On April 13th 1889, the engineer Heinrich Ehrhardt establishes the Rheinische Metallwaaren- und Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft. On May 7th 1889, the new company is registered at the Local Court in Düsseldorf. The same year sees the start-up of production in rented space in Düsseldorf's Talstrasse. Barely a year later, the young enterprise is already employing 1,400 people, and turning out 800,000 bullets daily; by the end of 1891, a total of 120 million rounds will have been produced.
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