Wollschläger group

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Wollschläger group

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legal form GmbH
founding 1937
Seat Bochum (headquarters)
management Carsten Wollschläger, Axel Richter ( Managing Director )
Branch (Tool) trade
Website www.wollschlaeger.de

The Wollschläger Group was a trading, technology and service company and system provider in materials management. The group of companies was active worldwide and mainly engaged in the wholesale of metal working and metal processing products. Business operations ceased on September 30, 2016.

Headquarters in Bochum

history

In 1937, Heinz Wollschläger founded the first branch in Gdansk . As the founder and only employee, he offered a range of classic hardware. The idea at the time was a good one, because in 1946 Heinz Wollschläger founded the Wollschläger company in Herne . The foundation of the first Wollschläger branch in Bochum (today's headquarters) took place in 1959. Frank Wollschläger, son of the company's founder, Heinz Wollschläger, took over his father's company with 25 employees in 1975. Shortly afterwards he took over the Franz Aretz welding technology company in Krefeld and Cologne and initiated a move of the welding technology division to a larger building in the Harpener Heide in Bochum. The Universal Grinding Center in Bochum opened three years later. In addition, the Wollschläger Group expanded in the years 1990–1995 to include branches in Krefeld, Cologne and Mülheim-Kärlich . Between 1996 and 1999, Frank Wollschläger founded the project department for international business and the Herbrechtingen branch . Furthermore, the Dalhoff company in Essen was taken over and Frank Wollschläger introduced the bundling of competencies for all parts of the company at the current location in Bochum. The takeover of the Bickenbach company in Siegburg and the establishment of the Hanover branch and the machine technology division followed in the years 2000–2002. In 2001, through a partial merger with the company Camille Gergen & Co. KG, Wollschläger Gergen GmbH & Co. KG, based in Dillingen and with a branch in Koblenz, was created. In 2003 the equipment rental and industrial service divisions were founded, and the Cologne and Siegburg branches were merged and moved to Troisdorf . From 2004 to 2005, Siemer-Wollschläger in Hamburg was integrated and renamed, and Hoffmann & Schlage in Munich was taken over . The expansion of the central warehouse in Bochum and the grinding center followed in 2006. In 2009, the new grinding center opened in Josef-Baumann-Strasse in Bochum. In addition, SAP ( ERP , EWM, PI and BI) was introduced in 2009 . Start of the construction and renovation measures of the future headquarters "Carolinenglückstrasse" in Bochum, the establishment of the WSG with headquarters in Mülheim an der Ruhr and the branch in Gummersbach took place in the period from 2009-2010. In addition, the branches in Mannheim , China , Panama and Sweden were founded during this time . In 2012 the new Wollschläger Austria branch opened in Breitenbach am Inn in Austria . In 2013, the conception and implementation of a data center at the "Carolinenglück" location in Bochum began in order to ensure the relocation of the new central logistics and head office. Since January 2014, the company has combined its welding technology, rental service and grinding technology divisions under the umbrella of the service center. In addition, the central and welding technology workshop (Bochum and Krefeld) will also be merged at the new administration and logistics location in Carolinenglückstrasse. Wollschläger Gergen GmbH & Co. KG was integrated into Wollschläger GmbH & Co. KG at the end of 2013 and no longer exists as an independent company. In addition, Wollschläger has a new partner for tool sales in Spain, Portugal and North Africa: with the Arsam Group from Barcelona, ​​a supplier of cutting tools , Wollschläger is entering these markets. At the end of 2014, Wollschläger plans to move his logistics center to the new premises on Carolinenglückstrasse. On August 1, 2016, the company had to file for bankruptcy. The responsible district court in Bochum has appointed attorney Dirk Andres as preliminary insolvency administrator. The planned takeover by a Danish investor in October 2016 was canceled shortly before the contract was signed and all employees were given notice. Business operations ceased on September 30, 2016.

Company data

The Wollschläger Group was a trading, technology & service company and system provider in materials management . It employed more than 420 people in 15 nationwide branches. In addition to Wollschläger GmbH & Co. KG, the Wollschläger Group also includes the Hommel Group, a sales, consulting and service company for CNC machine tools that is economically independent and completely self-sufficient in the market. In the 2014 financial year, sales of around EUR 300 million were generated. The company Wollschläger GmbH & Co. KG in Bochum is an international family company. Around 85,000 precision tools and C-parts as well as around 15,000 high-performance brands are part of the product range. In addition, Wollschläger offers measures to reduce costs, e-procurement and optimize ordering processes.

