Josef and Heinrich J. Kesseböhmer begin manufacturing baskets and riddles for potato-sorting machines built by Becker & Co., Dahlinghausen.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1959″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Adding a PVC-coating system enables Kesseböhmer to expand into production of plastic-coated decorative items and sales and display stands.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1961″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
The first new building (1500 sqm) expands production capacity for presentation and display systems.
Sales 1961: DM 1 million
40 employees.
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1962″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Fluidized-bed coating system for plastic coating goes into operation.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Early 1960s” title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Collaboration with major manufacturers to develop a versatile range of fittings for kitchen cabinets (later for bathroom and bedroom units too).[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_sep time_sep_title=”1965-1976 | Specialization” font_size=”desktop:18px;” time_sep_color=”#ffffff”][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1965″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
The first electroplating plant in Dahlinghausen becomes operational.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Mid-1960s” title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]First export contacts.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1968″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Strong growth in demand for Kesseböhmer display systems. Kesseböhmer display stands are used for POS display of products from Henkel, Nestlé, Coca Cola, Vileda, Bosch and many other leading brands, including Tempo tissues. Bohmte factory is rebuilt.
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1969″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Bohmte plant opened. A new, advanced powder-coating system expands surface-coating capacity in Dahlinghausen.
The first INTERZUM in 1969 – with Kesseböhmer
.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Early 1970s” title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Continuous expansion of production capacity in Dahlinghausen and Bohmte.
Sales 1970: DM 12 million
250 employees[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1972″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”26″ title_font_color=”#353f44″]
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1975 bis 1990″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”26″ title_font_color=”#353f44″]Beteiligung an der Firma DWD-Drahtwaren, Deizisau/Stuttgart. Herstellung von Körben für Geschirrspüler und Roste für Kühlschränke.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1976″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Expansion of the Bohmte plant, including a new fluidized-bed coating system.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_sep time_sep_title=”1977-1990 | Expansion and diversification” font_size=”desktop:18px;” time_sep_color=”#ffffff”][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1979″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
On the death of his father, Josef Kesseböhmer, Heinrich J. Kesseböhmer takes over as head of the company
Sales 1979: DM 35 million
300 employees
The Bohmte plant installs a powder-coating system.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Mid-1980s” title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Development and launch of “Chrome Line” for the furniture industry.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1989″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Electroplating system in Dahlinghausen rebuilt.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_sep time_sep_title=”1991 – 2000 | Export – made in Germany” font_size=”desktop:18px;” time_sep_color=”#ffffff”][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1991″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Renovation and expansion of an historic half-timbered building in Dahlinghausen as a showroom for Furniture Fittings Systems.
Sales 1990: DM 100 million
740 employees
Oliver Kesseböhmer joins the company management.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”1998″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Acquisition of a company in Weilheim near Stuttgart expands the product portfolio to include advanced systems for office ergonomics and built-in fittings for caravans. Takeover of a components supplier for furniture fittings in Herrnhut in Saxony.
Sales 1998: DM 200 million
1000 employees
Takeover of the shopfitting systems supplier STOREbest in Lübeck to complete the product range for the Store Fixtures and Product Display business unit.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2000″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
The Bohmte plant is expanded by around 7,000 sqm.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_sep time_sep_title=”2001 – 2015 | Kesseböhmer as global player” font_size=”desktop:18px;” time_sep_color=”#ffffff”][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2001″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Plant in Dahlinghausen expanded by around 12,000 sqm and the adjacent west site completed (car park, new access to main road, rainwater storage reservoir).[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2004″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
50th anniversary of company founding
Direct sales in 52 countries. Five production plants – all of them in Germany.
Sales 2004: DM 352 million / EUR 180 million
1,450 employees
Lübeck factory expanded by 12,600 sqm.
New powder-coating machine begins operation.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2007″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Modernisation and upgrade of Herrnhut plant.
Sales in 2007: EUR 250 million
1,750 people employed in the Kesseböhmer group[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2008″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Construction start for an additional electroplating unit in Bad Essen-Dahlinghausen.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2008 / 2009″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Construction of new electroplating plant including new 4.5 MW wood-fired power station to provide renewable energy.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2009″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Toplifter founded in Hungary/Budapest as a joint venture with long-time business associate Häfele, integration of Huwil Toplifter product range.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2010″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Bohmte: Purchase of a neighbouring plot with a 4,000 sqm production plant.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2011″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Heinrich J. Kesseböhmer dies in a tragic road accident.
Over 2,000 employees in the group
Sales in 2011: over EUR 300 million[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2012″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]Sales: EUR 370 million
Total number of people employed in the Group: 2,100,
including 161 trainees and apprentices[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2014″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Bohmte plant expanded by 9,200 sqm production floor and 2,300 sqm highbay distribution centre[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2016″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Kessebohmer Ergonomie of America in Grand Rapids, Michigan – Opens facility in 2016 and begin shipping product in 2017.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”2017″ title_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”desktop:26px;” title_font_color=”#353f44″]
Kessebohmer Retail Merchandising (KRM) opens in Leland, North Carolina in 2017 to support major European customers entrance or expansion within the US market.[/icon_timeline_item][/icon_timeline]
