The workshops were originally the Fuchs factory. It is estimated that the building was built in around 1930. Carl Fuchs parents were Verena Schneider and Herman Fuchs. On December 18, 1904 Carl Julius Fuchs was born. Carl started as a plumbing apprentice at 14 years of age. Fuchs got married to Emily Lillian Humphries on September 8, 1928 in Turffontein, Johannesburg. There were no children born from the couple. Due to not having any children the couple started the Fuchs Foundation.

Article in the 17th August 2022, edition of the Heidelberg/Nigel Herald written by Eugene Viljoen
HEIDELBERG – Latest Heritage Site unveiled where Fuchs started their working empire.
On August 12, Tony Burisch of the Heidelberg Heritage Association awarded the latest blue plaque for heritage to the factory where CJ Fuchs started his manufacturing empire. The plaque is no 54 in the heritage series. The sponsors were Neels and Henli Malan.

The workshops were originally the Fuchs factory. It is estimated that the building was built in around 1930.
Carl Fuchs parents were Verena Schneider and Herman Fuchs. On December 18, 1904 Carl Julius Fuchs was born. Carl started as a plumbing apprentice at 14 years of age. Fuchs got married to Emily Lillian Humphries on September 8, 1928 in Turffontein, Johannesburg. There were no children born from the couple. Due to not having any children the couple started the Fuchs Foundation.

In 1929 the Fuchs couple started their own company CJ Fuchs (Pty) Ltd by selling all their possessions they owned to raise the finances. Mr Carl Julius Fuchs originally started the business making tin hats (helmets) for soldiers during the Second World War In that time the couple together with one worker worked in three shifts making the military helmets. 

From there Fuchs progressed to pots and pans, household appliances and even military equipment. That is where the company Fuchsware started. The building was at one stage a wool factory and thereafter the home to Heidelberg Tractors from 1963 to 2016. At present the premises is being used as a recycling plant.
Note from Tony: According to the file that Herbert Prins had made in 1986, this building is where the Fuchs factory started. According to the Fuchs website they say the factory first started in Johannesburg.