Steel construction Lavis

Founded in 1897 by Michael Lavis, Kesselschmiede developed into an important steel construction company for building and bridge construction from the mid-1920s onwards. This is where, for example, the invisibly installed steel skeleton of the new church of St. Joseph's parish in Offenbach's Westend district was built in 1930. After the Second World War, Lavis played a key role in the reconstruction of many war-damaged bridges, including those between Offenbach and Fechenheim and between Hanau and Steinheim. The company produced capital goods such as large-dimensioned pipework, apparatus, containers and cranes for customers at home and abroad. Lavis was involved in almost all major German power plants and also in the construction of the Transrapid magnetic levitation train test track. In the 1970s, the company increasingly concentrated on building construction and had a strong position in steel building construction. In 1990, the Offenbach-based company was sold to Philipp Holzmann AG and relocated to Aschaffenburg in 1996, but no longer exists there either. The Offenbach site was converted into a commercial area for retail and redeveloped with the Ring-Center.