40 years of Glatthaar Keller
The history of our company
From a sole proprietorship, to a market leader in the prefabricated basement business, our history timeline sets out the Glatthaar Keller success story.
1980 was the year Joachim Glatthaar founded “Joachim Glatthaar Construction Business”. Joachim set about constructing his first prefabrication plant at Schramberg in the heart of Germany’s beautiful Black Forest. His vision for the production of high-quality prefabricated basement elements which could be delivered to site for construction was a key decision in the success of the company.
Now, over 40 years later, the company has delivered nearly 75,000 completed projects and has firmly established itself in the UK market creating basements, ground bearing slabs and retaining walls.
1980
Glatthaar Keller was established by Joachim Glatthaar.
1983
Construction of the company’s prefabrication plant in Waldmössingen, Germany.
1987
Glatthaar Keller received the RAL quality label for prefabricated basements.
1994
Establishment of our Tagewerben branch in Saxony Anhalt.
Expansion of our delivery area to the newly formed German states.
1995
Construction of a second prefabricated cement component plant in Waldmössingen, including a modern pallet circulation system which provides the best possible quality standards.
1996
Expansion of the delivery area to the whole of Germany.
1997
Establishment of the Switzerland branch and expansion of the delivery area to Switzerland.
Construction of a prefabricated cement component plant for specially designed components at the site in Tagewerben.
1998
Establishment of the Simmern branch in Hunsrück.
Development of a new casting machine for more efficient production of the Iso Twin wall.
1999
Patent grant for the Iso Twin wall. Glatthaar Keller publishes the first market study on the Austrian prefabricated house market.
2000
Creation of a storage building at the Waldmössingen site. The company celebrates its 20-year anniversary.
2003
Construction of the Innovation Forum in Dunningen: a 313 tonnes building with an AquaSafe® basement (our floating house).
2004
Construction of the company’s own offices in Simmern, Hunsrück.
Establishment of a branch in Moscow.
2004
Construction of the company’s own offices in Simmern, Hunsrück.
Establishment of a branch in Moscow.
2005
Company celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Joachim Glatthaar awarded the Baden-Wuerttermberg Business Medal of the year.
Establishment of the branch in Austria.
Company awarded the Creative Prize by special interest magazine for the construction industry Fachschriftenverlag.
2006
Establishment of the branch in the UK.
2009
Glatthaar Keller is the first and only company to hold a TÜV certification for the checking of planning documents.
2010
Company celebrates 30 year anniversary.
Company awarded the special prize for ‘Best Recommendation Rate for 2010’ in the ‘Germany’s most customer oriented service provider’ competition.
2014
In August, the company celebrated the delivery of its 40,000th product.
2016
Company awarded the FOCUS Money prize for ‘Fairest Manufacturer of Prefabricated Basements’ for the 4th year running.
2017
Glatthaar Keller hands over its 50,000th building project.
Awarded the FOCUS Money “fairest prefabricated basement manufacturer” for the 5th year in a row.
2018
Awarded the Golden Cube 2018 in the innovation category for the TechnoSafe® basement.
Glatthaar Keller delivers the 55,555th building project.
2019
Glatthaar Keller delivers the 60,000th building project.
2020
Glatthaar Keller celebrates 40 years of operations.
2021
Glatthaar Keller delivers the 70,000th building project.
2022
Glatthaar Keller introduces Starwalls® Retaining Walls to the UK market.
ECO-Hit and Vario Ground Bearing Slabs officially launched as a product in the UK.
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