HAGOS

The Hagos eG is the association of the German tile stove - and air heating engineers with over 1100 members. The word Hagos is derived from ' Hafner ' and 'Genossenschaft'. Hafner is a synonym for tiled stove builders.

The organization is based in Stuttgart , and there are also nine branches in Stuttgart, Borgholzhausen, Ismaning near Munich, Nuremberg, Landsberg near Halle, Neu-Ulm, Groß-Umstadt, Wittstock and Melk (Austria). At the beginning of 2017, Hagos took over ETO Engels & Tegeler GmbH, Osnabrück, thereby strengthening its sales activities in northwest Germany. Hagos has also been on the market in Austria since 2010. A total of around 280 employees work at Hagos eG. In addition, the cooperative has 3 central warehouses in Neu-Ulm, Wittstock and Graefenwarth.

Composite structure

The association is headed by two board members and the supervisory board . The supervisory board consists of a chairman and his deputy, the secretary and deputy secretary and 5 other members of the supervisory board. Every year there is a general assembly to which all members are invited.

tasks and goals

The aim is to promote the members as well as the tiled stove and air heating industry. The central concern is the prompt delivery of goods. To this end, Hagos keeps the craftsmen's components, materials and tools in stock that are necessary for the production of tiled stoves and fireplaces . In addition, Hagos eG offers various services, e.g. B. Catalogs, product training courses and seminars, advertising measures and trade fairs.

education

Three apprenticeships can be learned in the cooperative: clerk in wholesale and foreign trade (3 years), specialist in warehouse logistics (3 years) and warehouse clerk (2 years).

history

On March 8, 1919, the first ordinary general assembly of the purchasing and delivery cooperative for Hafnergerwerbe eGmbH in Stuttgart took place in the Stuttgart beer hall. The Neu-Ulm and Munich branches were opened in 1949, the Nuremberg branch in 1950, the Bad Salzuflen branch in 1980, the Halle branch in 1991, the Groß-Umstadt branch in 1994 and the Wittstock branch in 1996. In 2007, Walbersdorfer Ofenkachel GmbH & Co. KG in Austria was purchased. Two 100% subsidiaries emerged from this in 2010: Hagos GmbH, which takes over the supply of Austrian tiled stove manufacturers as a wholesaler, and WOK, which also produces the WOK storage stove in addition to ceramics for stove construction. In January 2014, Zehendner Keramik took over one of the two subsidiaries, WOK (Walbersdorfer Ofenkachel). The other subsidiary, Hagos GmbH, has been based in Melk, Lower Austria, since the end of August 2017. The Austrian Hafner can now - like their German colleagues - also join the cooperative as members.

literature

Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH: Group & Cooperation . Edition 2009, Frankfurt, pp. 88–89.
HAGOS: 50 years . Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the cooperative, Stuttgart, 1969.