The company Gardena AG with seat in Ulm is a manufacturer of garden devices with approximately 2,800 coworkers, of it approximately 1,600 in Germany and an annual turnover of approximately 393 million euro (conditions February 2006). Gardena is market leader in Europe.

Executive committee

• Martin Bertinchamp (chairman)
• Erich Schefold (finances)
• Thomas Heinl (operational business)

Locations in Germany

• Ulm (master seat of the enterprise)
• Gerstetten, local part Heuchlingen (plastics processing)
• Niederstotzingen (metalworking)

Subsidiaries

• GARDENA Manufacturing GmbH, Ulm (producing works in Germany)
• Advanced plastic s.r.o., Vrbno pod Pradedem (works Tschechien)
• GARDENA Germany GmbH, Ulm (selling Germany)
• further marketing companies in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Great Britain, Tschechien, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Canada, South Africa, Australia, China and Russia, Slovenia

Firm history

• 1961 establishment of the Kress + Kastner GmbH by the buyers Eberhard Kastner (*1928 "† 2004) and Werner Kress.
• 1966 emergence of the label name Gardena, Umfirmierung as Gardena Kress + Kastner GmbH
• 1968 introduction of the water hose plug system (original GARDENA system)
• 1976 introduction of the change handle connection (GARDENA combi system)
• 1996 stock exchange course as GARDENA getting thing AG
• 1999 new Vorstandsvorsitzener is Dr. Wolfgang year-tear
• 2002 sales by the founder families to the Swedish private Equity society Industri capital
• 2003 Delisting of the guard well shares, Umfirmierung as GARDENA AG
• 2004 sales of the US subsidiary Melnor, Inc. ; new chairman of the board Martin Bertinchamp

Related links

• www.gardena.com - official firm web page

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