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Ottemeier – 65 successful years

The staff can be proud of their 1,168 joint years of company involvement. This equates to an average of around 15 years of concentrated know-how and an impressive amount of experience - coupled with the great passion of each individual.


1958

Rudolf Ottemeier starts up with the production of collar stiffeners for the textile industry. He is 23 years old and has two members of staff with his wife Marie-Elisabeth and a neighbour. The company´s registered office is located in Paderborner Straße 502 in Verl.

1969

Ottemeier manufactures the first tool – for Tenge in Rietberg: and injection tool for cigarette racks.

Customers from day one: Benteler, Hörmann, Miele & Cie, Nosag, Tenge, Westfälische Metallindustrie.

1972

The company location at Paderborner Straße was soon to small. An additional new building with 1,080 sqm in the industrial estate of the Kaunitz district was moved into - up until today the Ottemeier registered company office, but now expanded tenfold with 11,000 sqm.

1976

The first production plant for Hörmann KG is created at Ottemeier: a saw cycle line for steel frames. Price: 158,700.00 German Marks.

1980

Marion Ottemeier joins the company and starts her training as an industrial clerk.

1984

Development and construction of the first automatic stamping plant for credit cards made of plastic. The client is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG.

Heike Ottemeier joins the company and starts her training as an industrial clerk.

1988

Procuring the first large milling machine from Drop+Rein. The “old lady” is still operating in the company today after a retrofit.

1990

Ottemeier creates the first CAD software with Intergraph.

2003

Christian Wölki, today´s CEO, joins the company as a technician.

2007

Founder Rudolf Ottemeier dies at the age of 72. His two daughters, Marion and Heike Ottemeier, continue to manage the company in the spirit of their father: with diligence, honesty, determination and foresight.

2014

A large chapter is closed. With a very proud look back and an optimistic look forward, the company discontinues production of the collar stiffeners.

2017

Precise, quick, high-quality. Ottemeier 4.0 - state-of-the-art robot technology arrives in Verl: the production process for wire EDM operates fully automatically.

2019

Heike Ottemeier is leaving Ottemeier after 35 years and is selling her company shares to her sister Marion.

The long-time managing director, Christian Wölki, is joining the company as a co-owner and holds 10% of the company shares.

"If we all continue like this, Ottemeier will also reach its centenary," Christian Wölki and Marion Ottemeier-Esken agree.


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