Kiekert

Kiekert AG is an industrial company based in Heiligenhaus and a global market and technology leader in locking systems for automobiles. The company has been owned by the Chinese automotive supplier HeBei LingYun Industrial Group Corporation Ltd. since 2012.

The company was founded in 1857 in Heiligenhaus in the Isenbügel district as a lock and fittings factory by Arnold Kiekert - then as Arnold Kiekert and Sons. In 1888, the production facility was relocated to Heiligenhaus Mitte. On October 2, 2007, the company headquarters were relocated to Höseler Platz 2. The buildings at the old company headquarters were demolished. In 1976, the company Tack & Gabel from Wuppertal, a supplier of car locks, was taken over. In 1982, when Kiekert was heavily in debt, the chairmanship of the management was taken over by Horst Werner Sterzenbach, who had taken over the company at the end of 1987, when it was up for sale, with Dr. Sterzenbach & Rau Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft. In 1990, Kiekert Automatiktüren GmbH, which manufactured entrance doors for buses and rail vehicles, was sold to the Austrian IFE Group. In 1993, the largest production site within the Kiekert Group was founded in Prelouc, Czech Republic. In 1994, the various parts of the company were merged to form Kiekert AG – TAGA was sold to the company Nier Feuerhand – in order to list Kiekert AG on the stock exchange in 1995.

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