Company history germanBelt
Company History
germanBelt Systems GmbH & Co. KG was founded in the year 2000 by Holger Dieffendahl, Uwe Hickmann and Axel Zepezauer, its managing shareholders. The four sites at Bad Blankenburg, Berlin, Cottbus and Halle/Leipzig being taken over from the Continental Group within the framework of a management-buy-out (MBO), operative business commenced on 01 July 2001. Today, the sucessful company operates under a new name: germanBelt Systems GmbH.
Important milestones
| Start of operative business |
| Takeover of five branches of Transband Fördertechnik GmbH/Karlsruhe |
| Extensive modernization and development at the site in Halle/Leipzig |
| Foundation of germanBelt Steel GmbH and germanBelt GmbH; germanBelt invests in a new manufacturing shop in Halle/Leipzig; Modernization of the company-owned materials testing laboratory. |
| Group headquarters newly built; Foundation of germanBelt Middle East FZE; germanBelt adopts new corporate structure; SCC* service certification |
| Extensive investment in further brands and trademarks; Product diversification: i.e. germanGrip®, germanBond®, germanLine®, germanShock® and germanWell® |
| DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 certification for the germanBelt GmbH of production and sales |
| Approximately 100 employees; 7 site with altogether approx. 20,000 m² in production and storage area |
