Altenloh, Brinck & Co
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1823 |
| Seat |
 Ennepetal , Germany
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| management | Frank Haberstroh (Chairman),
Michael Salzig, Nikolas Dicke |
| Number of employees | about 1500 |
| Website | www.altenloh.com |
The Altenloh, Brinck & Co (ABC) group of companies, headquartered in the Ennepetal district of Milspe, is the oldest screw factory in Germany . Altenloh, Brinck & Co is world-famous for Spax screws. Today's group of companies, ABC GmbH & Co. KG, as a system provider for industrial assemblies and semi-finished products , produces around 50 million screws a day worldwide, with the group's total turnover amounting to around 350 million euros per year.
history
The company was founded in 1823 as the first screw factory in Germany. From 1829 the company exported to other countries. In 1856, the company was one of the first German companies to set up a company health insurance fund to provide social security for its employees.
In 1866, the fully automatic wood screw machine began industrial production and thus mass production. The necessary packing and counting machines were also developed in-house after an independent energy supply had been installed for the factory using its own steam engine as early as 1857. In 1867, the non-cutting process of thread rolling for metric threads was used for the first time .
From 1912 the production of nuts and bolts began in the Gevelsberg branch . With the introduction of the universal screw Spax in 1967, the company revolutionized the fastener market.
In 1973 the window construction screw FEX was developed for the window construction industry.
Since 1991, the company AZ Equipment and Accessories in Hattingen, founded in 1956, has been part of the Altenloh, Brinck & Co, ABC Group in addition to the two traditional production sites in Ennepetal, Westphalia, and ABC Umformtechnik in Gevelsberg. This had already advanced its international market presence in the 1980s and 1990s through the targeted establishment of sales companies in England , France , Spain , Poland , Turkey and the USA .
In 2005 and 2006, two companies in France - ADL (Paris) and Société des Forges de Froncles (Haute-Marne) - were acquired. In 2010 the majority shares in SABEU Kunststoffwerke in Northeim were taken over.
With the joint formation of the International Coldforming Alliance with Rockford Products Corporation (USA), Power Steel & Electro-Plating (Malaysia) and Osaka Rashi Manufacturing Company Ltd. from Japan, the company became a multinational in 1999 .
Corporate structure
The group of companies today consists of the sub-companies:
- ABC Umformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG in Gevelsberg (supplier for Audi , BMW , Daimler AG , Opel , Porsche and the VW group)
- SPAX International GmbH & Co. KG
- SABEU GmbH & Co. KG
and the foreign companies:
- Sales company France in Paris
- UK sales company in Wolverhampton
- Poland sales company in Kraków
- Sales company Portugal in Águeda
- Sales company Spain in Barcelona and Madrid
- Sales company Turkey in Istanbul
- Production and sales company USA in Bryan, Oho
- Sales company in Hong Kong
- Sales company Australia in Cairns
Grants
Since 2006 the company has been the official sponsor of the " Germany - Land of Ideas " initiative , which was founded by the Federal Government and the German economy under the patronage of the Federal President .
It is also the main sponsor of the International Whitsun Tournament (Spax®-Cup) in Ennepetal, which took place for the 42nd time in 2015.
Honors
In 2005 the company, together with the Chair of Timber Engineering and Building Construction at the University of Karlsruhe , received the Timber Construction Prize 2005. In 2007, the company in Hagen was awarded the Marketing Prize of the Westphalian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for special merits in marketing connection technology.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 27.4 " N , 7 ° 20 ′ 49.6" E