Hartl house
| HARTL HAUS Holzindustrie GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1897 |
| Seat | 3903 Echsenbach , Haimschlag 30 |
| management | Managing director: Peter Suter, Yves Suter |
| Number of employees | 300 (2020) |
| sales | 37.5 million euros (2015) |
| Branch | Prefabricated house manufacturer, building joinery, furniture joinery |
| Website | www.hartlhaus.at |
Hartl Haus is the oldest Austrian manufacturer of prefabricated houses , founded in 1897. The company is based in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel . In 2012 a turnover of 42.5 million euros was achieved.
Every year around 280 single-family , semi-detached and terraced house units are produced in wood panel construction with solid wood composite construction for the Austrian market as well as the export markets of Germany , Switzerland , Italy and the Czech Republic .
history
The history of Hartl Haus begins in 1897, when the master carpenter Wenzel Hartl, who came from the Bohemian Forest, founded his own carpentry shop including a small steam sawmill in what is now the 19th district of Vienna ( Sievering ).
In 1904 a large, newly built sawing hall with 2 full gates of the latest construction went into operation. The sawmill is already equipped with steam operation. Small constructions in the timber construction sector are carried out. In 1908, the company received its first major contract with the construction of the large balloon hall in Fischamend with a length of 100 meters and a height of 26 meters, which was also pioneering work in nail construction.
Prefabricated houses first appeared in the history of Hartl Haus in 1910, when the company built a first prefabricated single-family home. In this context, the then Emperor Franz Joseph I examined the construction method for the construction of single-family houses, which was first presented by Hartl in the monarchy as part of the 1st international hunting exhibition. The house is still in Echsenbach / Lower Austria today.
In the years that followed, the prefabricated houses were not Hartl's core business, but rather wood and other constructions and wood deliveries. This is why Hartl received the Imperial Award for the title of purveyor to the court in 1911.
During the First World War from 1914 to 1918, Hartl built arched roofs with a span of 20 to 30 meters, which were supplied for hangar structures throughout the entire German Empire and used to build entire air bases. In addition to the ongoing construction of large hall structures such as exhibition and film halls, large garages, cooling and storage towers, grain stores, bridge structures and heavy railway bridges with a span of more than 40 meters, high-voltage pylons and drilling rigs, Hartl begins with building schools and gyms, building pools , the transition from military, industrial or commercial property buildings to house construction in the up-and-coming Vienna, the Ringstrasse buildings by public and private clients as well as social housing.
In 1920 the sole proprietorship Wenzel Hartl became a partnership. In 1922, a construction company was incorporated. In addition to direct construction joinery work, the joinery that was connected early on also carries out individual items and large series for the finished objects to be delivered. Here, too, reference is made to the many special designs. Even simple furniture for the wooden houses and series deliveries are already a task for the own joinery.
Due to the continuing upswing and the increasing demand for sawn timber in the carpentry business, it became necessary to found a large sawmill of its own, which was built in Echsenbach / Waldviertel in 1924, where today's headquarters and the company's headquarters are located. The new plant quickly grew into the most important wood processing plant in northern Lower Austria in the following years. HARTL sets up the sawmill, carpentry, joinery, joinery and prefabricated house operation departments, and a master builder license is also acquired. As a result, the first orders for construction work could soon be tackled. By the end of the twenties, a successful business with wooden houses and hall structures developed.
The large-scale prefabricated house construction begins with the start of the serial production of wooden prefabricated houses. Hartl registered a patent for the toothed ring dowel. In 1930, the joinery started manufacturing windows, doors, stairs and special constructions on an industrial basis and with large capacities.
In the course of this expansion, the Echsenbach plant grew into the dimensions of a modern, progressive industrial company through purposeful development work in the thirties. The versatility of the company and its great adaptability to changing market conditions as well as determined technical development work prove to be particular advantages. Residential, residential and terraced houses and institute buildings bear testimony to the extremely lively construction activity throughout the thirties. At the beginning of the war in 1939, more than 1000 houses were built in Austria, 500 of which were wooden houses in Vienna and the surrounding area. Also in 1939, the Echsenbach plant was obliged to produce military goods for the Reich because of the Second World War. At HARTL, the construction of ammunition crates, the construction of crew quarters for soldiers and military barracks replace the construction of private single-family houses. In 1943, the systems at the Echsenbach plant were destroyed by a major fire and could no longer be used. This also ends the construction of military goods in Eschenbach. Towards the end of the Second World War, Hungarian Jews were used as slave labor from July to January 1945 .
