Kurt Koenig Group
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1932 |
| Seat | Einbeck, Germany |
| management | Kurt Koenig |
| Number of employees | 410 |
| sales | 98 million euros |
| Branch | Construction machinery and tools |
| Website | www.kurt-koenig.de |
| Status: 2017 | |
The Kurt König Baumaschinen GmbH is a company operating worldwide in the building and construction industry with headquarters in Einbeck . The trading company, founded in Nordhausen in 1932 , specializes in the sale, rental and maintenance of construction machinery and equipment. Today around 410 employees work for the family company . The Kurt König Group is managed in the third generation by the managing partner Kurt König, the grandson of the company founder.
history
The origin of the company was in Nordhausen . In 1932, at the time of the global economic crisis , the businessman Kurt König founded a construction equipment business. At the beginning of the Second World War, König acquired the Gerlach Werke, a steel production company, since it was not possible to establish a new company at the time. Branches in Breslau , Munich , Mannheim and Hagen followed by 1939 . Immediately after the end of the war in 1945, the company was relocated to Einbeck and the foundation stone was laid for the Kurt König Baumaschinen GmbH, which exists today. The post-war years were characterized by reconstruction and the economic miracle, and in 1962 Kurt König founded the Gerlach Werke as an independent company. As a result, the trading company continued to develop vigorously and grew steadily. In 1976, the company founder died unexpectedly. His wife Ilse König, who had played a leading role since the founding years, took over the management of the company. As a result, their son and economist Wolfgang König became managing director of the Gerlach works. After German reunification , the company reactivated old customer contacts and set up branches in the new federal states within a very short time, which complement the business area in central Germany. Today, in addition to the headquarters in Einbeck, there are locations in Göttingen , Wolfsburg , Braunschweig , Hanover , Gießen , Hildesheim , Kassel , Magdeburg , Nordhausen and Sangerhausen . In 1999 a subsidiary was founded in Poland , 2004 in Latvia and 2005 in Lithuania . On July 18, 2016, Kurt Alexander König, the founder's grandson, took over management of the company from his grandmother.
Innovations
In 2018 the startup "kurts toolbox" was founded. This rents tools and small construction machines via app and is part of the sharing economy . The world first was presented in March 2018 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The first station opened in Einbeck in summer 2018. With this innovation, the company is driving the digitization of the business model and core business.
literature
- Welcome to the "King's Empire". In: Einbecker Morgenpost. October 22, 2016 ( einbecker-morgenpost.de with a brief overview of the company's history).
Web links
- Company history on kurt-koenig.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 30 years of reliable partnership with Liebherr. November 30, 2018, on liebherr.com.
- ↑ A working atmosphere with an invitation culture - a company with a spirit. In: Einbecker Morgenpost. June 8, 2013 ( einbecker-morgenpost.de ).
- ↑ commercial register of Kurt König Baumaschinen GmbH from Einbeck (HRB 130988) - Commercial register changes from 07.18.2016. online-handelsregister.de, accessed on May 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Do it yourself: “Kurt's Toolbox” for do-it-yourselfers lends tools via app . In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine . July 19, 2018 ( hna.de [accessed May 15, 2019]).