Anton Schwarzkopf was born in the year 1924 in Behlingen, Germany.

His parents, Anton and Maria Schwarzkopf, moved to Münsterhausen

where his father owned a cartwrightery. For a long time caravans had

been produced for showmen and the circus. Later, they manufactured also special

trailers for them. In 1954, the company did some alterations on amusement rides

and turned into this business. After passing the examination for the

master craftsman's diploma as a panel-beater Anton Schwarzkopf got married. In 1955, his son Wieland was born and he begun planning of his first self constructed attraction, "Duesenspirale", for the German showman company Löffelhardt. Planned to be a travelling unit, the final ride was so huge and complex, that it was not before 1957 when it started operation for the first time. Franz Schwarzkopf, Anton's brother, assisted the showmen crew while he was on tour with them.

In 1960, Anton Schwarzkopf took over his father's company. In the same year his second child, daughter Sylvia, was born. In 1964 he built his first full steel rollercoaster, the "Wildcat". Many well thought constructions and innovations followed up, giving his company the leadership in the market and made himself surely the most creative masterbuilder in the amusement industry that time. In the mid-sixties, the company started production of cylinders for cement mixers ensuring a second standing-leg for about 10 years.