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Dürr History From workshop to world market leader Dürr Aktiengesellschaft March 2021 Bietigheim-Bissingen www.durr-group.com
Dürr’s history at a glance
1896-1918 Laying the foundation during the German Empire
1919-1932 The ups and downs of the interwar years
1933-1945 The period of National Socialism
1946-1962 Entry into plant engineering
1963-1988 Technology partner to the international automotive industry
1989-2004 IPO and acquisitions
2005- Reorientation and investment in the future
present
1896: The first premises
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Laying the foundation
1896-1918 during the German
Empire
1896-1918
Laying the foundation during the German Empire
1896 1917
Paul Dürr founds a During the First World War, in times of extreme material shortage,
metal shop for roof 1906 necessity is the mother of invention. Paul Dürr buys iron sugarloaf molds
flashing in Cannstatt When Paul Dürr erects an in order to make many
near Stuttgart. The additional building on the different household objects.
workshop carries out premises, he also expands This leads to the creation
metal work on roofs and his range of machines. The of a separate sheet metal
facades, soon gaining company founder sets great processing business,
an excellent reputation. store by technically advanced independent of the metal
manufacturing. shop for roof flashing. Dürr’s
new products include wash
cauldrons and watering cans.
1898
Even during the
foundation phase,
1913
His work on the roof
the order books
of the Stuttgart Arts
are well-filled,
Building leads to
which is why the
Paul Dürr‘s appoint-
craft enterprise
ment as 'Master
must move into
Tinsmith to the Court
larger premises
of Württemberg' in
after just two
1913.
years. Paul Dürr buys a residential building with store-
rooms and sets up a workplace that is remarkably
modern for its time.
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The ups and downs 1919-1932 of the interwar years
1919-1932
The ups and downs of the interwar years
1928
On November 4, 1928, Otto Dürr
1920 marries Barbara ‘Betty’ Riedl. For 1932
With the development of virtually vibration-free more than 40 years, Betty works Otto Dürr takes over management of the
welded constructions, Paul Dürr and his team alongside her husband and is business from his father. The handover
have found a lightweight yet robust substitute for regarded as the soul and comes at a point when the company needs
heavy and expensive cast iron parts. The commercial conscience of the to be steered through turbulent times.
reduction in weight makes it not only easier to company. With her calm manner, Although the global economic crisis in
handle the finished components but also leads to Betty is a welcome counterbalance Germany has already passed its peak,
substantially lower transport costs and customs to Otto’s spirited demeanor. its effects have also left deep marks on
duty rates. the Cannstatt craft enterprise.
1929
1923 By the late 1920s, the
During the crisis year of the Weimar sheet metal business
Republic, Paul’s son Otto joins the family has become an inde-
business. From the very beginning, the pendent branch. While
job requires more than just his skills as a the metal shop for roof
tinsmith. He has to manage the company flashing remains a ‘true’
on behalf of his sick father and lead it out craft enterprise for a
of recession following a period of long time, the sheet
inflation. metal business relies on
the use of increasingly
powerful machines and becomes more and more akin to
industrial manufacturing, mainly due to the division of labor.
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The period of 1933-1945 National Socialism
1933-1945
The period of National Socialism
1936 1939
The economic policy of the National The invasion of Poland by the German army triggers the Second
Socialists focuses on self-reliance World War on September 1, 1939.
and rearmament. This initially leads Dürr becomes part of the Nazi arms
to a perceptible upswing for German industry and delivers, among other
industry. It is not long before Dürr’s things, sheet metal parts for military
order books also look healthy again. vehicles. During the war, the
While a modern production site is company also uses forced laborers.
established in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, a workshop for apprentices
is set up in Cannstatt, since the company is training more and
more new recruits.
1937 1943
The first engineer joins the business The main plant in Cannstatt is completely
and a drawing board is purchased – destroyed during an air raid. Dürr sub-
this heralds the beginning of the sequently moves all its activities into the
engineering era at Dürr. A design Zuffenhausen premises.
office is established, now enabling
more complex sheet metal products
to be manufactured.
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Entry into plant 1946-1962 engineering
1946-1962
Entry into plant engineering
1949
Otto Dürr realizes that there is
little future for his company
1958
based on the metal shop for A clean solution: Dürr enters the
roof flashing and the sheet industrial cleaning technology
metal business alone. He toys business by building a machine
with the idea of entering the for cleaning crankcases and
plant engineering business. cylinder blocks. In the same year,
A fact-finding trip to the the first pretreatment plant for car
United States reaffirms his bodies is installed.
intention.
1950 1960
The company completes its first self-built surface treatment plant:
Having entered into the family
a phosphating plant for disk
business three years earlier,
wheels. The plant proves so
Heinz Dürr joins his father at
successful that a patent is filed,
the helm of the company
earning Dürr its first laurels in
management. He is parti-
surface technology. During
cularly involved in plant
the German economic miracle
engineering and wants to
era, the company becomes a
increase contact with the
sought-after plant engineering
automotive industry.
specialist.
