Roland Brand Hits the Century Mark

Though they established the company in Frankfurt, Faber and Schleicher broke ground in Offenbach, where they were soon doing business on an international scale. Their first export model was the Albatros, which was sent in 1875 to the Russian capital of St. Petersburg. In 1911, as the first Roland entered the market and immediately won a gold medal at the Turin World’s Fair, the founders officially established their company as Faber & Schleicher AG.