Draft:Blickle Räder+Rollen
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Comment: Just blatant advertising eg. "Over the last few decades, the family-run company has developed into one of the world's leading manufacturers of wheels and castors" Theroadislong (talk) 10:36, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
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| Company type | GmbH u. Co. KG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Castor & Wheel Manufacturer Industry |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founders | Heinrich Blickle |
| Headquarters | Rosenfeld, Germany |
Key people | Reinhold Blickle, Denise Blickle, Walter Wager, Sarah Blickle-Fenner, David Blickle |
| Products | Castors, wheels |
| Revenue | 300 million EUR (2023)[1] |
Number of employees | 1,300 (2024) |
| Website | www.blickle.com |
The Blickle group is a German manufacturer of wheels and castors. The company currently has around 1300 employees worldwide, with over 900 based at the headquarters in Rosenfeld, Germany.
History
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Blickle headquarter in Rosenfeld, Germany
The company was founded in 1953 when Wilhelm Sülzle split his ironware factory into three separate companies, divided between his sons and his son-in-law, Heinrich Blickle. The newly founded Blickle company took over the production of iron wheelbarrow wheels and established a range of high quality wheels, swivel castors and fixed castors. After the sudden death of the founder Heinrich Blickle, his wife Elisabeth Blickle took over the management of the company in 1961. In 1967, the first international Blickle sales branch was established in Switzerland.
This was followed in 1972 by the construction of a new administration and production building in the Rosenfeld industrial estate, where the company's headquarters are still located today. In 1977, Reinhold Blickle, the eldest son of the company founder and thus the second generation, joined the company.[2] The administrative building was extended at the beginning of the 1980s. In 1992, Blickle took over the "light duty castors" production area of the company Hülsbeck & Fürst in Velbert. In 1998, Blickle started manufacturing polyurethane wheels.
In the course of further growth, the new administration building was completed and occupied in 2002. In 2006, a new branch of production was created with the investment in a plastic injection moulding company and the founding of BW-Plast GmbH.[3] The company was integrated directly at the Rosenfeld site. In 2010, Blickle invested in a logistics centre with an automatic high-rack warehouse and small parts storage. In 2013, the Blickle sales company was founded in Taicang, China. In 2014, Blickle took over the Swiss castor manufacturer Progressus AG.[4] In 2015, a third high-rack warehouse with a height of 40 metres was built at the headquarters in Rosenfeld. Dr Sarah Blickle-Fenner and David Blickle, the third generation, joined the company in 2017. Both were appointed Managing Directors of the Blickle Group in 2021 after working for the company for several years. In 2020, construction began on a new polyurethane production facility and a new administration building with the Blickle Experience Centre and the company restaurant. These buildings were inaugurated in July 2023 to mark the company's anniversary.
Over the last few decades, the family-run company has developed into one of the world's leading manufacturers of wheels and castors.[5]
Milestones
[edit]- 1953: Pioneer - Heinrich Blickle establishes his company with eight employees and begins to manufacture iron wheelbarrow wheels in his workshop.
- 1961: Fate - Company founder Heinrich Blickle dies. His wife Elisabeth Blickle takes over the company.
- 1967: The first steps towards a global market - First sales branch established in Switzerland.
- 1977: The second Generation - Reinhold Blickle, son of the founder and the current Managing Director, joins the company.
- 1998: New Technology - Blickle begins to manufacture polyurethane wheels.
- 2002: Growth - Blickle builds a new administration building.
- 2006: New production - Blickle begins to manufacture synthetic products.
- 2010: Investments - Logistics centre built with automatic high-rack warehouse and small parts storage.
- 2015: New electro-mobility Segment ErgoMove - Blickle begins to manufacture driven wheels and castors.[6]
- 2017: The third Generation - Dr. Sarah Blickle-Fenner and David Blickle join the company.
- 2018: Expansion into the US market - A new warehouse and administration facility covering more than 5,000 m² is built in Newnan, Georgia.[7]
- 2020: New construction in Rosenfeld - Blickle adds a customer service centre and expands the administration building. Blickle also builds a new production facility to manufacture polyurethane wheels.
- 2022: Blickle Australia - Blickle has had a representative in Australia since 2015. Blickle Australia was established as a wholly owned subsidiary on 1 November 2022.[8]
- 2022: Expansion of polyurethane production - New 24,000 m2 polyurethane wheel production facility goes into Operation.
- 2023: 70 Years Home of Mobility - Move into new administration building with Blickle Experience Center.[9]
Products
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Wheels and castors from Blickle
The product portfolio includes more than 30,000 different types of wheels and castors with load capacities ranging from 20 kilograms to 100 tonnes. Blickle also offers customised special solutions. In addition to the existing standard programme, Blickle also offers electric drive systems from the ErgoMove series.
Blickle wheels and castors are used in almost all industries worldwide. Areas of application include intralogistics, conveyor technology, plant and mechanical engineering, the food industry and medical technology.
Locations
[edit]In addition to its headquarters in Rosenfeld, Blickle has 21 sales companies of its own in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and exports to over 120 countries worldwide.
Weblinks
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Weltmarktführerindex" [World market leader index]. c/o UEC University Entrepreneurship Corporation gemeinnützige GmbH. 2022-11-12.
- ^ "Reinhold Blickle wird 70: ein Visionär mit einem Herz für Rosenfeld" [Reinhold Blickle Turns 70: A Visionary with a Heart for Rosenfeld] (in German). 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Blickle Räder+Rollen integriert BW-Plast als neuen Fertigungsbereich" [Blickle Wheels and Casters Integrates BW-Plast as a New Manufacturing Area]. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Blickle in Rosenfeld übernimmt Geschäfte von Progressus" [Blickle in Rosenfeld acquires business from Progressus]. 2014-07-17. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Das sind die deutschen Weltmarktführer" [These are the German World Market Leaders] (in German). 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Global Caster Wheels Market Outlook & Forecast 2024-2029". GlobeNewswire News Room. 2024-04-03. Archived from the original on 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ "Blickle-rolls-out-U.S.-wheel-plant". Rubber News. 2018-10-05. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "Blickle is reinventing the wheel — and castors". Industry Update Manufacturing Media.
- ^ "Meilenstein in der Erfolgsgeschichte von Blickle" [Milestone in Blickle's success story]. Schwarzwälder Bote Mediengesellschaft mbH (in German). 2023-07-02. Archived from the original on 2023-07-13.