COMPANY HISTORY

COMPANY
HISTORY

Seit den Anfängen im Jahr 1952 ist LANKWITZER, mit dem Ziel Industrielacke der höchsten Qualität anzubieten aus eigener Kraft zu einem international erfolgreichen Unternehmen gewachsen.

1952

Foundation of LANKWITZER by Norbert and Mina Rokeach in the Berlin district of Lankwitz

1974

After the death of Norbert Rokeach, Dr. Leo Rokeach, the son of the company founder, takes over the management of LANKWITZER

1978

Export of NEOPLAST products to the Soviet Union

1990

Establishment of the distribution network in Poland

1992

Takeover of Osterwieck Lacke GmbH from LACUFA (founded 1847) with production facilities in Leipzig and Osterwieck

1993

Establishment of distribution in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

1994

Establishment of distribution in Russia and Ukraine

1995

Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001

1996

Establishment of distribution in Belarus

2000

Takeover of SCHIEMANN Industrielacke GmbH (founded in 1921) with the production site in Hanover

2002

Establishment of distribution in China

2006 Start-up of coating factory in Osterwieck

2000 Takeover of SCHIEMANN Industrielacke GmbH

2006

Start-up of the most modern industrial coating factory of Germany in Osterwieck

2007

Rejuvenated appearance of the group of companies under the name “Lankwitzer Premium Coatings” and with a new logo

Relocation of the production plant Hanover to Osterwieck

2010

Start-up of our own production in Beijing (China)

2011

Foundation of a joint venture in São Paulo (Brazil)

2019

Foundation of Lankwitzer USA Ltd.

2020

Opening of a new logistics and painting center in Moscow

Founding of Lankwitzer Mexico

2022

Takeover of Teleplast GmbH & Co. KG from Braunschweig