![historical advertising leaflet of the hand guided machines from TRUMPF](/filestorage/TRUMPF_Master/_processed_/3/d/csm_history-hand-guided-machines-17x8_79a14e2fb8.jpg)
Hand-Guided Machines for Simple Sheet Metal Processing
![historical picture of a hand-guided machine from TRUMPF](/filestorage/TRUMPF_Master/_processed_/1/7/csm_history-hand-guided-machines-content-01_c1dee33671.jpg)
1934
The company presents the first motor-driven hand shears (HSP 201) for cutting sheet metal. This results in a wide product range of power tools.
![historical logo of julius geiger](/filestorage/TRUMPF_Master/_processed_/6/c/csm_history-logo-julius-geiger_a147a604d2.jpg)
1937
The company is renamed "TRUMPF & Co., formerly Julius Geiger GmbH".
![historical picture of the Stuttgart machine shop Julius Geiger GmbH](/filestorage/TRUMPF_Master/_processed_/5/0/csm_history-keyvisual_01b2ca7ad9.jpg)
1939
As well as its product range of electric hand shears and flexible shafts, TRUMPF also makes foot pumps for aircraft construction as a sub-supplier to Elektron-Co. mbH in Bad Cannstatt. Of a total of over one hundred workers at the company, a third are forced laborers from France, the majority of whom come from Vierzon, south of Paris. The production buildings remain undamaged.
![historical picture of the serial production of TRUMPF stationary shears in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf Germany](/filestorage/TRUMPF_Master/_processed_/d/7/csm_history-tas_139f87082d.jpg)
1947
Christian Trumpf decides to build stationary curve shears. These are presented under the name "TRUMPF Aushauschere TAS".
![historical picture of the first TRUMPF Logo](/filestorage/TRUMPF_Master/_processed_/d/c/csm_history-pik-logo_e673ecc53b.jpg)
1948
In 1948, TRUMPF changes its logo due to the new product field. The spade logo has been used for over thirty years.