{"id":31,"date":"2024-09-17T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T09:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/firmengeschichte\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:48:51","slug":"company-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/ueber-uns\/firmengeschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Company history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Company history<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Family business in the 3rd generation<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Fritz Junge<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Horst Gerdes<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Paola Schrader-Gerdes<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One of the main reasons for the success of multigenerational family businesses is the shared values and visions of the family members. Shared values and visions promote stability and corporate values such as:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    As a family business, HEAT has the flexibility to embrace change while maintaining its core values and traditions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    How it all began<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Over the decades, HEAT has retained its family culture despite all the headwinds. To this day, the top management places great value and care on the well-being and welfare of its employees.<\/p>

    Over the last century, HEAT has grown with its customers. The world has changed and HEAT has changed with it:\u00a0<\/p>

    Creating, building, solving problems, inventing, testing, offering and improving services.\u00a0<\/p>

    Customers who choose HEAT services and solutions\/concepts today acquire almost 100 years of experience and know-how.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    1933<\/div><\/div>
    Foundation of the company Fritz Junge Feilenhauerei <\/h5>
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    1958<\/div><\/div>
    Relocation to Herzberg with a small salt bath<\/h5>
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    1972<\/div><\/div>
    New building with salt bath, heat treatment and start in the automotive sector<\/h5>
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    1976 - 1980<\/div><\/div>
    Extension by 2 production halls<\/h5>
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    1976
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    1996<\/div><\/div>
    Takeover of H\u00e4rtereitechnik Bremen GmbH<\/h5>
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    1997 - 1999<\/div><\/div>
    Construction of a new plant<\/h5>
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    1997
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    1998 - 2001<\/div><\/div>
    Change of name HEAT Group<\/h5>
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    2003<\/div><\/div>
    Handover of the management<\/h5>
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    2004<\/div><\/div>
    Foundation of the HEAT Sachsen GmbH Group<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    2007<\/div><\/div>
    Foundation of BEATERS GmbH<\/h5>
    Hammer mill beater production<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Foundation of HEAT Holding GmbH Group<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    2011 - 2019<\/div><\/div>
    HEAT Group L.S.<\/h5>
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    2023<\/div><\/div>
    New managing directors at HEAT Herzberg GmbH Group<\/h5>
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    Familienunternehmen in der 3. Generation Fritz Junge Horst Gerdes Paola Schrader-Gerdes Timo Schrader-Gerdes Paul Proksch Einer der Hauptgru\u0308nde fu\u0308r den Erfolg von Mehrgeneration Familienunternehmen sind die gemeinsamen Werte und Visionen der Familienmitglieder. Gemeinsame Werte und Visionen f\u00f6rdern die Stabilit\u00e4t und die Unternehmenswerte, wie: Verbindlichkeit, Zuverl\u00e4ssigkeit Verantwortungsbewusstsein Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften Qualit\u00e4t Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit Zusammenhalt. HEAT als Familienunternehmen verfu\u0308gt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2176,"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/2176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppeheat.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}