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| 1946 | ||
| Foundation of the company by Eugen Hodapp, the grandfather of today's management as an one-man business. In the post war years there was a lot to do and so you handled all repairs, locksmith works and installation works right up to well drilling. | ||
| 1948 | ||
First new construction of a small workshop at the today's premises. Later there was added a retail shop and a petrol station. | ||
| 1956 | ||
Construction of the first production hall. | ||
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New construction of a small workshop | Company building | |
| 1958 | ||
Beginning of the manufacturing of doors. So this year was the hour of birth of the construction of steel doors. | ||
| 1966 | ||
7 employees inclusive the director of the company Eugen Hodapp and his son Werner. | ||
| 1967 | ||
Trading under the name of Eugen Hodapp KG. | ||
| 1973 | ||
Handover of the company management to the second generation, to master metalworker Werner Hodapp. | ||
| 1976 | ||
Contract with Theo Schröders: Admission of the fire door range »System Schröders« into manufacturing. | ||
| 1989 | ||
The complete production area after regular building extensions is more than 6000 m² by now. The company employs a total of 40 employees. | ||
| 1992 | ||
Introduction of the additional manufacturing sector CNC-sheet metal by the purchase of a coiling machine and a combined laser punching machine with CAD/CAM technology. | ||
| 1995 | ||
Change of name to Hodapp GmbH & Co. KG and handover of the company management to the third generation, to Peter Hodapp, Uta and Joachim Vogel. | ||
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View in the production | Workers | |
| 1999 | ||
Introduction of the new generation of fire doors »System Schröders«, type TSN. Extension of the factory premises to 31000 m² and construction of additional parking site areas for the employees. | ||
| 2000 | ||
Implementation of Pro-E (3-D-CAD). | ||
| 2001 | ||
System start for the company-wide software »Navision«. Moving in into the new production hall of 2600 m², especially constructed for the production of our doors. The number of employees amounts to just under 110 employees in this year. | ||
| 2002 | ||
Purchase of a new laser/punching machine »Trumpf Laserpress 6000 L«, associated with a considerable increase in capacity compared with previous laser-punching machines. | ||
| 2003 | ||
Introduction of an electric planning software E³ and development of an approved high-speed folding door with automatic control. This has brought an extension of the complete electric department in the sectors warehouse, manufacturing and electric planning. | ||
| 2004 | ||
Extension of the offices with an additional area of 500m² and construction of a room for internal and external events. | ||
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| 2006 | ||
Foundation of the subsidiary Hodapp Hispanica, S.L.. | ||
| Today: | ||
Products: More than 40 different door and gate types as well as manufacturing of metal sheet for mechanical engineering and apparatus engineering. If required a data exchange via internet is possible and therefore an increase of the data security and an increase of the order processing. | ||
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Company premises today | ||
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