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The Gretsch-Unitas Group of Companies

Le sens de l´ouverture

La ventaja del sistema

Vorsprung mit System

Progettiamo sicurezza

Securing technology for you

Securing technology for you

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We have a vision.

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We have a vision.

The shape follows the function. The simple design impresses with its classical elegance. The BAUHAUS property fitting is an eyecatcher for doors in a deman-ding environment. An aesthetic fitting, making it a pleasure to open a door and awakening curiosity in the world beyond: the world of the Gretsch-Unitas group of companies.

A company with tradition and future .........................................................................Welcome 4

Securing technology for you .............................................................................Philosophy 6

Milestones of a history of success ...........................The group of companies in overview 8

The producing companies ............................................................................................... 10

The service companies .................................................................................................. 1�

Looking back at the history .............................................................................................. 14

Innovative power and know-how .............................................Development and production 16

Opening, moving, closing, securing ......................................................................... Products 18

The pillars of success ............................................................................................. Product sectors �0

Global – local ......................................................................................................... Sales and service ��

Just-in-time – to any place ............................................................................... Logistics �4

Utilising joint chances ............................................................................................ Our employees �6

Worldwide presence ................................. Sales and marketing companies and production facilities �8

Imprint ....................................................................................................................................................... �0

Contents

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A company with tradition and future.

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With innovative products and an efficient sales structure, Julius and Michael von Resch see to the dynamic development of the Gretsch-Unitas Group of Companies. The prime example of this successful strategy is the tilt-turn fittings system UNI-JET. A product system, whose triumphal march around the world star-ted in the mid 1970s and has grown with increasing requirements.

... to the world of Gretsch-Unitas. For more than a

century, we have been involved with products and

technologies, which most people have contact with

quite naturally in everyday life, without being aware of

their complex importance. Our profession is the opening

and moving, closing and locking of windows and doors,

as well as functional and secure facility management.

The company started in 1907 in a small workshop in

Stuttgart-Feuerbach and is active today as an inter-

national concern. The family-controlled company, with

Gretsch-Unitas GmbH as the holding company, counts

amongst the most renowned suppliers of construction

fittings and security equipment worldwide.

In its growing history of success, the Gretsch-Unitas

group of companies has made a decisive contribution

in the comfortable and secure functioning of construc-

tion fittings and locking systems. Visionary innovative

spirit, research geared to targets and intensive deve-

lopment work, have always led to market-orientated

results. Properly thought-out and secure complete

solutions, as well as an extensive service for windows,

doors and automatic entrance systems, are available to

our customers all over the world.

People and ideas, products and systems are hidden

behind these services, and we would now like to

present these to you in this brochure.

Welcome …

A company with tradition and future.

UNI-JET tilt

-turn fitting

Michael von ReschJulius von Resch


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Securing technology for you.

Comfort & security

Customer service

Innovations

Overall solutions

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The multi-functional property door fulfils several require-ments at the same time: Access control, escape door con-trol, escape door suitability, burglary protection and barrier free construction. With these services, the product fits perfectly into the range on offer, in the sense of the philoso-phy: an optimal overall solution, where innovation, quality, comfort, safety and customer service intermesh reliably.

Comfort and security are given the highest priority

when opening and closing doors and windows. With an

extensive range of modern construction fittings, safety

equipment and automatic entrance systems, we fulfil

these requirements with the best quality. In so doing,

we do not just concentrate on the individual product,

but create overall solutions according to current market

requirements.

Building security and barrier free construction, as

well as the combination of the latest technology with

user-friendly handling, are topics of the moment. The

Gretsch-Unitas group of companies has permanently

left its mark on the market with its future-orientated

innovations, and has set standards that point the way.

All over the world, our systems contribute to preventing

dangerous situations, reducing risks, limiting damage

and protecting both people and property.

Our overall range of services covers planning, imple-

mentation and service. Research and development

follows the central idea of creating the functional

properties of windows and doors in a technically ever

better, easier and more secure way. Mature mechanics

and intelligent electronics work together ideally. We

meet the growing requirements in modern architec-

ture, both in our development work, as well as in our

energy-conscious building methods.

