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1959 |
Company founded by Karl Graeff as a trading company for technical articles in the construction industry, and later on wooden garden houses. |
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1968 |
Heinrich Graeff took over the management at the age of 25 years after the death of his father |
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1972 |
Starting of the hall production |
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1973 |
DieLeasing of containers got the second main pillar |
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1974 |
The 1st foreign construction site in Libya, major contract follow in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, Central Africa and Russia |
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1983 |
Construction of a gold mining city in Sierra Leone |
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1984 |
Shutdown of production an restructuring in consequence of the Iran/Iraq war. The focus of the company is shifting back to the container rental. Continuous expansion of the product range. |
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1987 |
Opening of the first subsidiary in Oberhausen / Ruhrgebiet |
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1989 |
After the Fall of the Wall: Opening of an office n Leipzig; one year later in Dresden, then in Berlin. Within three years 150 car dealerships were delivered to East Germany. |
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1991 |
Fonding of the subsidiary company Conta Gmb; opening of a production facility with around 4500 qm roofed hall space on the 30.000pm site in Mannheim-Rheinau. |
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1992 |
Development and production of the 2000 TRANSFER quick assembly hall |
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1994 |
Opening of an office in Zagreb |
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1995 |
Enlargement of the product line by the new glass pavilion in EXPO-popular honeycomb look |
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1998 |
Octagonal TRANSFER RONDO conquered the first exhibition hall. Fair visitors and car dealers are fascinated |
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1999 |
Quality management certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000. First foreign sale of licences to Mexico and Brazil. Opening of a contact office for production and assembling in cooperation with the company Frjasino Factory in Moscow. Opening of contact offices in Skopje, Macedonia and Prizren in Kosovo. |
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2005 |
Relocation of corporate headquarters to Mannheim-Rheinau. Production, assembly, logistics and administration are directly linked to a strong location.
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