History
Carl Stahl was established 1880 as a small rope-making facility with agricultural products. Today the enterprise has more than 1,500 employees at 70 locations worldwide. Until today the company is still family-owned.
A Time Journey Through the History Of Carl Stahl
1880
Foundation of rope making shop Stahl at Suessen by Jakob Stahl.
1904
Jakob Stahl hands his business over to his son Carl.
1930
Carl Stahl jun. is taking over the company.
1933
Parade car celebrating the incorporation of Great and Small suessen
1966
Willy Schwenger, Carl Stahl's son-in-law, joins the company's management.
1968
Expansion and new construction of new company premises at Suessen (plant I)
1971
Development and introduction of safety hook eyes
1972
New construction of a new branch at Stuttgart-Plieningen (plant II)
1978
Foundation of subsidiary Metall + Formteile GmbH
1980-1987
Completion of the new administrative centre and a production facility in Suessen (plant III) and foundation of many new subsidiaries in Germany and abroad
1996
Acquisition of AURAS GmbH & Co. KG (until 2000 Carl Stahl GmbH & Co. KG Frankfurt)
1998
Official opening of the new Wire Rope and Technology Centre in Suessen
1999
JCarl Stahl becomes exclusive distributor of the nokon bowdencable-systems
2000
Kromer GmbH becomes member of the Carl Stahl Group. The name is changed to Carl Stahl Kromer
2002
Completion of new production and storage facilities in Suessen
2003
Foundation of new subsidiaries in Finland and Saarbruecken/Germany
2004
JA new management generation takes charge at the headquarters in Suessen: f.l.t.r Andreas Urbez, Willy Schwenger, Wolfgang Schwenger
2005
New subsidiary founded in Swede
2006
New construction of a new office building in Suessen
2007
Separation of operational and strategic areas, launch of 6 new divisions
1.8.2007
VENTZKI company is added to the Carl Stahl group, VENTZKI remains legally independent.
2008
Foundation of the Carl Stahl Academy
2010
The product sector Crane- and Industrial ropes, formerly member of the Lifting Equipment Division, becomes a division of its own.
2011
Subsidiary Carl Stahl Kromer GmbH moves from Freiburg to Gottenheim.
2012
Again Carl Stahl reaches TopRating with Hoppenstedt CreditCheck
2012
Again Carl Stahl reaches TopRating with Hoppenstedt CreditCheck
2013
Three times in a row Carl Stahl receives the TopRating award
2014
Die Fa. Stihl zeichnet Carl Stahl als Top-Lieferanten des Jahres 2013 aus.
2015
Carl Stahl GmbH receives the Bisnode rating certification 2015
2017
New subsidiary in South Africa
2018
Customer days of Carl Stahl Nord and Carl Stahl Sud GmbH
2020
The company celebrates its 140th anniversary.
2020
Technocables successfully participates in Project Ecofit.
2021
We welcome Nopo Engineering to the Carl Stahl Group.
2022
Carl Stahl is one of "Germany's fairest companies 2022": Out of 17,000 companies, only 3,000 received such an award. The criteria included product and service, price-performance, customer satisnfaction, employer fairness, and sustainnability.