{"id":9513,"date":"2023-03-27T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/news\/portrait-the-visionary\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T10:15:04","slug":"portrait-the-visionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/en\/portrait-the-visionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait &#8211; The visionary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>He was an inventor, designer, entrepreneur, and visionary \u2013 upon the arrival of Josef Eisert, a new era dawned at Phoenix Contact. The engineer from southern Germany transformed the former commercial distributor into a manufacturer of innovative products that later became a world market leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-08.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-08-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-08-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silent shareholder August Scherrbacher, plant manager Carlo Schmidt, shareholder Josef Eisert, son J\u00f6rg Eisert, silent shareholder and clamping part supplier at the time Mr. Weisser (from left). Inspection of the sliding headstock automatic lathes on the occasion of a shareholders&#8217; meeting in the 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Present-day Phoenix Contact would be unimaginable without him. Josef Eisert was an ingenious inventor and a tireless tinkerer. There were 281 patents registered in his name by the time his creative period came to an end. Yet in 1898, no one would have known. The oldest of three sons was born in Dielheim near Heidelberg that year.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Innkeepers and legendary Sepp Herberger<\/h4>\n\n<p>Professionally, Josef Eisert came from an entirely different background. His parents ran the \u201cZur Sonne\u201d inn. The inn was later passed on to his brother Anton. Even the youngest brother, Otto Eisert, followed in his parents&#8217; footsteps and opened the \u201cZum Hirschen\u201d inn. Josef&#8217;s path, though, led him to the drawing board, not the beer tap.<\/p>\n\n<p>He discovered a passion for electrical engineering. During his time as a student in Mannheim, he would play alongside the young soccer legend Sepp Herberger in the Waldhof Mannheim soccer team. Not even his love for soccer could distract the emerging engineer from his destiny, however.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-14-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-14-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-14.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Patent specification for a hook lock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>After earning his degree at the Mannheim Engineering Technical College, Josef Eisert began his professional career at Brown Boveri Cie (BBC) in Mannheim. The first of his patents date back to these early days, and they reach far beyond his expertise in electrical engineering. Among other things, he developed a locking mechanism for sliding doors on rollingstock. Selling the patent provided him with the proceeds to buy a home in the Black Forest. He had it converted to the \u201cBl\u00fcmlishof\u201d boarding house that was kept by his mother-in-law. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change of scenery to Berlin<\/h4>\n\n<p>In the early 1930s, Josef Eisert accepted a new position in Berlin at the Siemens Electric Group. At 34, Eisert worked at Siemens-Schuckert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siemens.com\/global\/en\/company\/about\/history\/stories\/siemens-schuckertwerke.html\">Siemens-Schuckert<\/a> headquarters. Josef Eisert was assigned to topics relating to the power supply of power stations, outdoor transformer stations, and railroad installations. It did not take to become the chief engineer, responsible for a department of around 150 employees. During this period alone, Eisert developed 60 patents, including a \u201cseries test terminal for auxiliary lines\u201d as early as 1932. <br\/>His son Klaus was born in May 1934, followed by J\u00f6rg in November 1935. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Bluemlishof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Bluemlishof-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Bluemlishof-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Bluemlishof.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Bl\u00fcmlishof<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>In 1943, the Eiserts decided that the Emilie and their two sons move to the \u201cBl\u00fcmlishof\u201d in the Black Forest, given the growing threats of the war in Berlin. Josef Eisert was considered \u201cindispensable to the war effort\u201d and, later in the war, he belonged to the Organisation Todt, an engineering troop that was assigned to the maintenance of buildings and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Firewood and toilet paper<\/h4>\n\n<p>Shortly before the Russian army conquered Berlin in May 1945, a group of Siemens employees left to become part of \u201cWest Group Management\u201d in M\u00fclheim an der Ruhr. After he arrived here, he returned to the family in the Black Forest.<\/p>\n\n<p>Germany after the war was characterized by chaotic conditions, destroyed cities, food shortages, and great efforts to start over. The Eiserts made a modest living, for the most part on the income from their small boarding house. Josef Eisert earned additional income by working in forestry as a woodcutter, among other jobs. <\/p>\n\n<p>Yet, none of this put a halt on his inventive spirit as an engineer. Not only did he learn beekeeping, he also designed a double-walled apiary with a sliding honey chamber. He developed an ingenious dispenser for the single-ply toilet paper that was common at the time, but it did not take off. He also continued to work for Siemens, where one of his developments involved a special scissor disconnector designed to disconnect electrical connections in outdoor switchgear. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attorneys, patents, and all things great and small<\/h4>\n\n<p>Josef Eisert was still finding improvements in the field of terminal blocks. This brought him into contact with the patent attorney Dr. Idel from Essen, who also represented a man named Hugo Kn\u00fcmann. The attorney first brought the men together in 1949. In the early days, Kn\u00fcmann expressed greater interest in buying up Eisert&#8217;s patents. However, Kn\u00fcmann and Eisert, who was 14 years younger, understood each other well, so a free collaboration came about.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-02-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-02-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-02-768x924.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-02.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A phenomenon known as \u201cseason cracking\u201d took place during this time. Kn\u00fcmann&#8217;s terminal blocks suffered from hairline cracks in the brass of the clamping parts. This was a problem that especially occurred in the fall. Josef Eisert was assigned to solving this existential problem in the RWE-Phoenix terminal blocks, which were thought to be so robust. He discovered that brass began to deteriorate when mechanical tensile stress, moisture, and ammonia interacted. This constellation would occur when the fields were fertilized in the fall. The solution: Eisert increased the copper content of the processed brass. This marked the beginning of the \u201ccopper terminal block.\u201d It also marked Josef Eisert&#8217;s early days as technical director of Ph\u00f6nix Elektrizit\u00e4tsgesellschaft H. Kn\u00fcmann &amp; Co. in Essen, at the time with a staff of 16. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new beginning<\/h4>\n\n<p>Even during his lifetime, Hugo Kn\u00fcmann commented on his restless new employee: \u201cEisert won&#8217;t rest until he has his own factory.