01.07.

The company was founded on 01.07.1966 by Mr. Robert Böll, a Mechanical Engineer, with the company’s offices in Mr.Böll’s apartment in Dürmentingen in Bussenstraße, while the manufacturing was located in Unlingen.

01.11.

Move into Dürmentingen in Buchauer Straße 1. Our longest serving employee remembers: “When I was hired by Robert Böll on 01.11.1968, a technical drawer and an apprentice were the company’s only employees.” The company developed specialised machines, such as, for example "Osterhasenmaschine" [Easter-bunny machine], used to produce chocolate Easter-bunnies and Santa Clauses. In addition to that, we also developed a "Rauchstockhalter" [smoke bar holder], on which sausages were hung before being placed in the smoke chamber. A "Landjägermaschine" [Machine for making spicy sausages], which gave the manually-produced spicy sausages a set shape, was in our product range of machines. The "Tigerkuttermesser" [Tiger Cutter Knife] was very popular among butchers.

Buchauer Straße 1

Smoke bar holder

July

All patents and license contracts relating to cable cutters were acquired from the company Baudat AG (Chur in Switzerland), which had gone into liquidation. The types in question were the M 1, K 2, K 3 and K 4. The production of these tools was the foundation on which the rapid development of the company was built.

Cable cutter K 2

16.07.

Dipl. Ing (FH) Eckhard Wolter, a graduate engineer, took over the company from Robert Böll in 1974.

Dipl. Ing (FH) Eckhard Wolter examines the cable cutter K 3

02.03.

The name of the company was changed to Baudat E. Wolter KG. Specialised tools and equipment for the automobile, aviation and maritime industries were produced through the affiliate company CMTe GmbH.

As a consequence of the company’s success, the premises at Buchauer Straße 1 had become too small and work had to be moved out into the yard when large job contracts were being worked on. In response to this, a plot of land was purchased at Alte Poststraße 20 in 1978 and a new production facility was constructed there.

Premises in Buchauer Straße 1

The new office building is moved into. Office and production hall I in Alte Poststraße 20. In order to make full use of this building, further product areas to become involved in were looked at such as, for example, the manufacturing of steel formworks, length gauges or other specialised tools.

Office and hall I in Alte Poststraße 20

Expansion of the cable cutter product range with the addition of the 3 E-Type and hydraulic shears. In order to increase the level of awareness on the market for the company’s products, the company begins to present its products regularly at the International Hardware Fair in Cologne from 1980 onwards.

The introduction of the cable cutter SM 38/45 with pivoting blade saw a new type of shears added to the product range. The SMS 10 and SMS 13 can be used either as hydraulic cable cutters or as a shroud shears on sailing boats.

The launch of the plate puncher LS 5 saw the company enter into a new market segment. The hydraulic plate puncher can be operated using hand, foot or electric pumps.

As a result of the constant additions being made to the product range, the existing production space was no longer sufficient and so was doubled with the building of hall II.

Hall II

The 25th anniversary of the founding of the company was an open day. Baudat presented itself under its new slogan “Quality in your hand”!

Company owner Dipl. Ing (FH) Eckhard Wolter can look back at a rapid development.

Company owner Dipl. Ing (FH) Eckhard Wolter

The number of employees has grown from the initial 2, to over 70.

The staff in 1991

23.06.

Successfully certified in accordance with ISO 9001/1994.

01.01.

The name of the company is changed into BAUDAT GmbH & Co. KG.

April

The construction of hall III is completed.

30.06.

Successful recertification in accordance with ISO 9001/1994.

31.12.

Company owner Dipl. Ing (FH) Eckhard Wolter hands over the reins to his son, Daniel Wolter.

15.07.

Successful recertification in accordance with ISO 9001:2000.

24.04.

Between 1989 and 2006, over 50,000 units of the specialist tool for the sanitary sector were sold.

Specialist tool for the sanitary sector

July

BAUDAT’s 40th birthday.

The staff in 2006

31.01.

Our senior boss Dipl. Ing (FH) Eckhard Wolter passes away after a long, severe illness.

The new 600 m² warehouse is taken into operation.

October

Our hydraulic cable cutters were displayed for the first time at the international trade fair for elevator component manufacturers "Interlift" in Augsburg.

March

Presentation of our new cable cutter range SC at the International Hardware Fair in Cologne.

July

Successful recertification of our company in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 carried out by the company TÜg GmbH.

December

Purchase of a laser cutting machine system from the company Trumpf, and with that, the begin of our own production of laser cut parts.

April

First time that we presented our entire product range at the international trade fair "Light & Building" in Frankfurt.

July

Successful recertification of our company in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 carried out by the company TÜg GmbH.

March

Presentation of the new generation of battery-powered pumps at the International Hardware Fair in Cologne.

July

BAUDAT’s 50th birthday.