The main focus of our thoughts and actions is always

the product, with its benefits for people. Our customers

primarily profit from this, as we are always conceiving

new and reliable systems for them, and offering them

in addition individual solutions, which are specific to

their property. For these reasons, we are valued world-

wide as a reliable partner. At the same time, we sup-

port and challenge our over 4,000 employees within

the group of companies around the globe with an open

company policy and an extensive eduction programme.

In so doing, we are conscious of our responsibility in

respecting national cultures and maintaining locations.

The synergistic interplay of all these factors is the basis

for the fulfilling of our principle “Securing technology

for you”.

Philosophy

Securing technology for you.

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Overall solutions


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Milestones of a history of success.

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For large area elements made from timber, PVC and aluminium, parallel slide and tilt fittings, lift-slide and lift-tilt-slide fittings, slide-fold elements, horizontal and vertical pivot fittings, provide safe and comfortable serv-ices for opening, closing and moving. These systems offer solutions for all materials, shapes and requirements in modern window technology.

Inventor’s spirit, innovative power and a will to expand,

mark more than a hundred years of eventful company

history. The imaginative engineer, Viktor Gretsch, star-

ted manufacturing pull cord fan-light openers, window

stays and small fittings in 1907, and three years later

he made the businessman, Johann Maus, his partner

and Managing Director. His descendants, Julius and

Michael von Resch are now the third generation to

manage the Gretsch-Unitas group of companies today.

With the continuous expansion of the product pro-

gramme, the first patents and a continually growing

international sales already followed in the 19�0s. After

the turmoil of the �nd World War, the company dared

to start again in 1948, and the success of today’s

company is based on this. Since the mid 1970s, further

production companies have been integrated, and the

company has created its own service operations under

the umbrella of the group of companies. Today, a highly

productive network of competence offers high-quality

compatible products and services for everything to

do with windows, doors, entrance systems and in the

sector of facility management.

The large amount of branch experience and the syner-

gistic association additionally make it possible to react

to the requirements of the market in a manner relevant

to present times, and also to enable new trends to be

set at the same time, due to visionary developments.

The roles of the producing and service companies

supplement each other ideally and guarantee short

development cycles through to series maturity. The

reliable inter-company communication permanently

ensures the leading market position of the Gretsch-

Unitas group of companies.

The group of companies in overview

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BKS GmbH Velbert

With more than 100 years of expe-

rience, technical know-how and high-

quality products, the renowned BKS

GmbH has belonged to the group of

companies since 198�. The BKS brand

has been a synonym for safety, quality

and functionality for locking procedures

for more than 100 years. Locks, locking

cylinders and master keyed suites for

door construction, as well as property

and escape door fittings, are produced

in the extremely modern production

plant. The large range of variants,

and the flexible compatibility of all the

products, must be highlighted here.

The growing importance of electronics,

access control and escape door control,

has resulted in innovative system solu-

tions. BKS GmbH has its own customer

and training centre for customer care

and employee training.

ATS GmbH

Automatik-Tür-Systeme

Rheda-Wiedenbrück

ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-Systeme has

been part of the Gretsch-Unitas group

of companies since �001. ATS GmbH

Automatik-Tür-Systeme has made a

name for itself throughout Europe with

automatic sliding doors, revolving door

systems and all glass sliding walls.

Based on a polished modular construc-

tion system, solutions are developed to

meet individual requirements. The latest

techniques, high quality materials, as

well as tried and tested functionality

and security, are a matter of course,

while access control systems can also

be integrated. The door systems provide

planners with a great deal of freedom in

their designs. Experienced advice and

service teams ensure local proximity to

the customer over a wide area.