Corporate structure

In addition to its headquarters in Bochum, the Wollschläger Group had a total of 15 nationwide branches and 27 international branches. Further subsidiaries and catalog partnerships across Europe exist. The tool catalog of the Wollschläger Group appears annually in German and English. There are also four other catalogs for the divisions: factory equipment, occupational safety, welding & cutting and equipment rental. All catalogs are available as an app for the iPad and as a flip catalog on the web .

Companies of the Wollschläger Group:

  • Wollschläger GmbH & Co. KG

Services

  • eBusiness (eProcurement, online shop, eCatalogs)
  • expert advice
  • Equipment rental
  • calibration
  • Project management
  • Tool management
  • C-parts management
  • Repair service
  • Grinding service (special tools, coating, repair)
  • Special tool making
  • Textile lettering

Brands

  • Wodex (machining and clamping technology )
  • Primat (precision tools and factory equipment)
  • Artec (welding technology and occupational safety products)
  • Bickenbach (machine tools conventionally controlled)
High-bay warehouse in Bochum

logistics

The Wollschläger logistics center was in Bochum. Around 100 people were employed in the high-bay warehouse. More than 3,000 shipments left the 30,000 m² logistics hall every day. In total there are over 700,000 articles in the SAP system, of which more than 70,000 are available in stock.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ With a lot of hard work to success: Wollschläger Forum Danzig, May 7, 2012
  2. ↑ From Herbrechtingen to Heidenheim Presse Anzeiger, January 27, 2012
  3. ↑ Renting work equipment instead of buying VDWF im Dialog, May 2, 2012
  4. ↑ Wollschläger opens a branch ( memento of the original from September 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Technical trade, October 10, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.technischerhandel.com
  5. ↑ Wollschläger buys data center Elektrobörse, May 22, 2013
  6. ↑ Wollschläger opens service center ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. mav, January 30, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mav-online.de
  7. ↑ Arsam new Wollschläger partner Zerspanungstechnik, March 22, 2014
  8. ↑ Wollschläger-Logistik is moving to Sciam, June 4th, 2014
  9. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/bochum/wollschlaeger-in-bochum-mendet-insolvenz-an-id12059348.html
  10. ↑ http://www.juve.de/nachrichten/namenundnachrichten/2016/08/handelskonzern-andrespartner-begleitet-wollschlaeger-in-der-insolvenz
  11. ↑ Andreas Rorowski: Investor withdraws purchase offer for Bochum company | WAZ.de. In: www.derwesten.de. Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
  12. ^ Company: 75 Years of Wollschläger Zerspanungstechnik, April 30, 2012
  13. ↑ New strategy at Wollschläger ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Business magazine, July 20, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wirtschaftsmagazin-ruhr.de
  14. ^ Company: Wollschläger with a new company strategy for cutting technology, July 13, 2012
  15. ↑ "Tools 20" from Wollschläger now available Technology + Purchasing, July 24, 2014
  16. ^ Factory equipment from AZ Zerspanungstechnik, May 8, 2013
  17. ^ Welding technology catalog from Wollschläger Betriebstechnik & Maintenance, April 29, 2014
  18. ↑ 1,900 temporary work equipment Industrial Engineering & Maintenance, April 25, 2013
  19. ↑ Wollschläger app for iPad technology and shopping, December 1, 2011
  20. ↑ Browse through the Wollschläger range online in Presse Anzeiger, December 19, 2011
  21. ↑ Renting work equipment instead of buying VDWF im Dialog, May 2, 2012
  22. ↑ Increasing the efficiency of the purchasing of C-parts by machine and tool, March 16, 2012
  23. ↑ For the right finishing touches Gifa, May 21, 2013
  24. ↑ Eldorado for cutting professionals, tool technology, WT 128, p. 61
  25. ↑ New strategy at Wollschläger ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Business magazine, July 20, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wirtschaftsmagazin-ruhr.de

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