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 next 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
2007 Market launch of the new rack conveyor dishwasher STR 110
2010 Market launch of the new undercounter dishwasher UC Series

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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