Cfm Oskar Tropitzsch e.K. has been existing in its current version for almost fifteen years now. The beginnings, however, go back more than 200 years to the roots of chemical industry in Europe and particularly in Germany. July 24, 1788 is said to have been the birthday of the Chemical Factory W.C. Fikentscher from which cfm Oskar Tropitzsch emerged in 1985. But let′s go back to the beginnings: founded by Wolfgang Caspar Fikentscher in 1788 the Chemical Factory was the first chemical factory in Germany.In those days chemistry meant alchemy or "the art of trying". Apart from the production of chemicals for the glass indus