On April 16, 1864, he founded the "Josef und Franz Werndl & Comp. After his father's death, 24-year-old Josef Werndl (1831–1889) took over his factory. In 1821, Leopold Werndl (1797–1855), a blacksmith in Steyr, began manufacturing iron parts for weapons. After the Thirty Years' War, thousands of muskets, pistols, and carbines were produced annually for the Habsburg Imperial Army. The privilege of iron and steel production, particularly for knives, was renewed by the Habsburg duke Albert of Austria in 1287. Steyr has been on the " iron road" to the nearby Erzberg mine since the days of the Styrian Otakar dukes and their Babenberg successors in the 12th and 13th century, and has been known as an industrial site for forging weapons. Share of the Oesterreichischen Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, issued February 1920
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