{"id":4516,"date":"2020-08-18T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/kohlhage-information\/history\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:45:44","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/en\/kohlhage-information\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-27i2tm-25fa8ed0676dfbb8771d96761e44e6fe avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-autoplay av-loop-endless av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' 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av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-011d6c645fb4b7718f0791faebda04b5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-011d6c645fb4b7718f0791faebda04b5{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-011d6c645fb4b7718f0791faebda04b5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-011d6c645fb4b7718f0791faebda04b5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-011d6c645fb4b7718f0791faebda04b5 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >KOHLHAGE &#8211; since 1929<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2zd5kb-b4e5ef5b1f5c0e0342bbc3fd065b8303\">\n.flex_column.av-2zd5kb-b4e5ef5b1f5c0e0342bbc3fd065b8303{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2zd5kb-b4e5ef5b1f5c0e0342bbc3fd065b8303 av_one_full first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ka2nuhee-538ce2fa34a13a5447ea99124d484ef7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>At the outset, <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0is well located with headquarters in Neuenrade Kuentrop. An ultra-modern administration building, which was only inaugurated in 2015 and with 1,700 m<sup>2 <\/sup>of sufficient space for the coming years, is the first thing you see when you approach\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span> Directly behind it is a production hall from 2012, in which welding and other assemblies are manufactured with flexible modular production cells according to the most modern production criteria. The still larger high-bay warehouse with adjacent logistics hall was inaugurated only in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This is today. But in the past? Who would have thought that Ernst Kohlhage, when he started a wholesale company for screws, nuts and electrical material on 26.01.1929, would one day be the founder of a group of four companies with 180 employees and a turnover of more than 42 million Euros?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1cg73o-2637d5418d69740026c75dc79fbcec05\">\n.flex_column.av-1cg73o-2637d5418d69740026c75dc79fbcec05{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1cg73o-2637d5418d69740026c75dc79fbcec05 av_one_full first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-4ovok-74a4660dbe10e1eb4a983d4eb4867af7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The first years at the location \u201cHinter der Stadt 22\u201d were tranquil.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ernst Kohlhage set up external warehouses all over Germany and from 1944 onwards, in addition to trading, he tried his hand at casting and forged parts. The company grew slowly but steadily, until 1950. In this year, the founder of the company died suddenly and too early at the age of 59.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This was aggravated at that time by the fact that the year before there had been a case of embezzlement by an employee, due to which the turnover had fallen by 60%.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This was a difficult time for the two children, the twins Friedrich-Wilhelm and Ernst-Hermann.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Friedrich-Wilhelm Kohlhage decided at that time, at the age of just 18 years, to quit school and take forward the company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That his twin brother Ernst-Hermann got the chance to continue school and later to go to university in order to subsequently be able to make an unprecedented career with the automotive supplier LUK is only a side note. But it makes clear how much coincidence is involved also in the growth of\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-15kzes-054526c93526ec92d9e8af82b283695b\">\n.flex_column.av-15kzes-054526c93526ec92d9e8af82b283695b{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-15kzes-054526c93526ec92d9e8af82b283695b av_one_full first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-y96hw-65993c5ed283029b281898b72f889af2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-y96hw-65993c5ed283029b281898b72f889af2 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-y96hw-65993c5ed283029b281898b72f889af2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-y96hw-65993c5ed283029b281898b72f889af2 av-styling- avia-align-left'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6376 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6376 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE.jpg\" alt='' title='KOHLHAGE'  height=\"2485\" width=\"3313\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE.jpg 3313w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3313px) 100vw, 3313px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5llg-b9b98d7349f5151e405064e110c51765\">\n.flex_column.av-5llg-b9b98d7349f5151e405064e110c51765{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5llg-b9b98d7349f5151e405064e110c51765 av_one_full first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-74oy4-37a3cfb1876d0e23d1361d468a37cc73 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Under the leadership of Friedrich-Wilhelm Kohlhage the company found its way back into calmer waters and continued to evolve. In 1953, he was able to take over a lathe facility and thus significantly expand the production portfolio and capacities. However, this quickly led to space problems. Things became cramped in the company. Therefore, the production and office spaces were expanded in several steps until 1967.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In 1974, Friedrich-Wilhelm Kohlhage was then able to purchase 22,000 square metres of space in Kuentrop, a suburb outside Neuenrade. A lot of space, which he could only use from 1979 onwards. That was the year in which parts of the production department were able to move to a new production hall of 1,200 m<sup>2<\/sup> in Kuentrop.