Gretsch-Unitas GmbH BaubeschlägeDitzingen

One of the largest manufacturers

of construction fittings in the world,

Gretsch-Unitas GmbH Baubeschläge

has been located in Ditzingen near

Stuttgart since the 1970s. Alongside

the spacious works buildings and

administration area, there is also an

exhibition and advice centre for product

innovations, as well as training rooms

for seminars. After all, in addition to the

extensive range of quality products, the

main plant in the group of companies

also places great value on the further

education of employees within the

company, as well as on specialist

seminars for architects, planners and

the specialist trade. Current topics,

such as facility management and barrier

free construction, have been increasing

in importance over the last few years,

and are reflected in the products and

services of the company.

The producing companies

Gretsch-Unitas GmbH

Baubeschläge

Ditzingen, Germany

BKS GmbH

Velbert, Germany

ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-

Systeme, Rheda-Wieden-

brück, Germany

Worldwide production sites of the group of companies

FERCO International S.A.S.

Sarrebourg, France

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Gretsch-Unitas Yapı Elemanları San. ve Tic. A.Ş.Istanbul

This company was created in �001

from the merger of the Turkish market

leader in the sector of window fittings,

and the Turkish sales office of the

Gretsch-Unitas group of companies.

Today, high quality fittings for worldwide

use are manufactured using modern

technology at the production site. In

addition, Gretsch-Unitas Yapı A.Ş. has

grown into one of the major sales units

of the Gretsch-Unitas group of compa-

nies. The company is not only market

leader in Turkey, but also opens up new

markets in the Middle East, in Central

Asia and in North Africa.

FERCO International S.A.S.Sarrebourg

France’s major producer of construction

fittings was founded in 19�4 and has

been part of the Gretsch-Unitas group

of companies since 1977. It was at

this time that the JET tilt-turn fitting

provided the company with an excellent

image at home and abroad with this

successful product. FERCO International

S.A.S. is growing. Additional production

halls are being set up for production

and new processes are being developed

for production and surface finishing.

Today, the operation in Sarrebourg

manufactures using extremely modern

technology. The logistics centre

connected to the company has a high

capacity hi-bay storage facility, with

space for several thousand palettes.

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FERRIC HARDWARE INC.

Montreal, Canada

G.U Building Materials (Jinan)

Co., Ltd., Jinan,

People’s Republic of China


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AGENA GmbHDitzingen

Services in the sectors of organisation

and information processing are tasks

carried out by this company, which was

created in 1981 from the data processing

department of Gretsch-Unitas GmbH

Baubeschläge in Ditzingen. AGENA GmbH

provides its products and services both to

companies within the group, as well as to

the open market. AGENA GmbH makes

the necessary computer centre capacity

available to its sister companies, and

looks after the application software for all

the branches worldwide. In addition, many

branches profit from the services carried

out by the company, in particular in the

sectors of consulting, development and

customising in the SAP R/� environment.

Planning, implementation and care of

networks, as well as computer centre

services, are also part of the product

portfolio.

Gretsch-Unitas Logistik GmbHDitzingen

All the logistics services for deliveries

to the worldwide customers of the

Gretsch-Unitas group of companies

are organised quickly and reliably by

Gretsch-Unitas Logistik GmbH. The

company’s activities include storage,

customer-specific packaging of finished

goods and the fully-automatic distribu-

tion of packages according to freight

forwarder. EDP suited to requirements

controls not only all the logistical

sequences, it also gives every customer

the advantage of being able to following

the current order status through the

internet. Modern feed strategies with

the production plants and external

suppliers ensure a high level of

availability of goods at all times.

Gretsch-Unitas Logistik GmbH

Ditzingen, Germany

AGENA GmbH

Ditzingen, Germany

tts Tür und Tor-Service

GmbH & Co. KG

Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany

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The service companies

tts Tür und Tor-Service GmbH & Co. KGRheda-Wiedenbrück

As a competent service provider

connected to ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-

Systeme, tts Tür und Tor-Service GmbH

& Co. KG offers a reliable service, with

maintenance and test services for

everything to do with automatic doors

and the applicable programme within

the group of companies. This includes

regular safety checks according to the

valid legal regulations. Qualified service

teams, specially equipped vehicles and

a well-structured service network en-

able responses within �4 hours to save

time and costs. tts Tür und Tor-Service

GmbH & Co. KG is certified according

to EN ISO 9001, SCC and tests all

automatic door systems to the latest

technical levels.

