Today is WINKLER TECHNIK GmbH one of the international leading companies in the sector of development and sale of innovative fastening systems for underfloor heating systems. Since 2011, Alexander Winkler has been leading WINKLER TECHNIK GmbH as Managing Director , which is now family-owned in the fourth generation. His wife, Veronika Winkler, supports him in the HR and finance department.
Managing Director Alexander Winkler remembers how the success story began…
In the year 1904, Adolf Winkler established a locksmith shop in Berlin /Germany.
As one of the first plumbers, Alfred Winkler laid the foundations for modern underfloor heating with a new type of plastic pipe in 1962. The company worked in the field of underfloor heating systems at that time.
In 1970, Dr. Wolfram Winkler assumed management of his father’s company in Ueberlingen/Germany. He continuously perfected underfloor heating systems. His wife Erika Winkler took care of the finance and HR department.
Winkler Technik GmbH was founded in 1977 by Dr. Wolfram Winkler. Together with his wife, he built up the company internationally and is active in over 30 countries. Both of them managed the business of WINKLER TECHNIK GmbH for many decades.
In the year 1980, Dr. Wolfram Winkler invented the U-Rail. He continuously searched for new, innovative products which he frequently launched on the market.
Read more in our next part of the “WINKLER TECHNIK history“ (turn of the millennium until now).