<\/p>\n<p>Two dates are important when it comes to retracing the further history of <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>: As early as 1970 the first contacts to the Far East were made by the company. Today. it has become an independent company,\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0Taiwan, managed by an employee from Kierspe, who decided in 2007 to live in Taiwan and moved there with his family.<\/p>\n<p>The second decisive year was 1980, the year in which the lathe facility was completely sold to Northern Italy. This freed up the capacity in the company, so that the welding technology division could be expanded significantly and quickly. Of course,\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0has already been producing welded parts since the 60s. But now, the quantum leap in the company\u2019s growth, assemblies could be produced. The fact that these assemblies became more and more extensive and\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0today produces the most complex welding assemblies for the automotive industry, is a consequence of this entrepreneurial decision.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986 <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b> was split up. This step had become necessary because the trading business, the former nucleus, and the production area had become too different.\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0Connection technology, as the manufacturing part of the company was called, moved completely to Kuentrop with 70 employees, while <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0GmbH remained at the old location with 20 employees.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-thk98-576ddd3468420d8cd787b3e6f0adcc3f\">\n.flex_column.av-thk98-576ddd3468420d8cd787b3e6f0adcc3f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-thk98-576ddd3468420d8cd787b3e6f0adcc3f av_one_half first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m470k-510b60ac8ca06260c0061032d168ec5f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m470k-510b60ac8ca06260c0061032d168ec5f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m470k-510b60ac8ca06260c0061032d168ec5f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m470k-510b60ac8ca06260c0061032d168ec5f av-styling- avia-align-left'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6370 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6370 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1.jpg\" alt='' title='KOHLHAGE K\u00fcntrop 1'  height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-1-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-thk98-4524a75837ccef5027dfae197386e4d6\">\n.flex_column.av-thk98-4524a75837ccef5027dfae197386e4d6{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-thk98-4524a75837ccef5027dfae197386e4d6 av_one_half flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m470k-a90154dbf2093309480981cb685461e1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m470k-a90154dbf2093309480981cb685461e1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m470k-a90154dbf2093309480981cb685461e1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m470k-a90154dbf2093309480981cb685461e1 av-styling- avia-align-left'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6374 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6374 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3.jpg\" alt='' title='KOHLHAGE K\u00fcntrop 3'  height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.kohlhage.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KOHLHAGE-K\u00fcntrop-3-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ka2o15c3-48850f19da61256d360ea638e4beda14 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A further milestone in the company\u2019s history was the arrival of Michael Stock, a graduate industrial engineer. In 1989 he became second managing director and in 1997, after Friedrich-Wilhelm Kohlhage retired due to age, he took over as the sole General Manager of the company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Kohlhage family, however, remained associated with the company, especially through a 49% shareholding.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of Michael Stock, the old company location was also dissolved in 1997 and moved completely to Kuentrop. What then followed was a steep growth of the company:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>in 2000, the 3-shift operation was introduced, in 2003, the ISO EN 9001 certification was completed and in 2010, the ISO16949 and ISO TS 14001 certifications were obtained, enabling the company to meet the extremely high requirements demanded by the automotive industry. Of course, Michael Stock was not able to achieve this growth alone. He had good supporters: Since 2007 Sven Lehecka (MD\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0Connection Technology) and Marc Schreiber (MD\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0Fastening Technology) have been on board and together the three have further built and expanded the company.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 Mr. Stock left the operative business and handed over the operational responsibility to the Managing Directors Lehecka and Schreiber. Until 2020 he was actively involved in the company as a shareholder jointly with the Kohlhage family. In the middle of 2020, the Kohlhage family took over the company\u2019s shares and has since then been represented in day-to-day business by Maximilian Schreiber, the grandson of Dr. Kohlhage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ka2o5sa4-096bf43e7979f3f009bd90b75fe7065d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>And then? Lehecka and Schreiber renamed the two companies. It was in 2012.\u00a0They were then called <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0Automotive GmbH and <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0Fasteners GmbH. Since 2016\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b> Automotive Tube (Kunshan) is active in China and supplies to customers from the Asian region. The buildings, which were mentioned at the beginning, were also built in the years after 2010.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>For the time being, the last milestone in the growth of the traditional company <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0is the newly founded <b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0E-Tech in the year 2018. With the new company, innovative products and an efficient work force,\u00a0<b>KOHLHAGE<\/b>\u00a0has made the first big step into a business field which will bring about a massive change in Germany and the world in the coming years. 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