
28,000+ (1928)
SubsidiariesSchwarzenbach, Huber & Co

Literature
  • Verein für Wirtschaftshistorische Studien Zürich (Hrsg.): Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik, Bd. 10, 1959 (in German)
  • Robert J.F Schwarzenbach, The Schwarzenbach Enterprises, New York, 1917
  • Fritz Hess: Thalwil im 19. Jahrhundert, Zürcher Dissertation, 1938 (in German)
  • Hans Jakob Zwicky: Chronik der Gemeinde Thalwil, 1995 (in German)
  • E. Vögtlin: An die Firma Robert Schwarzenbach anlässlich des Jubiläums 1954 (in German)
  • Hochschule Luzern, Silk Memory: Schwarzenbach
  • Hochschule Luzern, Silk Memory: Mechanische Seidenstoffweberei Adliswil MSA (in German)

References
  1. AG, DV Bern. "Robt. Schwarzenbach & Co AG". Commercial register of canton Zurich. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  2. "Schwarzenbach-Archiv – Eine Fundgrube wird erhalten | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  3. American Silks (Columbia University) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_10249586_000/ldpd_10249586_000.pdf
  4. "Schwarzenbach – Huber Silk Mill". www.capital.net. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  5. "Neue Zürcher Zeitung 29 August 1981 — e-newspaperarchives.ch". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  6. "Als Thalwil eine Seiden-Grossstadt war". Zürichsee-Zeitung (in German). June 24, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
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