Fabryka Obrabiarek do Drewna

[1] In addition to manufacturing, the company provides ongoing service and has a technical facility dedicated to the continuous development and modernization of its products.

[2] Seeking a better location for his business, Blumwe purchased a property with buildings from the widow of Julius Schmidt, the owner of an iron foundry, in Wilczak [pl] (now 53 Nakielska Street) in 1878.

With factory facilities suited for his intended production, he expanded the site and installed new machinery, manufacturing sawmills and woodworking machines.

[3] The construction of the Bydgoszcz Timber Port [pl] in 1879 and its expansion between 1905 and 1907 significantly contributed to the local woodworking industry's rapid development after 1890.

[2] That same year, Wilhelm Blumwe [pl] expanded the plant by acquiring additional plots on Nakielska Street, where he built workshops and factory halls equipped with electric lighting and modern transmission devices.

[2] The company established representatives in Berlin, Magdeburg, and Cologne and exported products to Brazil, China, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Japan, the Americas, Turkey, Italy, and Africa.

By 1912, the supervisory board included notable figures such as Lewin Louis Aronsohn, Martin Friedländer, and Julius Strelow from Bydgoszcz, along with Richard Dyhrenfurth from Berlin.

It became a branch of the Pomorska Fabryka Maszyn S.A. in Grudziądz, later renamed Unia Joint-Stock Company, United Machine Factories in 1922.

[2] The factory fully met domestic demand and exported its products to numerous countries, including Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Brazil, Peru, and Argentina.

[5] Around 1930, the factory faced significant challenges due to the collapse of the market and the decline of Bydgoszcz as a center for the wood industry and trade.

[2] After the outbreak of World War II and the occupation of Bydgoszcz by the Wehrmacht, the assets of the company were confiscated by the German Haupttreuhandstelle Ost.

[2] In the 1970s, the factory began cooperation with West German companies and launched a technological line for wood length joining.

[13] In 1978, the factory opened a branch in Sępólno Krajeńskie, taken over from the local industry, where a mechanical processing department was launched, providing services for the repair of passenger and delivery vehicles.

[14] In 2017, a decision was made to relocate production to a new plant in Niwy[15] or to Bydgoszcz's industrial park, with the move expected to be completed by 2021.

[16] In May 2020, a preliminary agreement was signed for the sale of nearly 4 hectares of the former factory's land for 17.5 million PLN to the Polish Holding Real Estate Group, with plans to develop 710 residential units at this site, according to a design by the Warsaw-based AGK Architekci studio.

[2] The richly decorated facades of the residential and administrative buildings highlighted the social status of the factory owner, contrasting sharply with the austere, brick architecture of the industrial halls.

[2] The hall was one of the largest preserved and operational industrial buildings in Bydgoszcz, notable for its architectural appeal and its continued use for its original production purposes.

It was added to the northern wall of an earlier turning shop and became the third structure with this function along the eastern boundary of the lot, now Stawowa Street.

Administrative building, formerly the palace of the owners C. and W. Blumwe
Historic assembly hall