Timeline
Never standing still – In the forefront of progress
In April 2024, takeover of the property of Berhalter Baustoffe Bros. in Ludwig-Lutz-Str. 3 opposite the company headquarters
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Steel Centre and extension to the company headquarters.
Site purchase adjoining the industrial area – Thanks to 22 local farmers, we can purchase a 15-hectare site to expand the company. This sets us on course for ensuring continuity and succession in the company – Friedrich Kicherer KG takes the form of a GmbH & Co. KG (private limited partnership) and Friederike Frick and Daniel Frick join as shareholders.
B2B warehouses are refurbished; additional warehouse space and car parking are built on the premises; retention basins and spacious green areas are constructed to the east of the headquarters.
The machinery in the Bending Centre is modernized and expanded, including a ring bender machine for reinforced steel up to 20 mm diameter.
New premises are constructed for reinforced steel mesh processing; an extension is added to the central block of the bending facility to house the newly expanded reinforced-steel bending operations.
Various industrial and brownfield sites are purchased in the industrial area along Röhlinger Strasse and Franz-Rueff-Strasse.
Construction phase 3 of the Steel Centre, halls 4 and 5. Current total area of the Steel Centre = approx. 20,000 sqm.
The Construction Products/Civil Engineering and Reinforcement Technology division is reorganized after relocating to the expanded company premises.
Reinforced steel bending operations are expanded in the area of reinforced mesh processing; additions to plant are made. Construction phase 2 of the Steel Centre, hall 3, with an area of 4,600 sqm. Section steel and wide-flange beams are relocated, freeing up warehouse space at the company headquarters which is occupied by B2B product groups.
Construction phase 1 of the Steel Centre, halls 1 and 2, at 2, Franz-Rueff-Strasse, with total storage space of approx. 9,000 sqm.
Expansion of reinforced steel operations; the administration building is constructed and the sales floor of the cash-and-carry market is redesigned. Gunter Frick joins the company.
Hans-Jörg Frick joins the company.
Construction of the reinforced steel bending facility (bending Centre), with around 7,000 sqm of production and warehouse space.
Construction of the new company headquarters with administration block, sales centre and B2B warehouse, steel warehouse and Bending Centre, total area approx. 4,500 sqm.
One of the first companies to establish premises in the industrial area of Ellwangen-Neunstadt, at 4, Ludwig-Lutz-Strasse.
Eberhard Frick joins his parents’ company
Ernst Frick and his wife, Gertrud Frick, acquire ironware company Friedrich Kicherer.
Ernst Frick develops Kicherer as a wholesale company while Gertrud Frick manages the retail outlet in the city centre. The company is later transferred to the couple’s sons, Eberhard, Gunter and Hans-Jörg Frick.
Wholesale operations are launched; Managing Director Ernst Frick builds the first wholesale warehouse.
Located at 60, Mühlgraben, this warehouse is sold in 1980 when the company relocates to Neunstadt industrial area.
Ernst Frick joins the ironmongery and household goods store in Ellwangen, supporting sisters Auguste and Maria Kicherer in the company management.
Acquired by Friedrich Kicherer, who founds the ironmongery store in Schmiedstrasse in Ellwangen.
His daughters later continue to manage the company as Kicherer Eisen & Hausrat.
Founded as a nailmaker’s business in the town of Ellwangen.