On 1 July 1906 Adolf Schmidt founded Adolf Schmidt Metallwaren- und Holzschraubfabrik and opened up shop with a handful of employees at the company headquarters at Adlerstraße 9 in Wuppertal. The company’s first products included all types of metal goods, all types of wood screws, and chains and fittings.
The company moved to the newly build facility at Auf dem Scheidt 5 in Wuppertal Varresbeck in 1938.
After the death of Adolf Schmidt in 1951 the business originally founded as an individual company was converted to a partnership and operated by his wife Marie and son Kurt and his wife Ms Hildegard.
Like many others, the company benefited from the economic wonder of the 1950s and expanded operations to include as many as sixty employees.
In 1975 Hans Schmidt, grandson of the company founder, assumed leadership together with his wife Helma Schmidt.
Since 1989 their son Stefan Schmidt has also worked for the company. The great grandson of the company founder has led the Wuppertal company together with his father, Hans Schmidt, since 1999.
The family-owned company was changed to a GmbH before the new millennium.
The family-operated company has increasingly expanded in recent years. In 2000 Adolf Schmidt Metallwaren- und Holzschraubenfabrik GmbH acquired Joseph Steiler Armaturen GmbH in Cologne.
The delivery programme of Weinreich & Vieler GmbH & Co. KG in Iserlohn was integrated in 2001.
In 2006 Adolf Schmidt Metallwaren- und Holzschraubenfabrik GmbH celebrated its 100-year anniversary, making it one of Wuppertal’s most successful tradition-rich companies.
On 1 January 2013, Adolf Schmidt Metallwaren- und Holzschraubenfabrik GmbH acquired STEDO GmbH, the sanitary products manufacturer formerly located in Dortmund. This acquisition expanded the assortment of standard products Made in Germany and with stamped parts. An additional
The company Adolf Schmidt GmbH is taking over the company HG-TEC GmbH
and is continuing the radiator and heating unit business under the established
name HG-TEC®.
Acquisition of Richard Frank GmbH, Künzelsau
