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ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL > LEDERER AT 50
DON’T START RUSTING IN THE FUTURE EITHER
Lederer GmbH, the specialist for fasteners and C-parts management, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The firm, perhaps best known for stainless fasteners, is looking forward as well as acknowledging its past too…
2020 is an anniversary year for Lederer GmbH: The specialist for stainless fasteners and standard parts as well as efficient C-parts management is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The family-owned company from Ennepetal has long been one of the market leaders in the industry and is expanding its business with new investments.
The company was founded on 2 January 1970 by Rainer Lederer and a business partner. It quickly established itself in the growing market for stainless steel fasteners and increased its number of employees from five to more than 200. Dr Volker Lederer, who is the second generation to lead the AEO-F certified company at its headquarters in Ennepetal, has done so since 2010. The core area was the retail trade business for many years until the industrial sector was established and expanded as a new business area in the 1990s. The Lederer range includes special parts by drawing, manufacturer-specific Cparts, packaging, labelling and assembly, as well as complex logistics and Kanban solutions (also RFID-based).
Ahead in digitisation
Lederer GmbH is characterised primarily by short response times, a worldwide procurement network and fast delivery. Customers from home and abroad also get the benefit of many years of experience, personal support and sophisticated digital processes. This includes, for example, the use of RFID technology in the field of C-parts management. Thanks to this almost fail-safe and contactless transmission/reception technology, the transmission of requirements in Kanban systems is almost instantaneous, says Lederer, saving time and ensuring more process reliability. In addition, Lederer offers its own online shop with live availability and prices, EDI interfaces and new cloud solutions for customer-specific information and document exchange.
The second generation to run the family business: Dr Volker Lederer
Accredited test laboratory according to ISO/IEC 17025
The company’s in-house testing department, which is responsible for the standard incoming and outgoing goods inspections, is supported by Lederer’s own ISO/IEC 17025-accredited test laboratory. Complex tests such as tensile tests and salt spray tests are carried out to ensure the highest possible quality level. The results are documented in corresponding test certificates and test reports.
Further investments planned
With an eight-figure investment in the company’s infrastructure, the course for the future has been set in recent years: among other things, investments have been made in the new building for logistics, packaging and outgoing goods as well as the automatic small parts warehouse, which will provide almost 60,000 locations in the future. The expansion of the automatic small parts warehouse and the conveyor technology means a further increase in capacity and speed in picking and shipping. For Volker Lederer it is clear: “We do not want to start rusting in the future but want to start this anniversary year with concrete further developments.”
