A strengthened future with a firm foundation

 

1950	Joseph Dresselhaus founded the sole proprietorship ‘Joseph Dresselhaus’ in Bielefeld. In the three following decades he built the company up to become one of the most important suppliers to the furniture industry, ironmongers, manufacturers of agricultural equipment and engineers.
1957	The new office and warehouse buildings in Bielefeld were occupied in the Ziegelstraße. New addition of the steel screw warehouse range (8.8 quality). Dresselhaus supplies to clients abroad. The Sünkel picking warehouse in Sonnefeld is established.
1959	Market entry of the JD-59 chipboard screws in their own packaging.
1960 u.1970	Expansion and development of the building in Ziegelstraße
1967	Initial introduction of the ABC-Spax chipboard screws for the wood industry.
1972	Acquisition of Hermann Hahn GmbH (Bückeburg), Münchener Schraubenhandel KG (Munich) and Nuremburg and Siegfried von Streit in Augsburg.
1975	Expansion of the range to include ‘furniture hardware’.
1976	Introduction of electronic data processing (IT).
1977	The management function is taken on by Heinrich Dresselhaus and the company is converted into a limited partnership (KG).
1979	Foundation of ‘Stuttgarter Schraubenhandel KG’, Remshalden
1981	Inauguration of the new Münchener Schraubenhandel building in Schwabach
1983	Foundation of the Dresselhaus KG screw warehouse in Hamburg.
1985	Incorporation of the DIY store range under the name ‘Dresselhaus systems’.
1987	Inauguration of the new Münchener Schraubenhandel building in Maisach.
1989	Opening of the ‘Dresselhaus Packing’ operation in Bad Lippspringe
1992	Opening of a supply warehouse in Poland and a sales office in Dresden.
1993	Inauguration of the new Stuttgarter Schraubenhandel building in Urbach.
1994	The centralised administration and logistics centres start working in the newly established warehouse and office buildings in Herford-Diebrock. Market introduction of 3 K® application technology. Dresselhaus becomes a licence holder.
1995	Opening of a sales office in Berlin
1996	The company is awarded Quality Management in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9002.
1998	The company’s legal form is changed to become a company with limited liability & a limited partnership ‘GmbH & Co. KG’
2000	50 year anniversary
2004	Relocation of the ‘Dresselhaus Packing’ operation to Enger.
2007	A representation was set up in Russia
2008	Foundation of Dresselhaus Cetin in Turkey
2011	Foundation of Dresselhaus France SARL in France
2011	Relocation of the ‘Dresselhaus Packing’ operation from Enger to Herford-Elverdissen