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GRAEFF Container GmbH

Ruhrorter Straße 2-6
D-68219 Mannheim

Telefon: +49 (0) 621/8444-4

Telefax: +49 (0) 621/8444-555

info@graeff-gmbh.de

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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.

1968

Heinrich Graeff took over the management at the age of 25 years after the death of his father

1972

Starting of the hall production

1973

DieLeasing of containers got the second main pillar

1974

The 1st foreign construction site in Libya, major contract follow in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, Central Africa and Russia

1983

Construction of a gold mining city in Sierra Leone

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.

1987

Opening of the first subsidiary in Oberhausen / Ruhrgebiet

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.

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.

1992

Development and production of the 2000 TRANSFER quick assembly hall

1994

Opening of an office in Zagreb

1995

Enlargement of the product line by the new glass pavilion in EXPO-popular honeycomb look

1998

Octagonal TRANSFER RONDO conquered the first exhibition hall. Fair visitors and car dealers are fascinated

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.

2005

Relocation of corporate headquarters to Mannheim-Rheinau. Production, assembly, logistics and administration are directly linked to a strong location.

 

 
 
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