The plant will be rebuilt and can be used again after the end of the war. Due to the housing shortage after the end of the war and the quick accessibility of the wooden houses, there was a real boom for single-family houses and residential complexes from the end of the 1940s, from which HARTL profited considerably.
After years of expansion, mainly in the prefabricated segment, as well as some international orders, Hartl introduced the so-called panel construction (small panel) in 1962. In the same year, the group also built two gyms in Tel Aviv / Israel. A major expansion abroad began in 1965 with the commencement of extensive export activities of series wooden houses, with an emphasis on construction site camps and other object buildings in the oil-producing countries, the establishment of entire housing estates and villages in earthquake areas including kindergartens, schools, hospitals and office properties. In 1966, the export of single-family houses to Switzerland began.
In 1975 Hartl revised its production techniques and systems by converting to large panel construction and setting up modern wall, assembly tables and production lines.
In 1979 Hartl first worked with Talot AG Switzerland, which is a founding member of the Austrian Prefabricated House Association.
In 1984 Hartl introduced the Hartl Haus brand for single-family homes in Austria. In 1985 Hartl and Talot AG Switzerland merged to form Hartl Haus Österreich , with Talot AG as the parent company.
In the following years the expansion was continued and the product range expanded, for example with the addition of kitchen construction to the range in 1987 or the development of the Hartl eco wall in 1990. In 1990 the management was also handed over to Roland and Peter Suter.
In 1991 Hartl Haus achieved record sales in the field of prefabricated houses. In the same year, a 100% Hartl / Talot subsidiary was founded in Germany and an architects' ring in Switzerland. At the same time, an export offensive to Switzerland and Germany started, until finally in 1994 an advertising offensive was carried out throughout Central Europe. Due to the good demand in the field of prefabricated houses, major investments were made in 1995 in the Echsenbach plant, where a newly built production hall for prefabricated houses was built. In 1999 the brand relaunched with a new logo, new slogan and a new company philosophy. In the meantime, prefabricated houses have displaced other productions in the Hartl house, which now focuses only on prefabricated houses.
In 2004 the company became a klima: aktiv project partner. In this context, Hartl Haus, on the initiative of Environment Minister Josef Pröll, created Austria's first klima: aktiv prefabricated house in a construction period of only 4 months.
In 2007 the export markets of the Czech Republic and Italy were more closely involved in the export of prefabricated houses through subsidiaries established there. In the same year Hartl is the first prefabricated house manufacturer to receive the European Technical Approval (ETZ) including fire protection. In 2008 a new wall construction was developed - the passive house wall.
In 2010/11, the company invested a total of € 7.7 million in the expansion of the production halls, the renewal of the entire production facilities and the construction of a new equipment and sales center.
In 2012, the “Golden Trowel” was awarded to a HARTL company for the first time by the state of Lower Austria. Furthermore, the two managing partners Roland Suter and Peter Suter received the "Great Decoration of Honor" for outstanding services to the state of Lower Austria.
In 2014 a new CNC window production system for wood-aluminum windows was built. As a result, a new wood-aluminum window suitable for passive houses with triple glazing and even better values (glass value 0.5 W / (m² · K), total window value 0.75 W / (m² · K)) was presented.
In 2015 the new model house "Classic 157 S - roof ridge open" was opened in Eugendorf; Brand relaunch with a new logo and slogan "Applause, applause - a Hartl house".
Memberships and quality marks
- Austria quality mark
- State award
- Austrian Prefabricated House Association
- European Technical Approval (ETZ)
- klima: aktiv project partner
- ÜA mark
- ISO 9001 certification
- IQNet certification
- CE marking
- Quality mark wooden components RAL assembly construction prefabricated houses
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartl Haus is doing better than the industry ( memento of March 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Wirtschaftsblatt, January 25, 2013
- ↑ HARTL Millennium Book, 2000, pp. 325ff.
- ^ Forced labor camp for Hungarian Jews in Austria, entry Echsenbach on deutschland-ein-denkmal.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 43 ′ 42 ″ N , 15 ° 12 ′ 18 ″ E