\u201d A prophetic prediction. Kn\u00fcmann was seriously ill, and passed away in June 1963. Because he had no children of his own, he placed his company in the hands of Josef Eisert. This was because Eisert was given a 30 percent interest in the company, becoming the majority shareholder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Lampmann-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Lampmann-10-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Lampmann-10-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Lampmann-10-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Lampmann-10-220x150.jpg 220w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Lampmann-10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ursula Lampmann with shareholders August Scherrbacher, Otto Sillib and Josef Eisert (from left)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>This marked the beginning of the company&#8217;s true success story. Josef Eisert quickly proved himself to be an outstanding entrepreneur as well. Together with Ursula Lampmann, also a shareholder and in charge of administrative management, he quickly expanded the small company. Two principles were (and still are) at the forefront: financial independence and creating internal value.<\/p>\n\n<p>In Blomberg, the location was expanded to include its own manufacturing facility. A groundbreaking principle was added to the terminal block portfolio: The clamping part, which accommodated the cables to be connected, consisted of assembled punch-bent parts in its further development. It was an entirely new design principle in which many production steps had to be re-developed. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-07-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-07-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-07-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-07.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>J\u00f6rg Eisert, Eugen Berg, Josef Eisert and Ernst Noelle (from left) at a meeting in L\u00fcdenscheid<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>This led to in-depth collaboration with the L\u00fcdenscheid-based metal products factory Noelle &amp; Berg, which had already been a supplier in Kn\u00fcmann&#8217;s day. Josef Eisert convinced the owners Ernst Noelle and Eugen Berg to accept shares in Ph\u00f6nix Elektrizit\u00e4tsgesellschaft in return for making the L\u00fcdenscheid company an affiliate under the name Phoenix Feinbau. The small electric company was now a corporate group. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Victory of provincial locations<\/h4>\n\n<p>The first in-house production machinery included sliding headstock automatic lathes and thermoset rotary presses. Initially, they found space in the Noelle &amp; Berg facility in L\u00fcdenscheid, but Josef Eisert began to expand the Blomberg location. He found a plot of land on Flachsmarktstrasse between farm tracks, where the first hall was erected in 1957. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-09-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-09-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-09-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-09.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Site inspection in the shell of hall 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Typical of Josef Eisert, the visionary was not only interested in terminal blocks and machinery but also looked far outside the box. The architecture of the initial halls still defines the face of the company to this day. The second hall followed as early as 1960. Because the portfolio grew rapidly, Eisert and his staff continued to develop the terminal block. Klaus Eisert, Josef&#8217;s eldest son, joined his father&#8217;s company as an engineer. He was followed by J\u00f6rg and later also Gerd Eisert, who enthusiastically supported their father.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" data-id=\"9486\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-06.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-06-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-06-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"679\" data-id=\"9484\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-05.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-05-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-05-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-05-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"754\" data-id=\"9482\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-04-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-04-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"740\" data-id=\"9480\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-03.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-03-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-03-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n<p>It quickly became clear that it was not going to be feasible to set up a suitable facility in Essen. At the same time, the effort required to coordinate the facilities in L\u00fcdenscheid and Blomberg from the corporate headquarters was becoming more difficult. So the decision was made to move the corporate headquarters to East Westphalia. In 1965, construction began on the central administration building, the landmark of Phoenix Contact, which is still referred to as \u201cthe high-rise.\u201d Josef Eisert was greatly involved in the planning and execution. The company&#8217;s own masonry team with its own machinery was strongly involved. In 1966, the administrative offices moved into their new home as well. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shaping the corporate culture<\/h4>\n\n<p>By then, Josef Eisert was 68 years old. Yet, retirement was far from the latest resident of Blomberg&#8217;s mind. He continued to develop new products every day, expanding the production facilities for them and starting the necessary construction activity, which still continues today. Toolmaking and machine building became an integral part of the family business, expressing the extraordinary depth of added value. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"661\" data-id=\"9468\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-12.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-12-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-12-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Josef Eisert, August Scherrbacher and Klaus Eisert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"9466\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-11.jpg 698w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-11-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Josef and Gerd Eisert<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n<p>In 22 years as an entrepreneur, Josef Eisert transformed the 18-strong assembly and commercial distribution company in Essen into a large medium-sized family business, laying the foundation for its rapid growth to becoming a global market leader. His sons Klaus, J\u00f6rg and Gerd Eisert continued this tradition consistently and very successfully.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"972\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-13.jpg 972w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-13-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/update.phoenixcontact.com\/media\/2023\/03\/Josef-Eisert-13-768x790.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Josef Eisert, ingenious designer and visionary entrepreneur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Josef Eisert passed away on March 24, 1975, at the age of 77.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was an inventor, designer, entrepreneur, and visionary \u2013 upon the arrival of Josef Eisert, a new era dawned at Phoenix Contact. The engineer from southern Germany transformed the former commercial distributor into a manufacturer of innovative products that later became a world market leader. 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