40 years of Glatthaar Keller

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.

1980

1983

Construction of the company’s prefabrication plant in Waldmössingen, Germany.

1983

1987

Glatthaar Keller received the RAL quality label for prefabricated basements.

1987

1994

Establishment of our Tagewerben branch in Saxony Anhalt.

Expansion of our delivery area to the newly formed German states.

1994

1995

Construction of a second prefabricated cement component plant in Waldmössingen, including a modern pallet circulation system which provides the best possible quality standards.

1995

1996

Expansion of the delivery area to the whole of Germany.

1996

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.

1997

1998

Establishment of the Simmern branch in Hunsrück.

Development of a new casting machine for more efficient production of the Iso Twin wall.

1998

1999

Patent grant for the Iso Twin wall. Glatthaar Keller publishes the first market study on the Austrian prefabricated house market.

1999

2000

Creation of a storage building at the Waldmössingen site. The company celebrates its 20-year anniversary.

2000

2003

Construction of  the Innovation Forum in Dunningen: a 313 tonnes building with an AquaSafe® basement (our floating house).

2003

2004

Construction of the company’s own offices in Simmern, Hunsrück.

Establishment of a branch in Moscow.

2004

2004

Construction of the company’s own offices in Simmern, Hunsrück.

Establishment of a branch in Moscow.

2004

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.

2005

2006

Establishment of the branch in the UK.

2006

2009

Glatthaar Keller is the first and only company to hold a TÜV certification for the checking of planning documents.

2009

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.

2010

2014

In August, the company celebrated the delivery of its 40,000th product.

2014

2016

Company awarded the FOCUS Money prize for ‘Fairest Manufacturer of Prefabricated Basements’ for the 4th year running.

2016

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.

2017

2018

Awarded the Golden Cube 2018 in the innovation category for the TechnoSafe® basement.

Glatthaar Keller delivers the 55,555th building project.

2018

2019

Glatthaar Keller delivers the 60,000th building project.

2019

2020

Glatthaar Keller celebrates 40 years of operations.

2020

2021

Glatthaar Keller delivers the 70,000th building project.

2021

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.

2022

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