# Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG Hauptverwaltung

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The Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG Hauptverwaltung stands in Hanover as the headquarters of VSM AG, an industrial company rooted in abrasives. Its story begins with manufacturing rather than spectacle: early production centred on handmade glass and flint paper.

Siegmund Oppenheim and Siegmund Seeligmann founded the company in 1864, then industrialisation brought emery from Greece’s island of Naxos into its work. A 1898 merger with Schlesinger & Co. Harburg created the Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken Aktiengesellschaft, while later operations turned toward flexible backing abrasives after machine production ended during the Great Depression. Ceramic grains and structured abrasives mark its continuing technical development.

One small detail gives the industrial history a distinctive emblem: VSM registered the stag beetle as a trademark in 1875.

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