ela-soft GmbH & Co. KGBerlin

Since 1990, ela-soft GmbH & Co. KG has

developed manufacturer-neutral manage-

ment systems for security, building and

communication techniques. With the

successful GEMOS system, which

integrates all the technical equipment into

a central, simple-to-operate interface,

ela-soft GmbH & Co. KG counts amongst

the market and technology leaders in

this branch. At the Head Office in Berlin,

and at the branches in Wiesbaden and

Düsseldorf, highly-qualified employees are

involved in the development of specialised

software and hardware solutions, and

offer service and project control close to

the customer during the start-up phase,

as well as long-term care, maintenance,

training and system adaptations. Over

�00 interfaces and more than 400

installed systems prove the many years

of experience and the success of the

products from ela-soft GmbH & Co. KG.

Intelligent management systems for facilities have long been a reality and supplement our range. For example, the successful GEMOS system combines the compe-tence from other sectors of the group of companies, such as access control, escape door technology, mechanical and mechatronic security.

ela-soft GmbH & Co. KG

Berlin, Germany


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1890 1900 1910 19�0 19�0 1940

1870 The creation of BKS locks goes back to 1870, when the company Damm & Ladwig was founded in Velbert, and to 190�, when the companies Boge & Kasten, Rheinische Türschließer-Fabrik were founded in Solingen.

1907 Viktor Gretsch started manufacturing the first small fittings in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.

1912 The fan-light opener VENTUS F was developed.

1919 AERO ventilations supplemented the programme. They were forerunners to the UNITAS sound absorbing fans.

1920 Gretsch-Unitas received the patent rights for the IDEAL pivot bearing.

1924 Gretsch-Unitas patented its sliding door fittings.

1928 The further-developed DIXI window stay appears in the market.

1931 The KASTRUM horizontal and vertical pivot bearings expanded the production programme.

1932 Patent registration for Helios roller bearings, a forerunner to the fittings for slide-fold elements.

1932 The first smoke extraction systems with crank gear for staircases and public buildings appeared in the product range.

1934 FERCO International S.A.S. in Sarrebourg started producing construction fittings with 1� employees.

1938 The BKS round cylinder, which is still used today, was patented.

1939 – 1945 The �nd World War brings a major setback, as Gretsch-Unitas is duty-bound to supply armaments.

1950 The first panic locks were introduced to the European market.

1954 Gretsch-Unitas developed horizontal pivot fittings for an opening of 160°, compared with just 90° previously. This development made it easier to clean the exterior panes of glass.

1956 The first burglary inhibiting locking cylinders appeared.

1973 The company moved from Stuttgart-Feuerbach to Ditzingen: Gretsch-Unitas had a new Head Office location.

1907

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1960 1970 1980 1990 �000 �010

1975 Gretsch-Unitas registered the patents for a sound absorbing fan with slider and with optimised sound absorbing properties and improved cleaning possibilities.

1977 Gretsch-Unitas acquired shares in the largest French construction fitting manufacturer, FERCO International S.A.S. The JET tilt-turn fitting conquers the world market.

1977 ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-Systeme is founded in Rheda-Wiedenbrück.

1979 The first G.U-SECURY multipoint door locks for doors are presented at the Deubau trade fair in Essen.

1980 Gretsch-Unitas brings parallel slide and tilt fittings to success through further development, and registers several related patents.

1983 The group of companies was integrated with BKS, the most traditional German manufacturer of locking cylinders, master keyed suits, locks, door closers and panic fittings.

1984 ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-Systeme sold the first self-produced automatic sliding doors.

1989 BKS GmbH developed a lock with an automatic extending latch.

1995 With increasing requirements for qualified services dealing with automatic doors, the company tts Tür und Tor-Service GmbH & Co. KG was founded.

