Wolfcraft GmbH
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded 📆 | 1949 |
| Founder 👔 | Robert Wolff |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Kempenich, Germany |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Reinhard Wolff, Thomas Wolff |
| Products 📟 | Hand tools, power tool accessories |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 700 |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.wolfcraft.com/en/ |
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Wolfcraft GmbH is a German manufacturer and supplier of tools and power tool accessories for professional and consumer use.[1] It is best known for producing one-handed clamps and laminate cutters.[2] Additionally, it produces door frame jigs, saw guides, punching tools, saw blades, hand screwdrivers, countersinks, drill bits, router bits, drill chucks, rasps and other craftsman tools.[3]
History
Wolfcraft company was founded in 1949 in Remscheid, by Robert Wolff, a toolmaker and drafter. The first tool-making machine was built for drill bits, saws and file tool production.[4][5] The Wolfcraft name was chosen from the word handicraft and added surname, as Robert Wolff wanted a name that was not too German, due to the tension that shortly existed after World War II.[6] In 1961, the first products started to be supplied to hardware shops under the Wolfcraft brand name.[7] The company moved to the Weibern site in 1965, as a result of a government-guaranteed industrial loan scheme in Rhineland-Palatinate state.[5]
In 1973, Robert Wolff introduced a profit sharing scheme, stating that company profit should be shared with every employee, who could proudly call this company theirs, which made employees more involved and company profits transparent to them.[7][8] The new logistic warehouse was built in 1976, in the Kempenich site industrial park.[9] In 1979, Wolfcraft entered the North American market, bringing a number of unique products from Europe.[10] In 1982, the second generation of the Wolff family, sons Reinhard and Thomas Wolff, started management of the Wolfcraft company.[11][4][5][12] In 1986, Robert Wolff received the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille award for achievements, inventions and entrepreneurship in the economy.[13] Robert Wolff received the status of an honoured citizen from the mayor of the Kempenish town for social responsibility, as his priority was to invest in the health of employees and share the profit with them.[14] In 1990, the company scheduled second production facilities to be built in Malé Dvorniky site, Slovakia.
In 1995, the company invested in intralogistics and a new administration building/headquarters was built in the Kempenich site.[9][15] In the same year, the company managed to open a kindergarten in the Ahrweiler town, for the employees to make it easier to combine work and family.[16][17][18][7]
In 2017, Wolfcraft won the German Brand Award, in the category "Industry Excellence in Branding" for "Gardening & Tools".[19][20] In 2019, Wolfcraft won the "pro-K Award", in the category "Home Equipment & Technology" for the product Undercover Jig Set.[21][22] In 2020, Wolfcraft won two awards at the British trade magazine of "DIY Week Awards" in the category "DIY Product of the Year" for the product LC 600 Laminate Cutter and in the category "Hand Tool & Accessory of the Year" for the product 3D Mitre Angle.[23][24] In 2021, Wolfcraft won the German Brand Award of "Excellent Brands" in the category "Tools & Gardening".[25][26]
In 2020, the Wolfcraft company employed over 700 employees, offering 2,500 items in the catalog and achieved a total turnover of 133 million euros.[7][27]
References
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "70 Jahre Innovation aus Deutschland". Diyonline. December 16, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Product Catalogue". Wolfcraft. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jeder Tag im Zeichen des Fortschritts!". Blick Aktuell. June 27, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "70 Jahre Erfindergeist und stete Innovation". BaumarktManager. August 19, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Wolfcraft Tools and the Facts". Hapyx. May 16, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Simons, Anton (January 28, 2021). "Unternehmer aus Kempenich spendierte Mitarbeitern ein Hallenbad". General-Anzeiger. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Die Mitarbeiter profitieren vom Erfolg". Blick Aktuell. December 15, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Schmitt, Gunther (June 22, 2017). "Bekenntnis zum Standort im Kreis Ahrweiler". General-Anzeiger. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Realty and Building. Economist Publishing Company. 2003. p. 7. Search this book on
- ↑ Ginzler, Hildegard (January 19, 2018). "Firma "Wolfcraft" liefert aus Kempenich". General-Anzeiger. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Wolfcraft feiert 70. Geburtstag". Diyonline. July 9, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Preisträger – Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille". Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (in Deutsch). 1986. Retrieved February 6, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Schneider, Hans-Josef (June 26, 2017). "Dick im Geschäft: Wolfcraft investiert 2,2 Millionen Euro". Rhein-Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved February 6, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Wolfcraft investiert weiterhin in den Standort Kempenich". Diyonline. May 7, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Die Großbaustelle von nebenan". Blick Aktuell. January 11, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Emotionale Verabschiedung". Blick Aktuell. January 6, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Innovative Werkzeuge und Zubehör". January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "wolfcraft". German brand award. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Wegweiser in der Welt der Marken". Blick Aktuell. July 21, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Undercover jig set". pro-K award. 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Produkte mit pro-K award 2019 ausgezeichnet". BaumarktManager. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Wolfcraft räumt gleich zwei Awards ab". BaumarktManager. October 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "AND THE WINNERS ARE…". Diyweekwards. 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "wolfcraft". German brand award. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "wolfcraft gewinnt German Brand Award 2021". Diyonline. July 30, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Zink, Klaus J.; Kötter, Wolfgang; Longmuß, Jörg; Thul, Martin J. (2008-10-09). Veränderungsprozesse erfolgreich gestalten (in Deutsch). Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-540-79289-5. Search this book on
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