Inventor of the Dübel plug, synchronised flash photography, the building blocks of “Fischertechnik” and much more …

By the end of 2013, Artur Fischer had applied for 1,136 patents and utility models at the patent office. He was issued 570 patents from the German patent office. Many of his inventions make our daily lives easier. The most famous of these is the Dübel plug, which allows anything to be tightly screwed to the wall. Fischer’s first patent, a flash that synchronised with the push of a shutter release, was marketed worldwide by Agfa.

Artur Fischer died in 2016 aged 96. He established his plants in 1948 and the parent company was based in Waldachtal. Today, the plants offer employment to 4,423 employees in 34 countries around the globe.