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1963-1988 international automotive
industry1963-1988
Technology partner to the international automotive industry
1963 1967
Electrifying new development: Dürr now has more than 1,500 1973
With electrophoretic dip employees. In order to keep Headfirst into the
coating, Heinz Dürr and his them informed of what is going treatment bath: Dürr
engineers bring a new coating on in the Group, Heinz and presents the VERTAK
process to market maturity. Heide Dürr launch an employee process. This involves
This is Dürr’s ticket to magazine – a first at the car bodies being
international business with time. immersed vertically into a
paint shops for the automotive silo-shaped tank to
industry. receive their protective
coating against
corrosion.
1980
1968
1964 The environmental technology business
Causing a stir in the
Dürr establishes its first foreign German industrial land-
unit is established. Exhaust-air scape: Heinz Dürr takes
subsidiary in Brazil. The reason for purification is added to Dürr’s portfolio.
this is customer focus: Volkswagen over as head of elec-
expands its plant in São Bernardo do tronics giant AEG, which
Campo and wants Dürr to build the is in need of restructuring.
painting line. Two years later, Dürr 1969 Later on, he will also sit
ventures into Mexico, followed by Otto Dürr retires from management. on the board of Daimler
more company foundations in South Heinz Dürr takes over sole respon- and become head of the
Africa, the United States and the UK. sibility for the growing group of German Federal Railway
companies. after the reunification. But he retains
close ties with ‘his’ company, Dürr.
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1989-2004
IPO and acquisitions
1989 1999/2000
Dürr goes public and takes Dürr grows rapidly through
over application technology acquisitions. In quick
specialist Behr. This enables succession it takes over
the Dürr Group to significantly service company Premier,
expand its core competency, measuring technology group
the supply of turnkey paint Carl Schenck, and French
shops, thus becoming the plant engineering firm Alstom
world market leader. Automation.
1996
Until now, cars have been 2001
painted either manually or using Car bodies need
static machines. Dürr, however, movement too:
focuses on automation and In the new RoDip
develops its own painting robot. process, they
This marks the beginning of a perform a somersault
success story: Today, these while passing through
efficient helpers are an integral the dip tank. This helps
part of the paint shops used in to ensure that all areas and
the automotive industry. cavities of the car body are optimally
pretreated and protected against corrosion.
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2005-present
Reorientation and investment in the future
2010
2005 Dürr polishes the image of paint booths, which have 2015
Following the acquisitions, developed a reputation as energy guzzlers, through a Digitalization is becoming an ever more
earnings development cannot pioneering innovation: apparent megatrend. Dürr takes over
keep pace with growth of sales. The new EcoDryScrubber German software company iTAC to
In 2005 the tide is turned through no longer relies on expand its expertise in the fields of IoT
the FOCUS optimization program. water to bind excess and manufacturing execution systems.
Debts are reduced and business paint, but instead uses
processes improved. dry filters. This reduces
the energy required to 2016
condition the air in the In 2016 Dürr presents the first 7-axis
booth by around 70%. painting robot, offering improved
flexibility and productivity.
2014
2009 In search for new opportunities for expansion, Dürr finds what it is
Thanks to FOCUS, Dürr is robust and looking for in the Black Forest: It acquires HOMAG, the world-
emerges well from the financial crisis. leading supplier of woodworking
In the summer, Dürr moves its technology. HOMAG becomes a
Stuttgart-based activities to what is strong pillar of the Dürr Group.
now the headquarters in Bietigheim-
Bissingen. It also expands its
capacities in China – the next large
growth market where the automotive
industry gets off to a flying start after
the financial crisis.
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Reorientation and investment in the future
2017 2019
Amid great media attention, the ADAMOS IoT alliance is created for the Dürr introduces the EcoPaintJet, a robot
mechanical engineering industry. Dürr is one of the founding system that uses a special applicator to
companies and thus demonstrates its enable automated, razor-sharp, two-tone
proactive approach to digitalization. painting without generating any overspray.
Another part of Dürr’s digital strategy Dürr AG is the world’s first company to issue a sustainability
is the establishment of Digital Factories, Schuldschein loan, the interest on which is linked to the Group’s
in which software skills are combined sustainability rating. All in all, sustainability is a central element of
across the divisions in order to bring the Group strategy and an important guiding principle for the
smart applications to market quickly further development of the company.
and with agility.
2020
2018 The ‘paint shop of the future’ breaks
Dürr gears up for the trend toward with the traditional line layout in
sustainable production processes. automotive construction. A modular
The acquisition of Megtec/Universal, concept provides greater flexibility and
a US group of companies, leads to scalability.
the doubling of sales in environ-
mental technology. In the auto- Despite the coronavirus pandemic,
motive business, Dürr prepares itself the Group continues its acquisition strategy: HOMAG acquires the Danish
for the growing demand for pro- mechanical engineering firm System TM, thus enhancing its position in
duction technology for electric cars. production systems for sustainable timber houses. Through its investment in
Teamtechnik, Dürr strengthens its skills in automation technology and
enters the business field of production technology for medical products.
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