Search DE EN Home Industry Yacht Art About us Contact Figures Management Timeline Media PEOPLE, FACTS, AND FIGURES SALES AND PERSONNEL TRENDS 2019 COMPANY PERFORMANCE Company performance in 2019 was just under 52 million euros. EMPLOYEES Around 400 regular staff and 30 trainees currently work at Arnold AG. INVESTMENT RATIO The average investment ratio over the past ten years was ca. 4 percent of company performance. LIQUIDITY PROVISION Arnold AG operates on a sound financial basis, allowing it to make decisions quickly and get things done. THE ARNOLD AG BOARD The Arnold Board: Ingo Stemmer, Uwe Arnold (Chairman), Christoph Ebert Video Player 00:00 03:59 Click here to get to our YouTube channel of Arnold AG TIMELINE FROM 1924 TO TODAY 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 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 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 Arnold moves into the new state-of-the-art premises in Thuringia. The number of employees grows rapidly. 1998 Daimler Benz commissions Arnold to produce the first “Balloon Flower” for Jeff Koons. 1999 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 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 robot-assisted laser welding facility goes into operation. 2013 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 “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. 2024 Impossible? Only if you don’t believe in it: Arnold celebrates its 100th birthday. MEDIA PRESS CONTACT PRESS RELEASES PRESS REPORTS ABOUT ARNOLD DOWNLOADS metalligent ® MAGAZINE ARCHIVE CERTIFICATES FORMS | QUESTIONNAIRES TERMS AND CONDITIONS | CODE OF CONDUCT Back to top © 2021 Arnold Friedrichsdorf, Germany +49 61 72 765-0 info@arnold.de Instagram Pinterest LinkedIn Xing Imprint Privacy Statement Do you agree to the use of cookies? In order to optimize our content we would like to use Google Analytics to analyze your user behavior when you visit our website. By clicking on YES you give us your consent for us to do this. Information about Google Analytics can be found here. We do not use any other cookies or tracking technologies. Imprint Pricacy statement