Arnold – the metal experience makers

Our mission: We inspire people, without limits

Arnold's strategy aims to be the leading brand that creates experiences from, with and through metal. Enthusiasm is reflected in the results of our work, which are characterized above all by bold designs, technological innovations, high material and processing quality and speed of implementation.

Rational factors such as processing quality, safety of use, durability, competitiveness and reliability are just as important to us as the fact that we see ourselves as a long-term, cooperative and reliable business partner.

Vision

Arnold - the metal experience makers. Arnold's strategy aims to be the leading brand that creates experiences from, with and through metal.

Mission

We inspire people, without limits. Enthusiasm is reflected in the results of our work, which are characterized above all by bold designs, technological innovations, high material and processing quality as well as speed of implementation. are characterized. Rational factors such as processing quality, safety in use, durability, ompetitiveness and reliability reliability are just as much a matter of course for us as the fact that we see ourselves as a long-term, cooperative and reliable business partner.

Customers – our orientation

We see ourselves as a reliable, long-term partner for our customers.
With our services, we contribute to the sustainable success of our customers.
We use the wishes and suggestions of our customers to consistently develop our range of services and our processes.
We exclude deliveries for defense technology and assemblies for animal testing.

Employees and leadership – our potential

We continuously train our employees.
We ensure that all functions are always ready for action.
We offer our employees challenging tasks in an environment with a high level of occupational safety.
We work in a team-oriented, focused and goal-oriented manner.
We actively involve employees in decisions relating to their areas of responsibility.
We delegate tasks with the associated competencies to our employees.
We provide targeted information and promote communication.
We lead with goals and measure whether they are achieved.
We understand leadership to mean the successful connection between corporate goals and employee satisfaction.
We give our employees the opportunity to participate in the company.

Quality and innovation – our basis

We are committed to the highest quality in products and processes.
We measure "quality" by the uncompromising fulfillment of the requirements that we have agreed with our customers.
We systematically pursue continuous development and innovation.
We focus on quality and continuous improvement: for everyone, every day, in every detail.

Society, environment, communication – our commitment

We use the available resources responsibly.
We are involved in the local community and support social projects.
We work together openly, trustingly and fairly. We treat everyone with trust and respect; the safety of people is our top priority.
We actively inform our environment about what is happening in the company.

Back to the future.
100 years of metallurgy.

1924

1924 Karl Arnold founds the company

His motto: “There’s no such thing as impossible” endures to this day, as does his philosophy: “Think like a craftsman, manufacture like an industrialist.”

1924-1961

Innovative right from the start

Arnold is innovative from the word go, registering 8 patents and 28 utility model applications and winning 2 silver medals for its construction of wash boilers and butchers’ kettles.

1961

Full steam ahead

Rolf Arnold, the son of the founder, forges ahead with making the company an industrial supplier.

1965

Expansion

Arnold moves to its current headquarters in Friedrichsdorf.

1979

Strong partnerships

With the interior construction for Frankfurt’s Alte Oper opera house, Arnold returns to its roots in construction.

1983

Arnold goes global

The Caracas opera house is the first major international interior construction project.

1983-1985

Technologically far ahead

Arnold upgrades the machine park with the first welding robot and a punch laser combination machine.

1988

The first brand

The brand claim “Arnold... stark in Metall!” ushers in a new era.

1991

Go East

The road east leads to Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia, where Arnold establishes a production location in the former GDR in collaboration with the Diller family.

1993

Move into Thuringia

Arnold moves into the new state-of-the-art premises in Thuringia. The number of employees grows rapidly.

1998

Balloon Flower, the first

Daimler Benz commissions Arnold to produce the first “Balloon Flower” for Jeff Koons.

1999

Change of leadership

Rolf Arnold hands over the management of the company to Uwe Arnold and Dieter Stemmer.

2001

Merger of the Arnold companies to form a joint stock corporation.

2001-2007

Magnification

Production capacity and facilities continue to expand at both sites.

2008

Expectations exceeded

The project at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport becomes by far the largest foreign project to date.

2012

The first robot

The robot-assisted laser welding facility goes into operation.

2013

Generation change

A new generation on the board of directors: Ingo Stemmer and Christoph Ebert form the new board of directors together with Uwe Arnold.

2007-2015

New attitude

“If it’s simple, someone else will do it”: Arnold embarks on a process of internal reorganization and revamps its public image.

