HISTORY
1960er
1970er
1965
Foundation of the Plattenhardt + Wirth headquarters in Meckenbeuren
1966
First gas-tight fruit store in Germany
1967
Production of the first absorber using activated carbon in Europe
1969
First gas-tight fruit store in sandwich design in Europe
1970
First "System Fruchtring” banana ripening rooms
1972
Market leader of gas-tight CA/ULO cold stores in Europe up to the present day
1978
Foundation of the Wyhlen branch near Freiburg
1980er
1990er
1981
Foundation of the Wenden branch in Sauerland
1983
First complete facility solutions for warehouses and transshipment halls
1985
Establishment of a special door production division for high quality, gas-tight ULO and CA cold store doors in Meckenbeuren
1991
Foundation of the Landsberg branch near Halle
1998
Foundation of the Munich-Taufkirchen
branch
2000er
2002
Foundation of the Bremerhaven branch
2008
Market leader in cold storage facilities (quality and revenues) in Germany
2009
Klaus and Martin Wirth become majority managing directors
Large-scale projects are completed in Russia, the UK, Greece and Ireland
2012
Foundation of the Plattenhardt + Wirth after-sales service branch in Moscow
Development of the Flextor innovation
2013
Production launch of the Plawi Flextor
2014
Construction of new offices and production facilities in Meckenbeuren-Reute
Large-scale projects completed in Saudi Arabia and Korea
2015
50th anniversary of Plattenhardt + Wirth GmbH
2017
Foundation of the Hockenheim branch, Rhine-Neckar Region
2019
Foundation of the Bayreuth branch
2020
Foundation of the Plattenhardt + Wirth Österreich GmbH near Vienna / Austria
2021
Foundation of the Bielefeld branch