 For
more than 100 years the ancestors of the today`s generation belong to the
pioneers of the German gemstone industry ( in particular Agate cutting
industry ), which is concentrated in the area of Idar Oberstein, a small
city in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz in the southwest of the Federal Republic
of Germany. In addition to the production of traditional items manufactured
from semi precious stones, the Hermann Löh company started to produce
three-dimensional carvings. In the early seventies Hermann Löh decided
to put main emphasis on the hand-carving of Agate Cameos. In the late seventies
he realised the advantages of ultrasonical power to mechanically
carve bi-coloured Agate plates into Agate Cameos. We can say that he was
the originator of the techniques to carve Agate Cameos by use of ultrasonic
powered machines.
Since 1988 the daughter of Hermann Löh, Mrs. Barbara Löh and her daughter, Mrs. Isabell Wahler manage the company in the second and third generation. On January 1st, 1997, the Hermann Löh company was transformed into a limited company, the Hermann Löh GmbH. |