ed ▁the ▁building ▁to ▁the ▁ground . ▁After wards , ▁the ▁ru ins ▁were ▁re built ▁and ▁both ▁production ▁and ▁research ▁were ▁started ▁af resh . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁Bau che ▁created ▁a ▁new ▁anti ▁w eld ing ▁tor ch ▁testing , ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁technology ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁to ▁come . ▁Working ▁for ▁the ▁national ▁defence ▁min istry , ▁the ▁factory ▁was ▁destroyed ▁once ▁more ▁by ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁and ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁was ▁partially ▁re construct ed ▁as ▁a ▁repair ▁work shop ▁for ▁American ▁t anks . ▁The ▁company ▁had ▁to ▁wait ▁until ▁well ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁before ▁the ▁factory ▁was ▁fully ▁re built . ▁ ▁The ▁creation ▁of ▁Fich et - B au che ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁Fich et ▁and ▁Bau che ▁merged . ▁The ▁newly ▁christ ened ▁Fich et - B au che ▁company ▁and ▁focused ▁on ▁saf es , ▁safe ▁depos it ▁lock ers , ▁v ault s ▁and ▁lo cks . ▁The ▁corpor ate ▁headquarters ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁Cl am art ▁in ▁V él iz y ▁and , ▁in ▁parallel , ▁a ▁new ▁factory ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁Car ign an ▁for ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁fire ▁resist ant ▁saf es . ▁The ▁Fich et - B au che ▁Group ▁also ▁expanded ▁intern ation ally ▁during ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁▁ ▁A ▁factory