Wilhelm Becker (1841-1889) had been the permanent supplier of the Kurhaus fireworks since 1873. He had come to Wiesbaden from his home town of Hoechst in 1867 and founded a "Niederlage der Kunst- & Lust-Feuerwerkerei" in Goldgasse together with Wilhelm Menche. At the beginning of the 1870s, Menche became the sole owner of the business and Becker began his pyrotechnic production in Emser Straße. He also became the landlord of the "Zum Rietherberg" inn.

His success as a supplier to the Kurhaus enabled him to acquire a plot of land in Dotzheimer Straße, where he was able to expand his pyrotechnic production in a factory. A few years later, he was appointed "Royal Court Artistic Fireworker".

After his death, his son August took over the company, which now experienced a great upswing. The pyrotechnic products were awarded the "Great Silver Medal" at the 1894 Horticultural Exhibition. In 1904, he sold his factory to the artificer Adolf Clausz, who continued to run it under the name "Aug. Becker Nachf.". For safety reasons, the factory was relocated to the Dotzheim district "Zwischen der Bleidenstadterstrasse" on Klosterweg in 1907.

The company grew steadily until the First World War. In 1917, Clausz joined forces with Carl Blumberg; they now also produced signal and flare cartridges for the army and navy. After Johann Baptist Sauer, the Augsburg Royal Bavarian court artificer, became co-owner of the company in 1926, it was renamed "Kunstfeuerwerkerei Sauer & Co., vormals Becker Nachf.". One year later, Sauer took over the company, which was located in Carl-von-Linde-Straße, as a branch of the Augsburg firm.