Porzellanfabrik Ackermann & Fritze was established in Rudolstadt-Volkstedt in 1908. It produced finest luxury porcelain. In 1949 it employeed 30 workers. In the 1951 - 1959 period it operated as VEB Kunst- und Zierporzellanwerke Rudolstadt-Volkstedt.
Expropriated by communist East German authorities owners funded another factory in Höhr-Grenzhausen.
