{"id":4227,"date":"2017-05-03T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backs.ocue.de\/?page_id=4227\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:06:53","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/company\/","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-313915333\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-992093075\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h3>The idea of the &#8220;Backs picking block&#8221; was born out of observation<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-992093075 > .col-inner {\n  padding: -20px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-629987045\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-743933662\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-818730607\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-818730607 {\n  padding-top: 25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:38%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"87\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firmengruender.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Theodor Backs<\/h4>\n<p>Founder of today&#8217;s Theodor Backs GmbH<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:35%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/alt.taubenkuchen.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>The first\u00a0&#8220;Backs picking block&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>around\u00a01898<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-809890550\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>It was in <strong>1898<\/strong> when Theodor Backs starts to produce his first picking stone for pigeons in Bochum, the heart of the german pigeon sport. <em><strong>Theodor Backs<\/strong><\/em> was perhaps the best and best known german fancier of his time. As every good player he had a good powers of observation and noticed that his pigeons were picking the chalk out of the walls from his loft at high loads instead of taking it in loose form.So the idea of \u201cBacks picking block\u201d was born. At first the picking block was made out of clay, quartz stones, feeding calcium and salt and it was made in grandmas oven. Soon friends asked for the picking block and the demand was increasing, \u00a0so that grandmas oven quickly became to small. In order to produce professionally a factory was built up in Gelsenkirchen, after the restaurant had been sold.At that time, he wrote his novel: \u201cDer k\u00fcrzeste und sicherste Weg zu den H\u00f6chstleistungen in der Brieftaubenzucht\u201d (\u201cThe Shortest and Most Certain Way to Success in Racing Pigeon Breeding\u201d), which was published in <strong>1922<\/strong>. He was awarded for the novel in <strong>1934<\/strong> with the Gold Medal of Honour of the Association. Main theses in the book are still valid today.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1732884507\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1927100177\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;Later the company was carried on by his son Hubert Backs, but in World War II everything had been destroyed.Hubert Backs who was suffering at a lung disease, an aftereffect of the war, decided to settle over to Bad Rehburg a climatic health resort in the near of Hannover.There he slowly starts to produce the picking block again.In 1954 the products of the company were shown on the national german pigeon exhibition for the first time.At that time there were just 4 products, which were produced. The picking block, Backs Sieger-Grit, Remedy, a home receipture for the upper respiratory tract and Darre-capsules for stomach trouble. Since then no exhibition was missed.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-483818284\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1773921946\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1773921946 {\n  padding-top: 75px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:38%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"87\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/opa_backs.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Hubert Backs<\/h4>\n<p>The 2nd\u00a0Backs-Generation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-294665995\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1324881247\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-696081932\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-696081932 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:38%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TheoBacks.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TheoBacks.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TheoBacks-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Theodor Backs jun.<\/h4>\n<p>Die 3. Backs-Generation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-606953144\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>In 1960 Theodor Backs jun. starts to run the business. He expanded the company so that the rooms in Bad Rehburg quickly were to small.In 1982 a new factory was built up nearby in M\u00fcnchehagen to meet the increasing demand.Meanwhile this factory was extended for the third time and the next extention was planed for the next year.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-676967719\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-646942835\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Univers, 'Zurich BT', sans-serif;\">In 1993 Michael Backs, the fourth generation starts his work for the company and the product range increased again. Meanwhile the Backs company sells about 400 different products in whole Europe, China and Taiwan. Mostly for pigeons, but also for birds, rodents and dogs.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Univers, 'Zurich BT', sans-serif;\">The last extention was in 2004 when Michael Backs bought the pigeon feed producer Matador in Recklinghausen in the neighbourhood of Bochum were everything started. \u201cIt is a little bit like coming home\u201d, Theodor and Michael said on the reopening party in April 2004 and \u201cnow we can mix the feed ourselves that we were looking for the last years.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Univers, 'Zurich BT', sans-serif;\">Not only in business but also in pigeonsports the Backs family is in the fourth generation. Theodor and Michael Backs race pretty successful. \u201cIt is the daily work with the pigeons that creates new ideas to make better products\u201d, Michael Backs says. \u201cWe have the same problems with our pigeons like other fanciers. It is our job to sove these problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Theo Backs then unfortunately had to give up pigeon racing for health reasons. Howerver, he continued to follew the events with great interest until he regrettably passed away in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The company Backs is also involved in social activities. For a long time, the organization Doctors Without Borders has been supported. In addition, children&#8217;s homes have often been donated in the past. Environmental protection is very important. Theodor Backs GmbH has been purchasing green electricity from Greenpeace for years. Plastic bags will be replaced with cotton carrier bags in the future.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-969276445\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-175741346\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-175741346 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-647860209\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-647860209 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:38%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Michael-Backs-Portrait.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Michael-Backs-Portrait.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Michael-Backs-Portrait-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" style=\"padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Michael Backs<\/h4>\n<p>The 4th Backs-Generation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-42112413\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2038746465\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1154158342\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1154158342 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-416013871\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1002625385\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1682976502\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-774572521\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-774572521 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2020457268\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Logo-Matador-2_5327.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Logo-Matador-2_5327.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Logo-Matador-2_5327-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Logo-Matador-2_5327-600x101.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2020457268 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1817927009\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><strong>In 2004<\/strong> Michael Backs took over the company Matador in Recklinghausen. Since then the pigeon fanciers can choose between various grain feed mixtures with the special know-how from Backs. Meanwhile Matador has become a international well known brand, greatly valued by pigeonmen from Reykjavik until Marrakesh. The philosophy of feeding easily digestible mixtures still finds more followers.<strong>Since 2006<\/strong>, there is a group of testing lofts that tests new products for the companies Backs and Matador. The test group consists of lofts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. So the new products are tested on various racing routes and in different racing systems. This way, it can be assured that the range of products includes only verified items.Another important trump card in both firms are the longstanding and dedicated employees. Either in production and sales, employment to the company for more than 30 years is no exception.In the house of Backs it is also thought about the future of the racing pigeon sport. Afther the senior had been in several honourable positions in the sport, also Michael has been very dedicated. In this way he had a great share in the restart of the Ruhrgebiedraces, being the chairman for the Friends of the Ruhrgebiedsraces for many years. It is not without reason that this unique competition attracts great international interest.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9409,"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4227\/revisions\/9409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tauben-backs.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}