Distributor of "Aladin lamps". Austrian trading company specialized in the import and distribution of lamps and stoves, the company also played as the local agent for several Dutch and German insurance companies before the First World War. In 1917, the company ran out of business owing to the closure of the Deutsche Bank. However, it returned to China in the 1920s in the name of "Tiancheng" 天成"及 and "Henderson" 亨德, and even opened a branch in Hongkong. It then specialized in the production of light bulbs, lanterns, electrical equipment, electrical parts and enamel containers. In the 1930s, the company still served as a local agent for various companies that exported their production to Asia.
Source/Reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (271-272)
奥地利灯具炉具公司,本部维也纳.维也纳、米兰、华沙设制造厂,巳黎、柏林、里昂、米兰、罗马、布达佩斯、格拉茨、伦贝格、布拉格、汉堡、盖布隆丧、华沙、孟买、加尔各答诸埠设分号。1913 年前来华开业,设驻华总号于上海汉口路,进口经销所产灯具、炉具,代理荷、德几家保险公司及厂商。1917 年中国对德奥宣战后沪行关闭。1920 年代来华复业,以铃福恩内 (J. A. Vorner) 为驻华代袭,在上海、哈尔滨等埠,分别以"天成"及"亨德"等样行为代理行,进口经销所产灯泡、提灯、电气设备、电器零件及搪瓷器皿等. 1930 年代末尚见于记载,代理行为亚洲出口公司.
Rough translation
Austrian lighting stoves company, Vienna, Milan, Warsaw, Warsaw, Berlin, Berlin, Lyon, Milan, Rome, Budapest, Graz, Lambert, Prague, Hamburg, Gabriel, Warsaw, Mumbai Kolkata and the ministries. 1913 to come to China to open, located in China, the total number of Hankou Road in Shanghai, the import distribution of lamps, stoves, agents Dutch, Germany several insurance companies and manufacturers. China's closure of Deutsche Bank in 1917 after the declaration of war. In the 1920s, China came to China to return to China, in the name of "Tiancheng" and "Henderson", and in Hong Kong, Production of light bulbs, lanterns, electrical equipment, electrical parts and enamel containers, etc. The late 1930s are still seen in the agency, the behavior of Asian export companies.
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