SÜLZLE history

1880

At the Rosenfeld market square, Wilhelm Christian Sülzle opens his forge business where multiple journeymen work and apprentices are trained

1922

Takeover of the company Wilhelm Sülzle by son Wilhelm Karl (in today’s Sülzle House)

1929

Industrial building: Construction of the repair shop (and thus of the first industrial building in Rosenfeld) next to the current town hall

1953

Restructuring: Wilhelm Karl Sülzle splits his company into three parts: Helmut Sülzle Ironware | Wilhelm Sülzle Agricultural Machines and Belt Connectors | Heinrich Blickle Süro Gerätebau

1956

Purchase of the Rosenfeld Fruchtkasten by Helmut Sülzle and his brother-in-law Heinrich Blickle

1961

Helmut Sülzle marries Edith Sülzle, née Mayer

1988

Management in change: After the death of Helmut Sülzle, Edith Sülzle continues the business with her employees and with the help of the entire family

1990

4th generation: Heinrich Sülzle joins the company 1998 Andreas Sülzle follows.

2000

SÜLZLE Stahlpartner: Foundation of the company Stahlpartner in Dornstetten, further locations follow (Dusslingen, Pforzheim, Denkendorf)

2002

Takeover of the company Steim Eisenhandel Dusslingen (today SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Dusslingen)

2003

Foundation of the company Sülzle Stahlhandel GmbH Pforzheim (today SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Pforzheim)

2005

Foundation of the company Sülzle Stahlhandel GmbH Denkendorf (today SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Denkendorf)

2007

Foundation of the partner company Stahlpartner Aichach in Bavaria

2008

Takeover of the Kopf companies by Helmut Sülzle GmbH

2010

Foundation of SÜLZLE Nutzeisen in Sulz am Neckar

2011

Takeover of Gerhard Dittmar GmbH & Co. KG in Nordhausen (today SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Nordhausen)

2012

Takeover of the former Stahlbiegereien F+G in Bad Schönborn (today SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Bad Schönborn)

2012

Takeover of the former steel bending company CMC in Dessau-Roßlau (today SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Dessau-Roßlau)

2014

Takeover of the company Klein Technical Solutions GmbH in Niederfischbach (today SÜLZLE KLEIN)

2015

Übernahme der Biegerei Max Schön in Lübeck – Eröffnung des ersten Sülzle Stahlpartner Standorts in Norddeutschland (heute SÜLZLE Stahlpartner Lübeck)

2016

SÜLZLE positions itself in France and takes over French list mat manufacturer SOTRALENTZ CONSTRUCTION with 2 locations

2017

SÜLZLE Stahlpartner eröffnet eine neue Niederlassung in Seelze bei Hannover und zählt mittlerweile 13 Standorte deutschlandweit.

2018

Takeover of the Hagmeyer Stahlcenter in Geislingen an der Steige (today SÜLZLE Hagmeyer)

2018

Übernahme der STAHL Ehrenfriedersdorf GmbH & Co. KG im Erzgebirge, der heutigen SÜLZLE Stahl Ehrenfriedersdorf GmbH.

2018

SÜLZLE Stahlpartner takes over the bending operations of Eisen-Pfeiffer in Stockach on Lake Constance and now has 15 locations throughout Germany.

2019

On May 25, 2019, SÜLZLE Stahlpartner opened a state-of-the-art bending shop on approximately 10,000 square meters at Nordlandkai in the port of Lübeck