1996 Gretsch-Unitas presented the automatic multipoint door lock, G.U-SECURY Automatic

2000 ela-soft GmbH & Co. KG was purchased, which had developed the successful facility management and organisa-tion system GEMOS.

2001 The companies ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-Systemeand tts Tür und Tor-Service GmbH & Co. KG became mem-bers of the Gretsch-Unitas group of companies.

2002 Gretsch-Unitas Yapı Elemanları San. ve Tic. A.Ş. started operations in Istanbul.

2005 With the MKS – MasterKeySystem, BKS offers the first internet order platform for locking systems.

2006 Gretsch-Unitas Yapı Elemanları San. ve Tic. A.Ş. successfully introduced the Corvus Plus tilt-turn fittings in Turkey and the adjacent countries.

2006 The German Standards EDITIONEN GmbH chose BKS as the brand of the century.

Looking back over more than a century of success

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Innovative power and know-how.

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Escape and rescue routes should protect and save human life. The strictly defined requirements for func-tionality and security require an intelligent combination of mechanics and electronics. Our locks and fittings for emergency exits and panic doors reliably fulfil all the requirements for a safe operation in case of emergency.

Ground-breaking innovations are inseparably

connected with the history and present times of the

Gretsch-Unitas group of companies. After all, inten-

sive research and development work has always been

given a particularly high priority. A lively exchange of

experiences between the development departments of

the individual companies ensures the constant growth

in profitable know-how.

Even before the design of the product itself, the deve-

lopment process starts in the research of principles.

Our engineers test new kinds of materials and new

techniques with respect to further product optimisation.

In so doing, we cooperate closely with universities,

research institutes and branch experts.

The supreme maxim for every product development

is looking at the whole. We investigate the reciprocal

effects of every detail with functional, architectural,

ecological, production and processing specific require-

ments – our high quality products conform to these.

This approach applies both for innovative construction

fittings, as well as for control technical software

solutions. Architects, planners, building contractors,

window and door manufacturers, value our methods

of product development.

Highly qualified specialist personnel implement the

results of the research and market-specific knowledge

in products and services suited to practice. In so doing,

we always try to realise our ideas in a customer-orien-

tated way. A permanent quality control guarantees

our business partners maximum security – from the

individual parts produced with precision, through to the

optimal functioning of complex systems.

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Opening, moving, closing, securing.

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On large lift-slide elements with high sash weights, the HS-SPEED Limiter prevents an acceleration of the sash, and ensures in this way that personal injury and damage to the property itself is avoided. An innovative product, which completely fulfils our ambitious requirements with respect to security and operating comfort.

Over �00 patents speak for themselves. These include

major system solutions, such as the multipoint door

lock G.U-SECURY Automatic and the comfortable

parallel slide and tilt fitting.

Overall, the Gretsch-Unitas group of companies offers

a complete programme of more than 100,000 individ-

ual parts, together with numerous system solutions for

the equipping and control of window and door systems.

All the products conform to the highest requirements

with respect to quality, comfort and security, and are

available to the market at a fair price-performance

ratio. In addition to the standard programme, we

realise individual special solutions for our customers.

This applies both for construction fittings, as well as

for hardware and software solutions in facility manage-

ment and in the security sector.

One particular strength is production specific to a

property. This is where we consolidate the competence

held by our production and service companies for a

project, and provide the customer with a coordinated

package of services from a single source.

Facility management and barrier free construction

are topics with future, and we have already been

dealing with them from an early stage. We implement

tailor-made solutions from planning through to mecha-

nical and electronic components for business premises

and private houses, which imply simple operation and

flexible use.

This overall competence makes us different. It is the

consistent implementation of our claim to make the

opening and closing of windows and doors – incor-

porating materials and techniques of our time – ever

more comfortable, easy and secure.

Products

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The pillars of success.

