Still a family business
Carl Stahl started out in 1880 as a small rope maker specializing in agricultural products. Today it has become a global enterprise with 1,450 employees operating from 60 subsidiaries all over the world. To this day the company has remained a family business with three General Managers: Wolfgang Schwenger, Andreas Urbez and Wolfgang Funk.
Summary of company history
1880
Foundation of rope making shop “Stahl” at Suessen by Jakob Stahl.
1904
Jakob Stahl hands his business over to his son Carl.
1930
Carl Stahl II takes over the company. The company Kammgarnspinnerei Gebr. Stahl is run by his father and later added to the Carl Stahl Group.
1933
Parade car celebrating the incorporation of Great and Small Suessen
1966
Willy Schwenger, Carl Stahl’s son-in-law, joins the company’s management.
1968
Expansion and erection of new company premises at Suessen (plant I)
1971
Development and introduction of safety hook eyes
1972
Erection of a new branch at Stuttgart-Plieningen (plant II)
1978
Foundation of subsidiary
„Metall + Formteile GmbH“
1980 - 1997
Completion of the new administrative centre and a production facility in Suessen (plant III) and foundation of many new subsidiaries in Germany and abroad
1996
Acquisition of AURAS GmbH & Co. KG
(until 2000 Carl Stahl GmbH & Co. KG Frankfurt)
1998
Official opening of the new Wire Rope and Technology Centre in Suessen
1999
Carl Stahl becomes exclusive distributor
of the nokon bowdencable-systems
2000
Kromer GmbH becomes member of the Carl Stahl Group. The name is changed to Carl Stahl Kromer / Introduction of a new Corporate Identity: All subsidiaries now carry the name Carl Stahl in their company logo.
2002
Completion of new production and storage facilities in Suessen
2003
Foundation of new subsidiaries in Finland and Saarbruecken/Germany
2004
A new management generation takes charge at the headquarters in Suessen:
f.l.t.r Andreas Urbez, Willy Schwenger, Wolfgang Schwenger
2005
New subsidiary founded in Sweden
2006
Erection of a new office building in Suessen
2007
Separation of operational and strategic areas, launch of 6 new divisions: Lifting equipment, Architecture, TechnoCables, Company Equipment, Academy and Jewellery
1.8.2007
VENTZKI company is added to the Carl Stahl group,
VENTZKI remains legally independent.
2008
2008: Foundation of the Carl Stahl Academy /
new subsidiaries at Eislingen/Germany and Regensburg/Germany /
Joint Ventures in India and Indonesia
2010
The product sector „Crane- and Industrial ropes“, formerly member of the Lifting Equipment Division, becomes a division of its own.
2011
Subsidiary Carl Stahl Kromer GmbH moves from Freiburg to Gottenheim.
The product sector “Submersible Pumps” is separated from Carl Stahl GmbH & Co. KG Frankfurt and transferred into Auras Pumpen GmbH & Co. KG. Auras is moving into their own facilities. Ex-pansion of storage and production area.