Veritas AG

Veritas AG is an international, automotive corporation based in Gelnhausen, Germany, in the Main-Kinzig circle of the Hessen state.

In 1886 Berliner Gummiwaarenfabrik AG merged with Frankfurter Gummiwarenfabrik Wendt, Buchholz & Co., being the latter based in the city of Gelnhausen.

The company had grown into a large corporation, with two plants in Berlin, one in Gelnhausen, one in Bremen, as well as one in the then-Bohemian Grottau (what today is Hrádek nad Nisou).

In 1933 the Berlin operation, in collaboration with the IG-Farben (Leverkusen) test laboratories, succeeded in introducing the synthetic rubber "Buna" for practical manufacture.

Hence were the companies' archives rescued, because shortly after the move, the operation in Berlin-Lichterfelde was severely destroyed, as a result of the continuous air raids.

With it, 133 years came to an end, an era that started with the founding of the first Rubber factory in Germany (1849) and the cornerstone of what today is Veritas AG.

With the purchase of additional land, plus that belonging to the Ulrich AG company, permitted a generous, long-term plan for the segmentation of operations within the corporation.

Right across the Highway from the Volkswagen Plant in Puebla, Mexico; and also in 1998 Automotive Veritas de México was established.

Plastic and metal components equally belong to the product assortment that Veritas, as a successful worldwide supplier of automotive systems, is reckoned with.

The internationalization of Veritas grew further in 2005, with the acquisition of PS Fertigungstechnik GmbH in Austrian Mieders, where metal products were made.

In 2010 Veritas acquired OGW - Ostsächsiche Gumiwerke Polenz GmbH in Neustadt, in the Saxony state.