Our History
Werkstätten GmbH is a forward-looking traditional company that takes courage and inspiration from its successful history to look forward resolutely.
Our History
1965 — Werkstätten GmbH is born. The company emerged from Rawe’s locksmith shop.
However, the roots of Werkstätten GmbH go back much further than 1965. On 18 April 1934, a shelf company was founded “just in case” by our former shareholder, Nordhorn textile company B. Rawe & Co GmbH. At that time, the company was given the name “Rawe & Co. Refining company with limited liability” and kept this until March 24, 1965, when the articles of association were revised and the previous name was changed to “workshops with limited liability”. Up to this point, the society had been in slumber without any activity. The object of the company was, as it literally stated in the articles of association, the “execution of locksmith work in the field of locksmithing, carpentry work in the field of carpentry as well as services and commercial transactions of all kinds”.
In the meantime, Werkstätten GmbH has grown into a group of companies with a total of around 450 employees.
Brief facts:
- Founded: 1965
- Employees: 145
- Headquarters: Alfred-Mozer-Str. 61
48527 Nordhorn - Operating sites: 2x Nordhorn
(built 1994 until 2018) - Manufacturing area:
9.000 m² Alfred-Mozer-Str.
3.500 m² Twente Str.
2018
Construction of a new production hall at Alfred-Mozer-Str. 61 (2,650 m²). Relocation of the monotal department to the new production halls.
2015
Werkstätten GmbH celebrates its 50th anniversary.
2012
Construction of a new production hall at Alfred-Mozer-Str. 61 (1,200 m²).
2011
Werkstätten GmbH production and administration grows by 600 m² via the purchase of additional production space at Alfred-Mozer Str. 67. The production of autoclave containers is added to the range of services.
2008
Steven Glüpker retires from Werkstätten GmbH.
2006
Monotal’s production area is enlarged by 2,000 m².
2004
Gerd Ribbels retires from Werkstätten GmbH.
2000
Monotal Schornsteinbau is taken over, with 2,500 m² of production space and 25 employees on Twentestraße.
1997
Werkstätten GmbH is taken over by B. Rawe & Co. GmbH by Alfred Moggert, Steven Glüpker and Gerd Ribbels as part of an MBO solution. 94 people are employed in the company.
1996
Alfred Moggert & Johan Vos join the active management.
1994
The spatial separation of the parent company Rawe to the Nordhorn GIP industrial estate takes place. A new production hall with 4,000 m² of manufacturing space and administration building is built.
1990
Werkstätten, now with 80 employees, can look back on 25 successful years of serving customers.
1988
The parent company Rawe celebrates its impressive 100th anniversary.
1965
Werkstätten GmbH emerges from Rawe’s locksmith shop. At the start, there are 20 employees working for the company.
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Maximum efficiency
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