Origins

1982

Foundation of BALZER® in Memmingen

  • Manufacturer of specialist vehicles
  • Vehicle upgrades
  • electromechanical covers for working pits
  • Even when she was young, daughter Stephanie Courage worked in quotation management for

 

1984

The production of assembly pits with single-wall construction

 

1993

Introduction of the double-walled assembly pit with a filling chamber construction

  • the double-walled version was initially an attempt to build in concrete formwork
  • Hans Balzer then realised how many different advantages this new construction type brought with it

 

2004

Change of company name

  • Hans Balzer Werkstatt- und Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co. KG

 

2007

Opportunity to export the products to GOST-R certified countries

 

2015

Certification of the prefabricated assembly pit by the German Institute of Structural Engineering

  • Vehicle assembly pit as retention facility for liquids hazardous to water

 

2017

At the end of 2017, Hans Balzer left the company

  • His daughter, Stephanie Courage, took over the company as Managing Partner. Tobias Jäger was appointed Managing Director.

 

2018

Another change of company name 

  • BALZER GmbH & Co. KG

 

2019

Repositioning and brand relaunch

  • clarified strategic orientation and a new brand presence

 

2021 - 2022

Reconstruction of our company headquarters in Memmingen, Germany

  • Teardown of our old company headquarters in the beginning of September 2021
  • Redevelopement of our company premises
  • In the end of September 2022, we moved into our new, two-floor company building
  • Separate training room, a built-in prefabricated pit for show-cases, as well as exhibition models for schooling our resellers, as well as to show our customers
  • Separate office-rooms, as well as a separate workshop area

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