In search of a better solution - right from the start!
Our goal is and has been the continuous improvement of tools and attachments. In the course of our 50-year history, our methods and technologies have been repeatedly adapted to the latest demands of a changing market. These demands have triggered many ideas for new and innovative products.
In addition, these demands have effected our organization and work-processes. Improvement continually takes place in all departments and reaches all employees. Our goal is to serve the market - and every customer in it - with a range of products with lasting benefits that meet their needs.
1949 Company founded in Remscheid by Robert Wolff. 1956 New method developed for manufacturing files and rasps. 1961 First tools for Do-It-Yourselfers introduced to the market under "wolfcraft" name. 1965 Move from Remscheid to Weibern. 1968 Sales top 2 million DM. 1969 First attachment goes into series production: the wolfcraft hand router. 1972 wolfcraft produces its first generation of drill stand. 1973 The employee model is started. 1976 The new warehouse in Kempenich is officially opened. Overall sales top the 20 million DM. 1982 The 2nd generation, Reinhard and Thomas Wolff, enter the company. Overall sales top 50 million DM. 1986 The US subsidiary is opened in Chicago. "Variotec" the first wolfcraft machine table is placed in the market. Robert Wolff is awarded the Diesel Medal in silver. 1989 Subsidiaries in France, Great Britain and Italy are opened. 1990 A second manufacturing plant is opened in Slovakia. 1992 A new logistics center for Europe is opened in Kempenich. Sales top the 100 million DM. 1995 Kempenich becomes the business headquarters with a new administration building. Launch of the first wolfcraft clamping table. Sales top 150 million DM. 1998 The wolfcraft One Hand Bar Clamp is introduced. 2003 The Transport System TS 800 marks wolfcraft's worldwide entry into the transport system market. With over 400 employees in 9 countries, sales reach close to 100 million Euros.