Leki Lenhart

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LEKI Lenhart GmbH

logo
legal form Company with limited liability
founding 1948
Seat Kirchheim unter Teck , Germany
management Waltraud Lenhart, Martin Rominger , Matthias Hatt
Branch Sporting goods
Website www.leki.com

SCHE 13 Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
legal form Company with limited liability
Seat Frankfurt am Main , Germany
management Waltraud Lenhart
Number of employees 268
sales EUR 47.49 million
Branch Sporting goods
Website www.leki.com
As of December 31, 2017

Kati Wilhelm 2006 at the Biathlon World Cup in Antholz with Leki sticks

The Leki Lenhart GmbH (proper spelling LEKI ) is a German company that specializes in the production of sports equipment. The company is based in Kirchheim unter Teck in Baden-Württemberg . The company is 100% owned by SCHE 13 Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.

history

Today's producer of sporting goods emerged from the wood processing company founded in 1948 in Dettingen unter Teck by Karl Lenhart, who produced logos from wood for various trades. Then the owner switched the production range to handles and snow plates for ski poles ; the production went into series production in the 1960s. He later made ski poles from aluminum and composite materials and began selling them under the brand name Leki in 1970 . Klaus Lenhart (born May 1, 1955; † April 30, 2012), the youngest son of the founder, was appointed to the management team at the age of 19. From 1984 Klaus Lenhart (initially together with his wife) held sole management. After Klaus Lenhart's fatal accident (see below), his wife Waltraud Lenhart took over the management in the summer of 2012. In addition to ski, cross-country and telescopic trekking poles , accessories for ski races, gloves and Nordic walking poles are also on offer. In 1993 the production of cross-country poles began. In the same year, the new production facility in Tachov in the Czech Republic went into operation. According to its own information, this is the world's largest ski pole production facility. Production in Germany was given up. In 1997 the name was changed to Leki Lenhart GmbH . The name Leki stands for Le nhart in Ki rchheim. In 2010 the company achieved sales of 40 million euros .

SCHE 13 Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

The SCHE 13 Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH is a holding and parent of Leki Lenhart. The SCHE 13 Verwaltungsgesellschaft holds shares in the following companies:

  • LEKI Lenhart GmbH, Kirchheim unter Teck, 100%
  • LEKI-AUSTRIA Handels GmbH, Lauterach , Austria, 100%
  • Novasport spol.sro, Tachov , Czech Republic, 100%

Products

Leki is a manufacturer of ski, hiking, trekking and skating poles. The company has registered numerous patents in this product area since the 1980s. Leki is often referred to as the world market leader in this area. The company also produces summer and winter gloves. The sticks are made exclusively in the Czech Republic, the gloves in Asia.

Others

  • The company is a sponsor of numerous top athletes, especially in winter sports, as well as a supplier to the German Ski Association , the Swedish Biathlon Association and the Swiss Ski Association Swiss-Ski .
  • Together with the shoe manufacturers Lowa and Meindl and the backpack manufacturer Deuter , Leki has founded a network that offers coordinated equipment for sporty hiking ( speed hiking ).
  • On 30 April 2012, the general manager Klaus Lenhart came the crash with his aerobatic aircraft of type Extra 300 L in Kirchheim unter Teck killed. Lenhart has been a motor aerobatic pilot since 1998 and, among other things, German champion in 2009 in the motor aerobatic class "Advanced". The 24-year-old pilot of the two-seater survived the crash, seriously injured.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 in the electronic Federal Gazette
  2. ↑ Baden-Württemberg: Businessman dies in a crash with an aerobatic plane , Spiegel Online , April 30, 2012
  3. ↑ Waltraud Lenhart takes over the management ( memento of December 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Press release of July 9, 2012
  4. ^ Website of the Stuttgart Region Economic Development Agency ( Memento from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ The extendable stick tip is sexy , Eßlinger Zeitung Online, January 13, 2011
  6. ↑ Company history ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Lucky grab in the snow: Leki's way on the slopes ( memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Financial Times Deutschland , December 16, 2011
  8. ^ Report in the Financial Times Deutschland ( Memento of January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), December 17, 2011
  9. ↑ DPMA: Register information , search for Klaus Lenhart yields approx. 90 hits
  10. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten of February 11, 2010
  11. ↑ Financial Times Deutschland of December 17, 2011 ( Memento of August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  12. ↑ Tagesspiegel from October 4, 2006
  13. ↑ LEKI: Athletes ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ DSV: partner and supplier
  15. ↑ Svenska Skidskytteförbundet - Officiella leverentörer
  16. ↑ Swiss-Ski: Supplier list 2012 ( Memento from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 987 kB)
  17. ↑ Speedhiking: Lowa, Deuter, Leki and Meindl , bergleben.de, February 10, 2011
  18. ↑ Klaus Lenhart dies in a flight accident , Der Teckbote, May 1, 2012