About Häfele

Häfele is an experienced specialist for intelligent hardware and fitting systems, lighting and electronic access control systems. The company's history goes back to the year 1923 in Germany, where everything started and developed rapidly – and globally. Today, customers from more than 150 countries around the world rely on Häfele's expertise. More than 8,100 employees and 38 subsidiaries. along with numerous other representatives around the world make Häfele the global player it has become. Despite a strong international focus and worldwide networking, Häfele has always been rooted locally, which is demonstrated in its distinct regional presence. This benefits our customers, not least in the form of individual and personal support.

Our claim

High quality standards, customer proximity and lived values are our formula for satisfied customers and relationships built on trust. Our long company history also reveals how Häfele has always evolved as times change. "Thinking ahead" and customer orientation have become part of the Häfele DNA and what we expect of ourselves.

Our customers

Häfele serves various customer segments with its wide range of over 150,000 articles, numerous innovative in-house product developments and versatile services. In Germany, the offer is aimed at tradespeople. Private customers can contact a Häfele joinery / carpentry partner they trust or a Häfele Partner Shop in the vicinity.

Serving the trades, especially supplying carpentry and joinery materials, is a matter close to our hearts. From the assembly company to the integrated project fitter – Häfele offers carpenters / joiners sophisticated product solutions and services close to the customer. From marketing aids to logistics, Häfele supports its customers throughout the entire value chain. Digitalisation is also an essential factor here, because with the help of our consultant tools and configurators, even sophisticated projects can be easily implemented and processed.

The comprehensive 360° comprehensive project solutions and product-independent advice make Häfele a popular partner in construction projects. Häfele supports architects, builders, operators, specialist planners, general contractors and fabricators with its expertise and wide range of products in all aspects of doors and furniture, from initial planning, through tendering and execution, right up to ongoing operation. Everything from a single source and the same specialist contacts throughout.

The furniture industry is driven by time and budget pressures, significant planning and coordination expenses, volume fluctuations and rapidly changing trends. Häfele counters this with a broadly based service package, an extensive standard range and innovative product developments. Even customised product solutions are available on request. This combination makes Häfele the ideal contact for industrial customers.

Our Dealer market segment serves both national and international partners in ensuring the supply of fittings to fabricators. Our experience as a trading company benefits our partners in several ways. You get access to an outstanding range of products, excellent logistics performance and benefit from extensive and sophisticated marketing support. This helps our Partner Shops to create a professional service profile and thus a clear competitive advantage in their market environment.

Maximising the value of space. Together.

Our philosophy – what motivates us.

Our goal is to develop livable and sustainable spatial concepts for the living and working environments of tomorrow. We are fully committed to this. In close collaboration with our partners, we focus on resource-efficient and multifunctional solutions that offer the highest level of comfort.

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Company management

Management of the Häfele Group

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Häfele – Company portrait

Over the last 100 years, the German family owned and operated company has grown from a local speciality store for joinery needs into a company with global operations. Now 38 subsidiaries and many additional dealerships belong to the Häfele Group.

Facts and figures

Häfele employs more than 8,000 employees worldwide and looks after more than 160,000 customers. These include customers from the furniture industry, dealers, joiners and cabinet makers, as well as architects, planners and property developers.