Artur Fischer is born in 1919 in Tumlingen. In 1948, just barely 29 years old, he founds his own company. In order to take a picture of his daughter in his dark attic apartment, he develops a flash unit for cameras in no time. The big breakthrough comes 10 years later with the sensational invention of the straddling dowel and in 1965 he applies for the patent for the legendary fischertechnik design building set. In spite of his more than 1000 patents, he continually searched for an invention that would make the hearts of big and small children happy.

In 1998, the time had come: fischer TiP was placed on the toy market!!Since then, the great TiPs have been making kids and adults in over 25 different countries of this world happy.