Gedore
| Gedore Holding GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1919 |
| Seat |
Remscheid , Germany
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| management | Karen Dowidat, Dr. Christian Dowidat, Suzanne Wahab |
| Number of employees | 2,000 (2020) |
| sales | Over € 200 million (2018) |
| Branch | Tool manufacturer |
| Website | gedore.com |
Gedore is a Remscheid-based manufacturer of hand tools with worldwide sales.
organization
The Gedore Group (spelling: Gedore) unites numerous production and sales companies for hand tools and special tools. The program includes around 16,000 products, making Gedore one of the largest manufacturers of hand tools worldwide. The Gedore Group employs around 2,000 people worldwide, including around 900 in Germany. The Gedore Group originated in Gedore Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, which was founded in Remscheid in 1919. The group is organized in a corporate structure in which Gedore Holding GmbH, based in the founding city of Remscheid, acts as the parent company and runs the subsidiaries from there. Worldwide there are 8 production companies that are dedicated to the manufacture of Gedore products. In addition, 12 sales companies in various countries ensure the marketing and distribution of these.
The name originated as Gedore acronym for Ge brotherly Do Widat Re mscheid.
Gedore is an important employer in Remscheid, which is reflected, for example, in names such as Karl-Dowidat-Straße and Dowidatsiedlung, which are named after the company and its founders and are located in the immediate vicinity of the headquarters in Remscheid-Lüttringhausen are. The public transport bus stop in front of the plant is also called Gedore . Something similar can be seen in Austria, where the Gedore plant in Birkfeld / Austria is located directly on Gedore-Strasse .
The tool manufacturer has two product lines for hand tools and tool-based solutions under the Gedore umbrella brand, as well as the Ochsenkopf brand, which specializes in forestry and carpentry tools.
Foundation and development steps
The tool factory was founded in 1919 by the three brothers Otto , Karl and Willi Dowidat. With almost no capital, they began manufacturing adjustable wrenches , punches and other hand tools . In 1926 , due to lack of space, they moved to Remscheid- Lüttringhausen , where the main plant and headquarters of the Gedore Group are still located today.
Largely spared from war damage, production was resumed on a small scale shortly after the end of the war. Due to family disputes, the company was split up into Gedore under Otto Dowidat and the Dowidat works under Willi Dowidat. The third brother, Karl, had died in 1933. In the post-war period, Gedore grew to 720 employees at the Remscheid-Lüttringhausen parent plant. After the death of the company founder Otto Dowidat in 1975, his son Karl took over the management of the company. Currently, his daughter Karen Dowidat and her son Dr. Christian Dowidat the family business in the 3rd and 4th generation.
Over time, a group of companies was created through acquisitions and start-ups, which was converted into a holding structure in 2012 and thus set the course for the current corporate structure. In this way, numerous different brands were integrated into the group of companies. In 2018, the various brands were transferred to an umbrella brand structure in order to meet market requirements. Under the Gedore umbrella brand, there are two lines, Gedore and Gedore red, which focus on high quality and safe hand tools and tool-based solutions. The traditional Ochsenkopf brand was retained for forestry tools from Gedore.
Expansions and acquisitions in Germany
The expansion of Gedore began within Germany in 1961. Due to the shortage of workers in the Bergisches Land, part of the production was relocated to Waldkirchen , in the Bavarian Forest near Passau Ochsenkopf brand.
In 1972 Richard Abr. Herder KG (RAHSOL) from Solingen took over a company that specializes in the manufacture of torque tools. Today the company is integrated into Gedore-Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, whereby the manufacturing location was retained.
In 1985, he joined Hermann Bremer oHG (HABERO) in Wuppertal , a manufacturer of hammers and chisels.
In 1993 the company METEC GmbH Metallwarentechnik was founded and built up in East Germany. Around 90 employees produced workshop trolleys and workshop equipment here until METEC left the Gedore Group in 2012.
In 1994 the Remscheid-based companies Dako Werk Dowidat GmbH & Co. KG (pipe tools) and KRUMM KG (puller tools and forged parts) were taken over.
In 2002 the companies Carolus technic Hans Mesenhöller KG, Ochsenkopf-Werkzeugfabrik GmbH (formerly Daniel Kremendahl, factory of carpenter tools oHG) and Klann-Spezial-Werkzeugbau GmbH were integrated into the Gedore Group. The Ochsenkopf company was a 225 year old manufacturer of forestry and carpentry tools from Wuppertal-Cronenberg. The company Klann-Spezial-Werkzeugbau from Donaueschingen specializes in tools for the automotive sector. With Klann, the foreign branches of Klann in the USA and France were added. The company operates today as Gedore Automotive.
In 2008 the company Lösomat screw technology Neef GmbH in Vaihingen an der Enz was taken over. The company in the field of high-torque bolting has 44 employees on its own development department and a high level of vertical integration of over 90%. As a result of its integration into the Gedore Group, the company now operates under the name Gedore Torque Solutions.
Expansion abroad
The first foreign sales office, Technag BV, was founded in 1958 in the Netherlands.
Import bans in some states and the widespread shortage of skilled and unskilled workers have led Gedore to open foreign production facilities since the 1960s. The first production facilities were established in Brazil and South Africa. Ferramentas Gedore do Brasil S / A joined the Gedore Group, Gedore Tools SA (Pty) Ltd. followed four years later, in 1964.
In 1972 Gedore Austria GmbH was established with production in Birkfeld / Styria. 120 employees produce the entire range of pliers here. The Austrian branch received the state award as a company in 1981 and has since been allowed to use the Austrian coat of arms in business transactions.
In 1999, the English MHH Torqueleader, specializing in the manufacture of torque tools and test devices, was incorporated into the Gedore Group and later changed into Gedore Torque Ltd. renamed.
In addition, numerous sales companies were founded in Poland, Spain, Russia, the USA and China, among others.
With the exception of the pliers and torque specialists, who serve all markets, all foreign plants mainly produce for their regional markets.
Products
The Gedore Group is one of the leading partners for tools and serves the different requirements of tool users worldwide with the Gedore and Gedore red product lines. The company is characterized by a notable vertical range of manufacture and high quality standards. Hand tools such as wrenches, ratchets and socket wrenches, pliers, striking tools, torque tools as well as workshop trolleys, workbenches and tool boxes are developed and manufactured in-house. In addition, Gedore offers individual special and tool solutions as well as special tools for the automotive and high torque sectors.
Forestry tools such as axes and hatchets as well as carpentry tools are manufactured and sold under the Ochsenkopf brand .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imprint of the official website of the GEDORE tool factory. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b GEDORE company. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .
- ↑ The manager magazin ranks Gedore in their "Hit list: Germany's 1000 world market leaders " in 402 , read 11-04-19.
- ^ Karl-Dowidat-Straße In: Reem Ouis: Well-known personalities give names to numerous streets: Who is who? In: 90 Years of Heimatbund , special publication of the Lüttringhauser Anzeiger , p. 32 (PDF; 7.1 MB)
- ↑ Dowidatsiedlung In Reem Ouis: Public Characters are named numerous streets: Who is who? In: 90 Years of Heimatbund , special publication of the Lüttringhauser Anzeiger , p. 30 (PDF; 7.1 MB)
- ↑ Official GEDORE website. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Start. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .