Kraemer Group
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1941 in Cologne |
| Seat | Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| management | Management: Roland Kaulfuß |
| Number of employees | 410 (including subsidiaries) |
| sales | € 37.40 million |
| Branch | Jeweler , retail |
| Website | juweliere-kraemer.de |
The Kraemer Group is a jewelry chain founded by Paul Rudolf Kraemer in Cologne in 1941 and today has around 50 branches throughout Germany. After Kraemer's death in 2007, the entire group was transferred to the non-profit Gold Kraemer Foundation for the promotion of mentally and physically disabled, poor, old and sick people.
history
Together with his wife Katharina, Paul Rudolf Kraemer founded a "workshop for goldsmithing" in Cologne in 1941. In 1951 the first shop opened on Schildergasse under the name "Gold Kraemer". Kraemer's aim was to make jewelry affordable for all population groups in the post-war period. In this way, more than 30 additional shops have been opened within five decades. At the end of the 1990s, three upper class and luxury class jewelers - Deiter jeweler, Friedo Frier jeweler and Pletzsch jeweler - were taken over by Kraemer GmbH. The long-standing general manager Johannes Ruland (entrepreneur) , who joined the company in 1962 and worked closely with the Kraemers, played a decisive role in the development of the "Kraemer Group" up to 2005 . From 2005 the Kraemer GmbH was headed by Claus Peter Nick, in November 2010 Roland Kaulfuß joined as managing director. Today the company is actively expanding. There are currently 50 branches in major German cities. More houses are opened every year.
subsidiary company
Juwelier Deiter GmbH
In 2000, Kraemer GmbH took over the traditional Essen company Deiter. In 1866, the Westphalian-born master watchmaker Josef Deiter opened his first shop in Essen on Limbecker Platz. Initially, the range was limited to pocket and wall clocks that we made ourselves. With increasing success, however, the range was expanded to include jewelry a short time later. Just ten years after opening, Deiter was considered the most important jeweler in the Ruhr area. In addition to running his own business, Deiter also took care of the repair and maintenance of standard time clocks in Essen and was thus responsible for the city's punctuality. At the height of its success, the jeweler donated a well-known sight to the citizens of Essen in 1928: he had the largest carillon in Europe installed in a private building in his office building .
Today Deiter offers watches and jewelry from the upper price segment with many well-known brands. There are now 6 shops in Düsseldorf, Essen, Cologne, Mülheim and Oberhausen. As part of the merger of the subsidiaries, the stores in Düsseldorf and Mülheim have been run under the name of Juwelier Pletzsch since 2013.
Juwelier Pletzsch GmbH
The supraregional well-known jewelry store based on Frankfurter Zeil was founded in 1897 by Friedrich Wilhelm Pletzsch. Juwelier Pletzsch GmbH has been in the family for generations, and Dietrich Pletzsch is still an important part of the company today. Juwelier Pletzsch is one of the most exclusive jewelry stores in Germany with a wide range of luxury watches and jewelry. In the house there is a master workshop that specializes in changing and repairing high-quality watches and jewelry. There are other branches of Juwelier Pletzsch in Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mülheim and Sulzbach (Taunus).
Juwelier Friedo Frier GmbH
Friedo Frier is a mid-price jeweler with a branch in Stuttgart. The company was taken over by Kraemer GmbH in 1997.
Merger to form Pletzsch Deiter Juweliere GmbH
In February / March 2013, Juwelier Deiter GmbH , Juwelier Pletzsch GmbH and Juwelier Friedo Frier GmbH were merged to form Pletzsch Deiter Juweliere GmbH .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kraemer GmbH Cologne - Annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the financial year from July 01, 2008 to June 30, 2009 at ebundesanzeiger.de, accessed on October 12, 2010
- ↑ Juwelier Deiter GmbH Essen - Annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the business year from July 01, 2008 to June 30, 2009 at ebundesanzeiger.de, accessed on October 12, 2010
- ↑ Juwelier Pletzsch GmbH Frankfurt aM - Annual and consolidated financial statements for the business year from July 01, 2008 to June 30, 2009 at ebundesanzeiger.de, accessed on October 12, 2010
- ↑ Friedo Frier Juweliere GmbH Stuttgart - Annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the business year from July 01, 2008 to June 30, 2009 at ebundesanzeiger.de, accessed on October 12, 2010
- ↑ https://www.wirtrauern.de/trauerbeispiel/johannes-ruland
- ↑ Commercial register publications from March 8th and 18th, 2013, Essen District Court, HRB 14136