Winterhalter

Winterhalter history

1947

Foundation of the company by Karl Winterhalter in Friedrichshafen

1957

The GS 60 commercial dishwashing machine first exhibited at a trade fair (Cologne Spring trade fair)

1958

First participation in Hotel trade fair in Munich

1959

Move to the new premises in Meckenbeuren

1965

12 domestic trade fairs, 6 foreign - and another production facility opened in Endingen. Frontdoor dishwashing machines produced there

1967

Dutch subsidiary established

1970

Winterhalter sales subsidiary opened in London

1976

Founding of Winterhalter Gastronom AG in Switzerland's Rhine Valley (Rüthi) - production of utensil dishwashing machines; additional sales subsidiaries follow in the new few years in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Japan and Poland, Malaysia, and China

1993

Construction of the administration and production building in Meckenbeuren

1994

FOCUS training programme begins

1998

Winterhalter wins the FCSI Award and other prizes for the new WKTS rack conveyor dishwashing machine

1999

Market launch of the GS 502

2000

Winterhalter wins the FCSI Award for the GS 502 and other international prizes

2002

Market introduction of the new frontdoor dishwashing generation, models GS 202, GS 215, GS 302, GS 315

2006

Market launch of the new MTF and MTR flight-type and rack conveyor dishwashing machines

2007

Market launch of the new IRT products

2007

Winterhalter wins the FCSI Award for the GS 502 Energy and the GS 515 Energy

The founder
1947 by Karl Winterhalter in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance

Literature

"Der Weg", biography of Karl Winterhalter by Erika Dillmann.

Karl Winterhalter quote:
"Nobody is successful alone!"

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