About the company
High quality, customer-oriented service and over 200 years experience and development in the field of fiber processing
We process a glass fiber produced especially for us for polishing, erasing, brushing and grinding products.
With over 200 years of experience and development in the field of fiber processing and customer-oriented service, we are today a leader in this field.
The glass fiber made exclusively for our purposes is not identical to the general known glass fibers. It is manufactured without CFCs. Due to its fiber diameter, it can not be inhaled and is therefore in a health-safe area. It was therefore not included in the group of dangerous substances.
Born around 1415
Peter Greiner is today the oldest proven ancestor of our family.
03/10/1673
Johann Greiner, called "Schwarzer", is born. He works as a glassmaker in Lauscha.
04/01/1705
Johann Greiner, called "Kleinhans", is born. He also works as a glassmaker in Lauscha.
06/17/1738
Johann Georg David Greiner was born and works as a glassmaker in Lauscha.
05/19/1782
Johann Caspar Greiner-Adam, the father of Friedrich Guido Greiner-Adam, is born. He later worked as a glassblower, glass bead maker and art glassblower.
1850
The fiberglass thread is invented by Friedrich Guido Greiner-Adam, the discoverer of the glass silk.
In the following years Guido Greiner-Adam takes over the business of his father Friedrich Guido Greiner-Adam.
06/13/1898
Julius Greiner-Adam is born.
Later, Eduard Julius Greiner-Adam takes over the business of his father Guido Greiner-Adam.
1902
Eduard Julius Greiner-Adam developed for the first time a process with which glass wool and glass fibers could be produced with machines on an industrial scale. This started the production of fiberglass insulation mats, a building material whose importance is undisputed today.
1911
Julius Greiner-Adam joins his father's business.
Before and during the First World War, Julius Greiner-Adam experimented with the possibilities of producing glass wool and glass fiber in an industrial way.
1914
First World War - the complete production is inoperative.
In 1916, Julius Greiner-Adam was drafted into the army service. In 1917, however, he was called back home, after his father was killed in war and he now has to continue the business.
1952
After several attempts of reconstruction by the war and other circumstances, the rebuilding of the company with world renown took place, now specializing in glass fiber brushes and glass fiber eraser.
The marriage of Julius and Pauline Greiner-Adam remained childless.
1975
Takeover of the company by Juliane Kern (married Braunersreuther), the niece of Pauline Greiner-Adam.
1979
Cross of Merit on Ribbon for Julius Greiner-Adam as inventor and service to the general public.
1998
Transfer of the company to the daughter Ruby Turturro (née Braunersreuther) and continuation of the operation in the fourth generation until today.
Today
With over 200 years of experience and development in the field of fiber processing, high quality and customer-oriented service, we are today a leader in this field and deliver our products worldwide.