Julius Blum

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Julius Blum GmbH is an internationally active company, the hinge, flap and pull-out systems as well as the processing aids for manufactures.

The headquarters of the well-known under the short name Blum company is located in Höchst, a district in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Production facilities are located primarily in Austria, but also in the United States, Poland and Brazil. The company is wholly family owned. Blum is one of the largest companies and employers in Vorarlberg.

History

Julius Blum from peak founded on March 1, 1952, the company and is the first product Hufstollen, a kind of " spikes" for horses, ago. Already produced in 1958 with the Blum ANUBA band the first furniture fittings and drove it in Austria. In 1964, the start of production of concealed hinges furniture was introduced in the company with the production of the first Blum hinge, a year later, the first export business outside Austria were taken. 1966 was included in the production program with Drawer runners for drawers another product division.

Since the year 1970, it has its own apprenticeship at Julius Blum GmbH. Today the apprenticeship counts at Blum of the flagship of the company. Annually win Blum apprentices numerous international competitions. The company grew and there have since been constantly developed new products, which are mainly used in kitchen furniture application. Blum for today already allow to register more than 1,000 patents.

In 1978 the company received the National Award and since then must the Federal coat of arms used in commercial transactions.

Locations

Production

Julius Blum GmbH manufactures mainly in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the company in the Rhine delta peak community also has its administrative headquarters. In Vorarlberg, there are currently seven works, of which the works of one to three are in top. Plant 4 in Bregenz, Plant 5 in Fußach, Plant 6 in Gaißau and work 7 located in Dornbirn.

Outside of Austria, is also produced in the United States and in Brazil. The location in the U.S. is located in Lowesville in the state of North Carolina. In Brazil, Blum is represented in Embu in the state of São Paulo with a factory.

Logistics

In Poland, a packaging and distribution center in Swarzędz - Jasin was opened in 2006. Worldwide, the products of subsidiaries, representative offices or branches are distributed.

By the end of 2007, the site in Russia was expanded and moved into the new office and warehouse space to a traffic- favorable location in the vicinity of the airport Domodedovo (south of Moscow). In August 2009, the plant was opened in Dornbirn 7, where mainly a logistics center for Vorarlberg was to shift more transport from road to rail.

In 2012, the previous Greek representation of Blum in the capital Athens was in a subsidiary, Blum Hellas converted. For a further subsidiary has been incorporated into the group of companies.

Apprenticeship

Since the beginning of one's apprenticeship at Blum in 1970, the training will be given special attention. A dual training system characterizes the system, which means that the apprentices are trained in parallel in companies and vocational schools.

Data is currently being trained in the company apprentices in seven different technical professions:

  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Toolmaker
  • Plastics engineers
  • Electrical engineer
  • Machining technicians
  • Production technician
  • Construction technician

The training lasts depending on the Teaching Profession 3.5 to 4 years.

In September, 2013, 64 new apprentices at Blum their education, which henceforth a total of 256 apprentices are in training.

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