| The [[Kaweco]] reached the height of its size in the early '20s, when he became the first manufacturer in Germany, with sales of around 130,000 units a year. In [[1924]] gave the company employed around 1,200 people, but already in 1925 it began to feel the first symptoms of the crisis, losing ground to rivals like [[Soennecken]] and [[Montblanc]]. Also in that same period were born near Heidelberg a number of competitors such as [[Reform]] and the ''[[KWG]]'', and others brand were founded by the best technicians who left [[Kaweco]] to create of their own companies, like the Böhler brothers with [[Osmia]] or Heinrich Hebborn, who in 1925 acquired the Cologne [[Kaweco]] branch, of which he was director, to create [[Luxor]]. | | The [[Kaweco]] reached the height of its size in the early '20s, when he became the first manufacturer in Germany, with sales of around 130,000 units a year. In [[1924]] gave the company employed around 1,200 people, but already in 1925 it began to feel the first symptoms of the crisis, losing ground to rivals like [[Soennecken]] and [[Montblanc]]. Also in that same period were born near Heidelberg a number of competitors such as [[Reform]] and the ''[[KWG]]'', and others brand were founded by the best technicians who left [[Kaweco]] to create of their own companies, like the Böhler brothers with [[Osmia]] or Heinrich Hebborn, who in 1925 acquired the Cologne [[Kaweco]] branch, of which he was director, to create [[Luxor]]. |
| La concorrenza iniziò a farsi sempre più agguerrita e le vendite della [[Kaweco]], che restava ancorata alla produzione di penne in ebanite nera con caricamento [[safety]], persero sempre più terreno rispetto agli altri produttori che iniziarono ad introdurre modelli colorati in celluloide e con caricamenti più sofisticati. In particolare le esportazioni, che erano state un punto di forza dell'azienda, crollarono a picco di fronte alla concorrenza dei produttori americani. | | La concorrenza iniziò a farsi sempre più agguerrita e le vendite della [[Kaweco]], che restava ancorata alla produzione di penne in ebanite nera con caricamento [[safety]], persero sempre più terreno rispetto agli altri produttori che iniziarono ad introdurre modelli colorati in celluloide e con caricamenti più sofisticati. In particolare le esportazioni, che erano state un punto di forza dell'azienda, crollarono a picco di fronte alla concorrenza dei produttori americani. |