Arnold (metal processing company)

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Arnold AG
legal form AG
founding 1924
Seat Friedrichsdorf , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Uwe Arnold, Ingo Stemmer, Christoph Ebert
Branch Metal working and processing
Website www.arnold.de

The sculpture "In balance" by Claus Bury . The production was carried out by Arnold AG.

The Arnold AG is a metal processing company based in Friedrichsdorf . She has gained particular fame through the production of works of art by well-known artists such as Jeff Koons .

history

The company was founded in 1924 by master locksmith Karl Arnold in Frankfurt am Main as a locksmith's shop. In 1961 his son Rolf Arnold moved the company to Ober-Erlenbach and started industrial metal processing. In 1966 the company moved to Friedrichsdorf. The number of employees grew to 80 and rose to 135 by the mid-1980s. The main focus of the business was industrial supplies both in Germany and abroad (South America, Middle East).

After reunification, Arnold-Diller GmbH was established as a subsidiary in Herges-Hallenberg, Thuringia . In 1993/94 the group employed more than 200 people and achieved group sales of over DM 40 million. In 2001, several Arnold companies were converted into a stock corporation.

In 2008, the company implemented its largest foreign project to date. It designed and built the connecting roof and the pedestrian bridge between the parking garage and Terminal 3 building at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. There were also several canopies, cladding and the Arnosol shading system.

In 2016, the company had around 350 permanent employees and 35 trainees and achieved a company output of almost 45 million euros.

Uwe Arnold has been the third generation managing director since autumn 1999. In Friedrichsdorf, prototypes are more likely to be produced, while at Steinbach-Hallenberg in Thuringia, series products and works of art are manufactured.

Products

In three areas of competence: Industry, Project and Art, the company realizes everything from small bent parts to complex assemblies as well as sophisticated elements for design, art and architecture projects for industrial customers. In addition, Arnold offers consultancy services for questions about technical feasibility.

art

The company is best known to the general public for the production of works of art. For more than 20 years - according to the artists' designs and in close coordination with them - the works of art have been produced using different techniques. Well-known artists who have produced at Arnold include Koons, Anish Kapoor , Olafur Eliasson , Arik Levy , Kazuo Katase , Vadim Kosmatschof , Nadim Karam , Sol LeWitt , Magdalena Jetelová , François Morellet , Vera Röhm , Jesus Maria Soto , Klaus Staudt , Rudolf Valenta , Pae White , Mahmoud Obaidi and Claus Bury .

Metalligent ® magazine

The company publishes the metal lifestyle magazine metalligent ® . The first issue appeared in December 2015. metalligent® reports on innovations, cultural topics and experiences relating to metal. Its target group are especially small and medium-sized companies and people who are interested in metalworking. It has about 60 pages and appears twice a year, in the 2nd and 4th quarter. It is available from the communications department of Arnold AG.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Corporate governance
  2. ↑ Christiane Paiement gene Rich: Metallic goddesses . In: Taunus Zeitung . June 27, 2012, p. 14 ( taunus-zeitung.de ).
  3. ^ Arnold AG: Brief portrait of Arnold AG (press release). Arnold AG, August 11, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 .
  4. ^ Anna von Münchhausen: The hidden studio. In: The time . May 28, 2019, accessed May 1, 2020 .
  5. ^ Production of works of art: Arnold Art. Arnold AG, August 11, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 (German).
  6. ↑ Press contact of Arnold AG. August 11, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 (German).