Hupfer Celebrates 150 years!

It’s been an incredible journey over the years and this month marks an important and rather impressive milestone for the Hupfer team - we’re celebrating 150 years!

We can’t quite believe it’s been so long, but in this time, we’ve come so far and we’re so proud of each and every person who has helped shape Hupfer into the successful, reputable brand it is in 2020.

To celebrate 150 years in the business, we wanted to share our memorable journey and just how we became known as experts in developing and producing storage and handling solutions for the commercial catering and medical industries.

The Hupfer story…

Way back in 1870, Julius Hupfer established the company for the production of wire mesh. For the first 35 years in Hupfer’s history, there were relocations, new additions to the product range and a new owner of the business after the founder passed away.

Over the next 40 years, Hupfer became one of the leading wire mesh manufacturers in Germany. Continuous expansion of the product range and increasing demand for Hupfer products required more relocations to increase production capacity.

1940 to 1960 saw destruction in the Second World War, but also the reconstruction, as well as the entry of the Schumacher family to the business. In the following 20 years, extensive market research resulted in major restructuring by new management. The company enjoyed a successful 20 year period from the start of shelf manufacturing to the start of production of catering systems.

During the years 1980 to 1995, things continued to improve for the business. Hupfer relocated production and administration to Coesfeld and an extensive diversification of the Hupfer product range lay the foundations for the company to become a leading supplier of catering, medical and custom systems.

In the last 25 years, Hupfer branched out to other areas of the world, including the UK, and became well established in the United States and United Arab Emirates. This period is also marked by various building work at the Coesfeld site and the setting of energy targets in the context of Germany’s new clean energy policy. In 2014, Hupfer received the Intergastra trade fair’s innovation award for ISOBOX Mobil.

The future of Hupfer

It’s evident that we’ve had an extraordinary journey over the last 150 years, and we plan on making the next 150 years even bigger and better! With the advancements of technology and impressive new products in the pipeline, the whole team is more excited than ever about the future. We’d love you to take this journey with us - make sure you’re following our updates on LinkedIn and Twitter and keep up with all things Hupfer!

How can we help?

With 150 years of experience under our belts, we have so much to offer those in the commercial catering and medical sectors. If you need product advice and recommendations, get in touch with the Hupfer team today.