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| Company type | KG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Industrial Furniture & Hardware |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder | Carl Robert Wagner |
| Defunct | 1946 |
| Fate | Expropriation & conversion into a publicly owned company |
| Headquarters | Chemnitz, Germany |
| Website | rowac |
Rowac (acronym for Robert Wagner Chemnitz) was a hardware factory founded by Carl Robert Wagner in 1888 in Chemnitz, Germany which most notably produced furniture for industrial use. Carl Robert Wagner is regarded as the inventor of the steel stool, which among other things was chosen for the workshops and classrooms of the Bauhaus Dessau. Today, mainly stools, chairs and cabinets carrying the Rowac name are traded as antiques.