ZILVER A/S AND KASTRUP TÆNDSTIKFABRIK
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Edwin Zilver
1938 - 1950
Hjallerup Allé 14 - 16, Kastrup
After the break with Wedfall Edwin Zilver started his own
advertement match factory in Kastrup, but one year later
Zilver died and his wife continued the factory.
The factory was hit by several major fires.
The first time on the 20th of
December 1938; the entire warehouse burned down, but the factory
immediately began to produce and saved the Christmas sales .
The second time was
the 17th of
July 1940 and this time it was much stronger , almost
explosively .
As the 18-year-old Kay Carlsen entered the factory , he came to
encounter a box of unwrapped matches , which then ignited , fell
to the floor and ignited another 52 packages.
The fire spread with lightning speed and 3 women was burned but
saved their lives by jumping out of the windows .
Despite the fire brigade strenuous efforts failed to save the
factory, which burned down .
At this point, 42 women worked in the factory, most of which had
a break in time of the accident .
In 1941 the factory was rebuilt and manufactured again
advertisement matches. Among other
things,
fabricated to the so-called plug-coin of the insurance company
Codan.
Like the 1-cent stamps wrapped in cellophane replaced this
wrapped match the lack of proper 1-øre during
World War II.
Zilver
had several different products, including
they sold at Easter " stick flowers ", where the matches were
packaged in an Easter egg and also announced that one could get
his name written on the folders.
In 1943 the factory was renamed Kastrup Tændstikfabrik with
office in Holbergsgade 15.
At the same time they manufactured and sold stick machines at
the address Højskole Alle 44.
In 1946, both companies moved to the shared address in
Fredensborg.
The factory moved again in 1949 , this time to Aalestrupvej 15
and the following year it had to close.
Match Machine factory, which was possibly a subset of E. Zilver
in Rotterdam, then moved its production there.
The owner of E. Zilver in Rotterdam, who negotiated their own
developed matchstick machines were Edwin Zilver , the son of the
father with the same name that started advertisement matchstick
factory in Denmark.