2015

The second brand

Arnold goes public with its passion! “Metalligent” becomes the company’s new watchword.

2023

Change of Management Board

Uwe Arnold is leaving the Board of Management on January 1. He hands over the baton to Christoph Ebert and Ingo Stemmer.

2024

100th anniversary

Impossible? Only if you don’t believe in it: Arnold celebrates its 100th birthday.

Ingo Stemmer and Christoph Ebert

The Arnold AG Board

Numbers. Facts.

+57 Mio.

Company performance

Company performance in 2023 was over 57 million euros.

+5,5 %

Investment ratio

The investment ratio is ca. 5,5 % of company performance.

Liquidity provision

Arnold AG operates on a sound financial basis, allowing it to make decisions quickly and get things done.

+380 Em.

Employees

Around 380 regular staff and 25 trainees currently work at Arnold AG.

+25 Trainees

Trainees

Around 380 regular staff and 25 trainees currently work at Arnold AG.

Press. Reports.

Press contact

You are a journalist and would like to get more information? Please contact me.

Isabell Issing
Marketing
Industriestraße 6-10
61381 Friedrichsdorf
Phone +49 6172 765-4030
Fax +49 6172 765-84030
isabell.issing@arnold.de

Press releases

About Arnold

Friedrichsdorf/Steinbach-Hallenberg, Jun/05/2020. Arnold AG is a German specialist for high-quality products that are made of and/or include metal. The company was founded in 1924 in Frankfurt am Main by Karl Arnold and is now managed in its third generation by Uwe Arnold as CEO. Further board members are Ingo Stemmer and Christoph Ebert.

The range of services is diverse and goes far beyond classic metalworking. The company implements everything from small bending parts to complex assemblies for industrial customers as well as sophisticated elements for yacht manufacturers and high-quality sculptures for artists. In addition, it offers consultancy services for technical feasibility issues.

Currently, around 400 permanent employees and 30 apprentices work at Arnold AG.

The headquarters of the company is located in Friedrichsdorf, Hesse. Another production site is located in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia.

In 2019, the company performance amounted to nearly 52 million euros.

Arnold AG includes the subsidiary Nordlicht GmbH (www.nordlicht.de).

Arnold AG is certified pursuant to DIN EN ISO 9001, DIN EN ISO 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 (among other standards). The company is a member of the "Edelstahl Rostfrei" [stainless steel] information center, the DVS Deutscher Verband für Schweißen [the German Welding Association], the BME Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft [the Federal Association of Materials Management], the FVM Fachverband Metallhandwerk [the Professional Association of Metal Handwork] and the Deutscher Werkbund Hessen e.V. [the German Work Federation of Architects, Artists, Builders].

To learn more about Arnold, please contact

Isabell Issing
Communications
Industriestraße 6-10
61381 Friedrichsdorf
Tel. +49 6172 765-4030
Fax +49 6172 765-84030
isabell.issing@arnold.de

Press reports about Arnold

ARTS21 05/2023: How art affects society – public art all-rounder Arnold networks expert know-how
Art journalist Edda Rössler visited Arnold at the Public Art Symposium 2023 in Frankfurt.

FAZ 05/2023: From the baggage scanner to the Koons sculpture
Journalist Barbara Schäder (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) in an interview with the two board members of Arnold AG.

LOGISTIK HEUTE 03/2021: Find instead of search
About the use of the localization system "Track & Trace", with which Arnold creates a high level of transparency in its production.

HANDELSBLATT 03/2018: The metal specialist with a penchant for art
Katrin Terpitz reports in the Handelsblatt on the Art division of Arnold AG.

FAZ 01/2017: Here, everyone needs to know what metal smells like
A report by Thorsten Winter about Arnold AG.

FAZ 07/2015: A radiant future in Friedrichsdorf
Click here to read the article by editor Manfred Köhler on Arnold’s takeover of Nordlicht GmbH.

TRUMPF EXPRESS 06/2014: If it’s simple, someone else will do it
The editors of Express in conversation with Uwe Arnold on the metal experts’ passion for their work and the day-to-day challenges they deal with.

FAZ 06/2012: The entrepreneur behind the artist Koons
Mona Jäger reports on the collaboration between the artist Jeff Koons and Arnold AG.

Media. Downloads.

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