Winterhalter Gastronom

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Winterhalter Gastronom GmbH Commercial warewashing systems

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founding 1947
Seat Meckenbeuren , Germany
management Managing partners:
  • Jürgen Winterhalter
  • Ralph Winterhalter
Number of employees approx. 1,700
sales approx. EUR 300 million
Branch commercial flushing solutions
Website www.winterhalter.de
Status: 2017

The Winterhalter GmbH is a company that commercial dishwashing systems, especially for the hotel and catering trade produces. According to its own information, it is the world market leader in this area.

The company's headquarters are in Meckenbeuren in the Lake Constance district , the second production facility is in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl and the third production facility is in Rüthi, Switzerland .

history

The owner-managed company was founded in Friedrichshafen in 1947 by Karl Winterhalter , and in 1959 the company moved to Meckenbeuren. At the end of the 1960s, the first branches in other European countries were established.

In 2004 the company took over the British competitor CLASSEQ, founded in 1977.

The Winterhalter Group includes the EauVation brand, which, as a separately managed business unit, has specialized in water dispensers for restaurants and companies of all kinds.

Winterhalter employed 1,900 people in 2018. The global sales network includes over 40 own sales organizations, sales partnerships exist in over 70 countries, and the export share is around 75 percent. The turnover in 2018 was around 325 million euros. The managing partners are Jürgen and Ralph Winterhalter.

Individual evidence

  1. Hermann Simon mentions Winterhalter GmbH in his book of the same name as an example of a " hidden champion ". ( Hidden champions of the 21st century: The strategies for success of unknown world market leaders. Frankfurt a. M .: Campus, 2007. - ISBN 978-3-593-38380-4 . P. 93)

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Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 36.3 "  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 9.1"  E