Colt International
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| legal form | Ltd. |
| founding | 1931 |
| Seat | Havant , England |
| management | Mark Oliver |
| Number of employees | 1000 |
| sales | 230.9 million euros (2017) |
| Branch | Fire protection, air conditioning, sun protection, daylight technology, service & maintenance |
| Website | www.colt-info.de |
Colt International Ltd. is a technical building equipment company.
The enterprise
Colt International GmbH is 100% owned by Colt Holding BV, which in turn is 100% a subsidiary of Colt Group Limited. The Colt Group is an international company in the field of technical building equipment in the third generation. Colt has stood for healthy and safe working conditions in industrial and commercial buildings since it was founded in 1931. It is represented in over 75 countries around the world and employs over 1000 people worldwide.
Locations
Its headquarters are in Havant, Hants, UK. In Germany, the company is located in Berlin, Soltau, Kleve , Leipheim and Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Stuttgart). The Austrian branch is located in Linz, the Swiss branch in Baar.
Production facilities are located in England (Havant), Germany (Kleve), the Netherlands (Cuijk) and China (Shenzhen).
founding
In 1926, Jack O'Hea laid the foundation stone for the family business. He got into the business of William H. Colt, who ran a joinery and building joinery. They built wooden buildings, mostly chicken coops, which sold well thanks to effective ventilation. In 1926, Colt was the first company to commercially import cedar wood from Canada to England. In addition, an additional line of business was created with the sale of a cement-like compound called Ceamentum. In 1931 the partners separated. William H. Colt stayed in house building. They agreed that Jack O'Hea could continue to use the already established name Colt. With the aerodynamics technician Heinrich Kuckuck from Germany, he founded Colt Ventilation Ltd. in the summer of 1931, which is the starting signal for the Colt Group today. With the Colt Cowl, they developed a fan that was used in industry to extract smoke from chimneys. In 1937 Jack O'Hea secured the shares of William H. Colt and Heinrich Kuckuck and thus became the sole owner.
Success came after the war in 1945. At that time the company was selling 1,000 fans a week. In 1960 Colt expanded to Europe. With the help of Braat Bouwstoffen NV, Colt Ventilation Ltd. presented in Holland. At the same time they moved to Havant on the south coast of England. In 1966 Colt opened Colt Ventilation Technology GmbH in Kleve Germany, which was renamed Colt International GmbH in 1970.
The portfolio
Fire protection
- natural smoke and heat extraction
- mechanical smoke and heat extraction
- Smoke aprons
- Fire curtains
- Pressure relief flaps
- Associated control and regulation technology
Air conditioning
- Natural ventilation systems
- Mechanical ventilation systems
- Cooling systems
- Adiabatic cooling
- Heat pump systems
- Heat recovery
- Evaporative cooling
- Decentralized air conditioning systems
- Heat waves - dark radiators
- Air humidification systems
- Associated control and regulation technology
Sun protection
- Glass slats
- Prismatic slats
- Photovoltaic slats
- Metal slats
- Textile and precious wood slats
- Folding, folding and sliding shutters
- Overhanging sun protection
- Facade cladding
- Associated control and regulation technology
Daylight technology
- Streets of light
- Light strips
- Daylight pyramids
- Associated control and regulation technology