With the foundation of the GEDORE Werkzeugfabrik Otto Dowidat KG in 1919 the basis for the GEDORE Group was built. With every additional enterprise entering the Group the company grew into a network of specialists for tools. The corporate headquarters is located in Remscheid, with about 600 employees. Worldwide the company employs nearly 3.000 people.
With a delivery program, which covers approx. 18.000 products, GEDORE ranks among the largest tool manufacturers world-wide. The product range contains tool trolleys, mobile workbenches, tool cases, tool assortments, spanners, ratchets, torque wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, special-purpose tools, pullers, hammers, chisels, pipe cutters, flaring tools, pipe benders, forestry tools and automotive special tools.
Strong innovation and a high claim of quality are decisive for that GEDORE's principal place of manufacture is still in Remscheid, Germany. The name GEDORE guarantees with "Made in Germany" for quality and longevity. The world-wide presence in the market is a result of the numerous foreign agencies and factories. GEDORE tools are used in industrial areas, automotive sectors, offshore, chemistry, air and space industry. GEDORE also supplies special solutions and customised products, which are tailored to our customers' needs with the support of our technical field service and our in-house department of research and development.
GEDORE Tool Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
GEDORE Tools (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
The group of companies
The GEDORE Group is currently the world’s largest grouping of tool specialists with a wide, high-quality product range, which has now grown to include around 18.000 items.
For our customers, the Group has an international presence in general industry, the automotive and aerospace industries and regenerative energies as one of the leading suppliers of hand tools and workshop equipment.
The Group is made up of 11 brands: GEDORE, OCHSENKOPF, KLANN, METEC, GEDORE Solutions, METEC Care, LÖSOMAT, TORQUELEADER, carolus, ALTAS und ROBUST.
Made in Germany
13 production companies, 8 of which are located in Germany, with a further 5 in Austria, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom, manufacture the proven tools "made by GEDORE" to the high GEDORE quality standards. A high level of innovation and professional premium quality are the key factors in ensuring that the main production plant still remains in Remscheid in Germany, manufacturing branded German-made quality.
GEDORE Werkzeugfabrik Otto Dowidat KG
Remscheider Str. 149
42899 Remscheid