History

2020

70 years of Kempf! Anniversary tour: Our salespeople were on tour across Germany with a semi-circular steel body and an aluminum box body.

2018

Company anniversary KEMPF – Vehicle Repair – GmbH.

2017

Manuel Kempf is appointed to the management board.

2015

Construction of another hall with side wall production and a machining center for machining technology.

2014

Daniel Dressler (grandson of the company founder) is appointed to the management board.

The production area is expanded, construction of another production hall with portal welding system and welding robot.

2010

Expansion of the production halls by building a modern hall for chassis production with blasting hall and paint shop.

2008

The factory in Bad Marienberg becomes the new company headquarters.

2007

New construction of another production hall and purchase of additional industrial space.

2006

Acquisition of a plot of land with a hall in the industrial area of Bad Marienberg.

1995

The sons Norbert and Heinz Kempf take over the management.

1993

Founding of a subsidiary in Kowary (Poland).

1992

New construction of a cutting hall and a modern blasting system with suction device and blasting agent processing.

1980

In the middle of the 80’s construction of another production hall.

1978

In order to improve the service for commercial vehicles, the company KEMPF Vehicle Repair GmbH was founded.

1972

The continuous upward development brought with it a conversion and further expansion of the production building with paint shop.

1963

Construction of the first production and repair hall.

1951

Walter Kempf specialized in new developments and gave up the conversions.

1950

The company Fahrzeugbau Kempf was founded on April 15, 1950 in Langenbach.
Walter Kempf, a trained blacksmith, bought old pre-war cars and used them to build agricultural tractors. With his manual skills and great wealth of ideas, he was very successful and the demand for his vehicles was very high.

Bad Marienberg – our home in the Westerwald

Individual customer orientation and the knowledge of the importance of service have been the focus of the company philosophy from the very beginning.

This attitude has proven to be the key driver of success to this day.

Company founder Walter Kempf

First KEMPF employees at the forge.

First KEMPF trailer

The sons of the company founder Heinz and Norbert Kempf.