Fastening the Challenges of tomorrow
The perfect solution to every challenge – for 125 years!
It all began with a vision and the courage to break new ground ...
Today we can look back on an impressive company history that has been shaped by commitment, know-how and a lot of excellent ideas. In its 125 years, ARNOLD has been able to successfully overcome numerous challenges – which is why we see ourselves as being ideally equipped for everything the future will bring.
On this page, we first take a detailed look at the past, in order to then focus fully on the coming years. And we invite you to go on this journey with us.
Our world is changing permanently and faster than ever before. At ARNOLD, we see this transformation as an opportunity and use it to develop further.
Dirk Döllner, CEO ARNOLD GROUP
Career
Whether apprenticeship, work-study, or the next step in your career: ARNOLD offers versatile entry and development opportunities for every level of experience. You want to be part of our team? Here you will find all the information you need:
Responsibility
Responsibility has many facets and is more important than ever before - that is why we take our Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously and have formulated corresponding guiding principles.
What does this mean in detail? Read more here:
Vision
In order to continue to be a successful company in the next 125 years, we have defined five thrusts through which we will successfully shape the future together with our partners.
Where will the journey take us? Find out here:
- Pre-1945
- 1945 – 1994
- 1994 – 2016
- 2016 onwards
The ARNOLD History
Welcome to a journey through time!
From a ground-breaking meeting and the founding of the company kindergarten to the first truck and production bursting at the seams: The years 1898 to 1945 are marked by progress, social responsibility – and the first major crisis.
The ARNOLD History
Welcome to a journey through time!
New machines, innovative products and well-known major customers from the industry: ARNOLD established itself as a successful supplier of quality work between 1945 and 1994. In addition, a ten-year-old enters the scene who will later make history ...
The ARNOLD History
Welcome to a journey through time!
The transformation into a development partner, the company's own training programme, innovative technical standards, as well as new locations all over the world: ARNOLD finally evolves into a global player between 1994 and 2016.
The ARNOLD History
Welcome to a journey through time!
A new group of companies, two absolute milestones, three strategic fields and a full focus on sustainability in practice: ARNOLD has positioned itself perfectly in recent years for all the challenges that the future will bring.
Something very special: The ARNOLD Team
The decisive factor in our success story? Our employees. They have been doing a great job for 125 years, contributing creative ideas and actively shaping the future. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts!
At ARNOLD, we want to offer these people the best possible working environment every day - with responsible tasks, diverse development opportunities, the promotion of social commitment and other valuable benefits. You can find out more here:
The anniversary in pictures
Over the year, you can find impressions of the various events here.
Climate protection is a relay race
The ARNOLD Generation Talks
The ARNOLD company has now been in business for more than 125 years. And some families have also been working here for generations.
- Kraft
- Schmetzer
- Metzger
Why did each generation decide to pursue a career at ARNOLD? In this video, the Kraft family talks about their experiences, as they have been working at ARNOLD for five generations. The family members talk about how they have perceived the technological changes over the decades and about the major development steps at ARNOLD.
What do the employees appreciate about their workplace? And during this anniversary year, what do they wish ARNOLD with regard to the future? Uwe Schmetzer, chairman of the works council, and his family will give us the answers and also tell us about their time at ARNOLD.
How has the company developed over the decades? The Metzger family describes the challenges of the market then and now for ARNOLD. They also talk about the development of sales in the company and significant topics that the current generation is dealing with at ARNOLD.
ARNOLD News
Whether interviews, invitations or announcements: In the course of the big anniversary, we will publish various press releases. You will then always find these in the ARNOLD Newsroom.
Press enquiries.
Magdalini Wanke
Marketing & PR
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