On March 1st, 1949, Karl Bahns sr. together with his brother Max and his two sons Karl jr. and Rolf founded the Karl Bahns steel goods factory at the Burger Landstraße 26. This was the foundation stone for the positiv development of the company till nowadays. The steady and sucessful development is based on the synergy of high-quality and precise work done by hand with modern technology and innovation. Already the third generation carries on this thought of tradition and progress consequently.
Especially the high-quality "Burgvogel" products, whose quality derives from careful work, the use of best steel and long-standing experience, are yet distributed in the whole world.

Already 1949 the Karl Bahns steel goods factory used a semi-automatic knife grinding machine and so were among the first firms in Solingen who used this technical innovation. In the first years the workforce consisted of ten persons, who mostly did labour and manufactured painting tools. In 1950 son Heinz joined the company of his father and in the following year the estate of Burger Landstraße 60 became property of the steel goods factory Karl Bahns. In 1952 the whole company moved into the new place, which ist the base of the factory till today.