Window technology

Tilt-turn fittings

Side hung fittings

Lift-slide and lift-tilt-slide fittings

Parallel slide and tilt fittings

Slide-fold fittings

Horizontal pivot fittings

Vertical pivot fittings

Fan-light openers

Ventilation technology

Window handles

Smoke and heat evacuation

systems (RWA)

Accessories for builder‘s

hardware

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Automatic entrance systems

Sliding doors

Swing door drives

Revolving doors

Security sluice doors

Individual access systems

All glass sliding walls

Door technology

Mortise locks

Panic locks

Multipoint door locks

Electronic locks

Locking cylinders

Master keyed suites

Fittings

Panic exit devices

Door hinges

Door closers

Accessories for builder‘s

hardware

Patch fittings

Management systems

Facility management systems

Access control

Video monitoring

Floor space sensors

KeyManager

ObS – Order by Scanning

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Global – local.

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Locking systems from the series are suitable for the planning and administration of master keyed suites for many different access hierarchies, as these permit a mechanical or an electronic operation. With a large number of different individual locking cylinders with individual keys assigned in each case, access authorisation can be controlled individually.

In over 40 countries, more than 400 people are

employed in the sales and marketing companies of

the Gretsch-Unitas group of companies. This decen-

tralised sales structure has many different advantages.

On the one hand, we can recognise the requirements

in the applicable region, and the desires of our local

customers, while on the other hand, our presence on

location gives us a high level of flexibility. Short dis-

tances and a fast, reliable service make technical and

cost-optimised solutions possible, perfectly in tune with

the needs of the people in their environment.

In addition to sales-promoting measures for the trade,

our customer service above all covers internet-based

solutions, which help make work easier to an enormous

extent in many respects. For example, orders can be

dealt with quickly and easily with the customer-orien-

tated ObS – Order by Scanning system, which at the

same time makes internal warehouse administration

considerably easier. The current order status can be

called up via the internet at any time.

The CIS – Customer Information System also offers the

same advantage, an information and ordering platform

for all sectors of the group of companies.

Here the customer will find, in addition to pure order

handling, useful information relating to the articles,

right through to an online availability check.

The web-based planning and ordering platform

MKS – MasterKeySystem was developed specifically

for master keyed suites. All these systems make order

handling simpler and ensure that delivery times are

reduced, combined with maximum services for our

customers. In addition, we make a web-based service

module available, with which detailed and complex

tenders are possible.

With the KeyManager, we offer a simple and time-

saving administration software for the creation and

control of master keyed suites. For window and door

manufacturers, our hardware managing programmes

and hardware data service offer optimal tools to

determine sets of fittings and to produce individual

fitting solutions.

This whole range of customer-orientated services,

in collaboration with our partners, ensures security,

transparency and confidence.

Sales and service

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Barrier free construction affects anyone with restricted mobility and is therefore essential in shopping centres, public as well as private buildings, hospitals and nursing homes. With the barrier-free creation of threshold-less accesses and automated sliding door solutions, we open up the way to unrestricted freedom of movement.

The success of a group of companies, that is active

worldwide, is based last not least on reliable distri-

bution. Gretsch-Unitas Logistik GmbH looks after the

distribution sequences and tasks centrally for the

companies within the group.

In addition to making storage capacity available, all

the distribution-technical measures are controlled

from here, from customer-specific commissioning and

manufacturing, via packaging, to the dispatch on time.

The fact that the company has the latest technical

equipment ensures that orders are handled smoothly.

Software tailor-made for the high levels of require-

ments control the overall process sequences in detail,

from receipt of materials to delivery. This transparent

documentation makes it possible for the customer to

follow the current order status on the internet at any

time.

Close collaboration with the worldwide sales branches

of the Gretsch-Unitas group of companies guarantees

that an adapted range is in stock at the relevant

locations, and therefore goods are quickly available

to the customer.

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An extensive seminar and training programme for various target groups ensures well-founded specialist knowledge and makes product selection easier. We regularly give training sessions, for example, with respect to handling the G.U-SECURY multipoint door lock in its many variants. With this offer, we create a good basis for joint success with our customers.

Economic success can only be achieved and main-

tained in the long term with well educated and

motivated employees. The Gretsch-Unitas group of

companies feels itself under an obligation to follow this

principle, and steers its company policy accordingly.

