Glass chef

glass cook B. Koch jr. GmbH & Co. KG
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	1859
Seat	Bad Driburg - Herste , Germany
management	Oliver and Bianca Kleine
Number of employees	approx. 300 (2016)
sales	63 million (2016)
Website	www.leonardo.de

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glass cook B. Koch jr. GmbH + Co. KG is a company based in Bad Driburg - Herste . It sells articles under the two brands Leonardo ( spelling LEONARDO ) and Montana ( spelling montana:) .

history

In the middle of the 19th century, Benedikt Koch founded the Glaskoch company in Bad Driburg.

In 1972 the brand name Leonardo was created, referring to Leonardo da Vinci . In 1973 the Montana brand was introduced for large areas with self-service.

In 2005 the jewels by Leonardo was launched , in 2007 the Leonardo glass cube by glaskoch was opened and in October of the same year the Leonardo eShop was put into operation. The launch of Leonardo living , a furniture collection, happened in 2009.

Products

The range includes u. a. Vases, bowls, drinking and wine glasses, table lanterns and candleholders and other tableware . Further products are the jewels by Leonardo jewelry collection and the Leonardo living furniture series .

Framework data

Data according to company website as of July 2016:

• 296 employees
• 1500 articles in the permanent range, 800 new products annually
• Brand awareness in Germany: 78 percent
• 7 own Leonardo stores, 2 franchisees
• Sales in 83 countries, 1,373 shop-in-shop areas worldwide
• over 4590 sales outlets in Germany, over 7650 sales outlets worldwide

Data from 2013: 450 employees. 6 Leonardo branches and 14 franchisees. 2500 sales outlets in Germany, 4000 sales outlets worldwide.

In 2004 sales were around 100 million euros. In 2009 sales were also EUR 100 million.

Social

glass cook B. Koch jr. GmbH + Co. KG has committed itself to complying with internationally recognized social standards in the manufacture of its products through membership of the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presentation of the Montana brand Website of the public relations agency Wordsee
2. ↑ History of the Montana brand ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. montana.de  
3. ↑ Glaskoch on leonardo.de, see facts . Retrieved July 9, 2016.
4. ↑ Success without advertising Die Welt , October 15, 2005, accessed on July 6, 2016
5. ↑ The manufacturer of the Leonardo glasses is 150 years old. Aachener Zeitung, May 3, 2009
6. ↑ LEONARDO - responsibility . In: LEONARDO Germany . ( leonardo.de [accessed on August 14, 2017]).

Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 56.4 "  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 48.8"  E