About us
Efficient and powerful – for over 148 years!
The Zweygart specialist trade group GmbH & Co. KG is a wholesaler and retailer of tools and fittings, with an extensive range of hand, electrical and precision tools, welding technology, work protection and work clothing, fastening technology, construction chemistry, factory equipment as well as construction and furniture fittings. In these areas we offer our customers our own brand as well as other high-quality brand products. The company is currently based in Gärtringen (near Stuttgart) and employs around 300 people, including 20 trainees in a wide variety of company divisions.
Our field service is represented for you with a team of more than 100 specialized salesmen locally and particularly strongly in the regions Baden Württemberg, Saarland, Bavaria, Nordrhein Westfalen and Hessen. We would also be pleased to welcome you personally in one of our 10 locations.
In addition to our extensive range, we can offer you numerous services. The repair and spare parts service, a key or sharpening service, the finishing of your textiles, or services such as fall protection and ladder testing. As a commercial customer, you can also benefit from our customer card or our newsletter. Thanks to our individual services, a wide range of products and extensive specialist knowledge, we can advise both the one-man craft business and the globally operating industrial company in a target-oriented manner and cover the required demand.
In addition, we are your competent consultant in the field of locking systems and locking technology. Here we offer you complete property consulting and support for locking systems and electronic locking systems, tailored and coordinated to the required organisational concept. Convince yourself of our expertise!
With our extensive online shop www.zw24.de, we round off our services for our customers. Here we are there for you 24 hours a day! In addition, we can offer you e-procurement solutions for special requirements in the online area, such as cost center and budget management or approval procedures. Visit us on our YouTube channel and discover interesting videos.
We look forward to getting to know you!
History
| 1874 | Richard Zweygart founds a colonial goods trading company, located in Böblingen, Poststraße 51. His sons Richard, Walter, and Emil support him |
| 1919 | Walter Zweygart takes over the company |
| 1928 | Outsourcing of the food sector |
| 1943 | A bomb attack destroys the company.Death of Walter Zweygart |
| 1945 | His sons Helmut and Manfred Zweygart take over the company |
| 1949 | Reconstruction and move into the new company building |
| 1964 | Enlargement of store in Böblingen |
| 1985 | Wolfgang Zweygart joins the company |
| 1986 | Frank Zweygart joins the company |
| 1987 | Relocation of the company into the industrial area of Böblingen.Construction of new steel hall in Ehningen |
| 1993 | Acquisition of the company Stehle (= specialized retail store Tübingen) |
| 1995 | Opening of specialized retail store in Hechingen |
| 1996 | Acquisition of the company EWH (= specialized retail store Nürtingen). Relocation of our warehouse and of our administration group into the current logistics center in Ehningen |
| 1997 | Acquisition of the company Scharr Schweißtechnik. Move into new specialized retail store in Ehningen |
| 2001 | Move into new headquarters in Gärtringen |
| 2002 | Opening of the ZHG company (= specialized retail store Merzig). Acquisition of the tool division of the Bucher company (= specialized retail store Rottweil) |
| 2003 | Acquisition of the companies Nonnenmacher and Mehl (= specialized retail store Ulm) |
| 2005 | Takeover of the companies Unibautechnik Horb and Schwaderer. |
| 2007 | Sale of the steel division located in Ehningen.Quality Management System ISO 9001 is successfully implemented (DEKRA) |
| 2008 | Acquisition of the company Hofer (= specialized retail store Achern) |
| 2009 | Integration of company Heller + Köster, located in Olpe |
| 2011 | Certification of Quality Management System ISO 9001 (TÜV)The holding company Augusta with its only CEO Aloysius Staub enables an acquisition (100 %) of the Zweygart Fachhandelsgruppe.The companies Wege and Kreutz, located in Bonn, and BWG in Hanau are integrated into the group |
| 2012 | Enlargement of management. The former designated authorized signator Jörg Glaus and Marc-Daniel Schraag are appointed as general managers |
| 2013 | Opening of stores in Petersberg (= specialized retail stores Fulda and Düren) |
| 2014 | Relocation of store in Tübingen (= specialized retail store Tübingen). Certification of Quality Management System ISO 9001 (TÜV Austria) Opening of sale office in Koblenz |
| 2015 | Opening of sale office in Koblenz (= VK Koblenz) Opening of specialized retail store in Stuttgart (= NL Stuttgart) Opening of sale office in Mülheim Opening of specialized retail store in Nürtingen (= NL Nürtingen) |
| 2017 | EN ISO 9001 Certification |