Our commitment starts with a varied range of training

places, in technical, commercial and IT professions,

together with courses of studies at vocational colleges.

By training young people, we create a healthy basis for

the future of the company.

The existing employees, which now amount to more

than 4,000 worldwide, are continuously further qua-

lified and trained. Many of today’s executives started

their career within the group of companies. Further-

more, we ensure that information is transparent all all

levels and we care for open communication within the

company. We also take on our social responsibility,

in that we give disadvantaged people the chance to

get a job.

This company structure, geared to the wellbeing of the

employees, also guarantees a good operating climate

and long-term loyalty to the company, even in days

of hard competition. As the Gretsch-Unitas group of

companies, we build on the fact that our success can

only ever be the joint success of all our employees.

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Worldwide presence.

�9Sales and marketing companies and production facilities

Gretsch-Unitas GmbH Baubeschläge Ditzingen (Germany)

BKS GmbH Velbert (Germany)

ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-Systeme Rheda-Wiedenbrück (Germany)

FERCO International S.A.S. Sarrebourg (France)

Gretsch-Unitas Yapı Elemanları San. ve Tic. A.Ş.Istanbul (Turkey)

FERRIC HARDWARE INC. Montreal (Canada)

G.U Building Materials (Jinan) Co., Ltd. Jinan (People’s Republic of China)

■ Sales companies within the group of companies worldwide

■ Production sites of the group of companies worldwide

Gretsch-Unitas GmbH Baubeschläge Ditzingen (Germany)

BKS GmbH Velbert (Germany)

ATS GmbH Automatik-Tür-Systeme Rheda-Wiedenbrück (Germany)

FERCO Ferrures de Bâtiment Inc., Laval/Quebec (Canada)

G.U Hardware, Inc.Newport News (USA)

G.U Herrajes S.A.Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Gretsch-Unitas Ltd.Coventry (Great Britain)

G.U Nederland B.V.Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Gretsch-Unitas Belgium N.V.Brasschaat (Belgium)

FERCO International S.A.S.Sarrebourg (France)

BKS France S.A.S.Paris (France)

Procomsa S.A.Zamudio-Bizkaia (Spain)

Cruzfer Lda.Rio de Mouro (Portugal)

Gretsch-Unitas AGRüdtligen (Switzerland)

G.U Baubeschläge Austria GmbH, Salzburg (Austria)

G.U Italia S.R.L.Cavaion (Italy)

Skandi Beslag A/SJyllinge (Denmark)

G.U Polska Sp. z.o.o.Poznan (Poland)

G.U - stavební kování CZ,spol. s.r.o. Prague (Czech Republic)

G.U Slovensko, s.r.o.Bratislava (Slovakia)

G.U Szilas KftKerepestarcsa (Hungary)

G.U d.o.o. Karolvac (Croatia)

G.U Gradevinski okovi d.o.o.Zepce (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

G.U Bulgaria SOLLCSofia (Bulgaria)

G.U Skopje DOOELSkopje (Macedonia)

G.U Okovi d.o.o. Novi Beograd (Serbia)

G.U Hellas S.A.Thessaloniki (Greece)

Gretsch-Unitas Yapı Elemanları San. ve Tic. A.Ş.Istanbul (Turkey)

OÜ VEDLERSTallin (Estonia)

G.U Furnitura SIA Riga (Latvia)

UAB Gretsch-Unitas BalticVilnius (Lithuania)

G.U Feronerie S.R.L.Chisinau (Moldavia)

G.U Ferrom Com. S.R.L.Bucharest (Romania)

OOO G.U FurnituraMoscow (Russia)

OOO G.U PolycomNovosibirsk (Russia)

OOO G.U FurnituraMinsk (White Russia)

OOO G.U UkraineKiev (Ukraine)

OOO G.U KasachstanAlmaty (Kazakhstan)

G.U Middle East FZCO Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

Gretsch-Unitas Japan Ltd.Tokyo (Japan)

G.U International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai (People’s Republic of China)


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