Ott Deisendorf brick factory turns 80
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Kai Rudhof, the company’s new manager as of January 1, 2014, and Assistant Manager Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Tristan Klein were pleased to be able to welcome some 200 guests to the event. In addition to a pair of technical reports presented by Martin Roth and Kai Rudhof, the participants enjoyed this opportunity to learn “all about” brickmaking in the course of a plant tour. Then, the subsequent culinary get-together served as a good platform for exchanging views on the company’s long history leading all the way up to today’s modern clay unit production facility.
History
1934: Leo Ott buys the brick factory in Überlingen-Deisendorf
1935: Leo Ott II succeeds his father and invests in a pan mill, a vacuum extruder, lifting stillage and a cutter
After World War II, a steam engine is installed and the ring kiln converted to a zig-zag kiln
1965: the tunnel kiln that is still in operation today is commissioned and production focussed on backing bricks
1986: Leo Ott, the eldest son of Leo Ott II, joins the managerial team
1993: the brothers Leo and Karl-Heinz Ott assume joint management of the factory following the death of Leo Ott II
The patented Deisendorfer Klimatherm [λ = 0.08 W/(mK)] marks a high point of permanent investment and research activities
1 January 2014: Leo Ott hands over the reins to his successor, Dipl.-Ing (FH) Kai Rudhof
