Viktor line
Line Viktor: Commercial Councilor Ing. Viktor Czerweny von Arland
In 1917, together with his brother, he invented a match machine ("automat machine, patent Czerweny") and after the merger to form Solo, he continued to work in the match industry as central director. He was also president of the traditional iron trade industry AG Greinitz.
Arland AG
In 1939, the Viktor Czerweny von Arland family acquired the majority of the shares in the Karl Kranz paper and cellulose factory in Graz-Andritz. In doing so, he continued the tradition of his grandfather Florian Pojatzi, who, in addition to the match industry, was also involved in various paper mills that produced special paper for packaging the matches. From 1939, Viktor Czerweny von Arland acted as chairman of the supervisory board of the Kranz paper factory in Graz. His son Viktor Czerweny von Arland, jun. (1905–1957) developed an innovative cardboard boxing machine for the plant. The cellulose factory in Rechberg near Eisenkappel in Carinthia also belonged to the paper factory in Graz-Andritz. During the war years, the Arlands were able to prevent the paper mills from being shut down and converted into factories important for armaments. After the war years, the Karl Kranz paper and cellulose factory was expanded and renamed Arland Papier- und Zellstofffabriken AG.
After Viktor Czerweny von Arland, sen. 1956, a year after the death of his wife, had died and Viktor Czerweny von Arland jun. In 1957, as a result of an illness, who also died at the age of 52, his 25-year-old daughter Ingrid took over the company. She became general director of the Arland paper works in Graz-Andritz and also managed the pulp works in Rechberg.
Under her leadership, production at the Arland paper mill increased to 29,000 tons per year by 1962. The production of the cellulose factory in Rechberg even increased from 10,000 tons to 30,000 tons. After setting up a new wood grinding shop in Graz-Andritz, the Arland factory had well over 1,000 employees in the early 1960s. In terms of production value, Arland Paper Mill regularly ranked fifth to seventh in those years compared to 26 other companies in the industry. After the industrial dynasty of Czerweny von Arland suffered severe losses when the match industry went down, Arland AG was never one of the kind of family companies that could be cushioned with their own cash assets. Committed management enabled the Arland mill to survive the difficult war and post-war years and to remain in the black in the 1950s and 1960s, despite the pressure on the paper market.
From the mid-1960s, however, massive investments had to be made in order to make production competitive. Attempts to balance the existing thin capital base through stock transactions failed. The era of paper production came to an end for the Czerweny von Arland family.
The block of shares in Arland AG first went to the Swiss entrepreneur Schauffelberger, then to the Italian industrialist Anna Erker-Hocevar and at the end of the 1970s to the Austrian Salzer Papier GmbH, which shut down production with around 500 people. In 1992, the formerly modernized, spacious, bright halls of the Arland works were finally demolished and replaced by housing. Only the address in the Graz district has survived to this day: "Am Arlandgrund".
After Viktor Czerweny von Arland, sen. 1956, a year after the death of his wife, had died and Viktor Czerweny von Arland jun. In 1957, as a result of an illness, who also died at the age of 52, his 25-year-old daughter Ingrid took over the company. She became general director of the Arland paper works in Graz-Andritz and also managed the pulp works in Rechberg.
Under her leadership, production at the Arland paper mill increased to 29,000 tons per year by 1962. The production of the cellulose factory in Rechberg even increased from 10,000 tons to 30,000 tons. After setting up a new wood grinding shop in Graz-Andritz, the Arland factory had well over 1,000 employees in the early 1960s. In terms of production value, Arland Paper Mill regularly ranked fifth to seventh in those years compared to 26 other companies in the industry. After the industrial dynasty of Czerweny von Arland suffered severe losses when the match industry went down, Arland AG was never one of the kind of family companies that could be cushioned with their own cash assets. Committed management enabled the Arland mill to survive the difficult war and post-war years and to remain in the black in the 1950s and 1960s, despite the pressure on the paper market.
From the mid-1960s, however, massive investments had to be made in order to make production competitive. Attempts to balance the existing thin capital base through stock transactions failed. The era of paper production came to an end for the Czerweny von Arland family.
The block of shares in Arland AG first went to the Swiss entrepreneur Schauffelberger, then to the Italian industrialist Anna Erker-Hocevar and at the end of the 1970s to the Austrian Salzer Papier GmbH, which shut down production with around 500 people. In 1992, the formerly modernized, spacious, bright halls of the Arland works were finally demolished and replaced by housing. Only the address in the Graz district has survived to this day: "Am Arlandgrund".
The new beginning
Descendants of the Viktor line founded Arland GmbH in 1997, with which they are still developing software for the sports betting industry today.