Farben Heckmeier, Inhaber Robert Heckmeier

About Farben Heckmeier

Farben Heckmeier is a wholesale and retail business for paints, lacquers and painters' supplies based in Gersthofen near Augsburg. The third-generation family business supplies painting and varnishing contractors as well as retail customers with interior and façade paints, lacquers, glazes, renders/plasters, products for full thermal insulation (ETICS), wallpapers, decorative mouldings, floor coverings, tools and painter's machines. The core service is the colour mixing service: with five computer-controlled colour mixing systems – including those for Caparol, Sigma/Gori, Euro Top, Profi-Tec, Zero and einzA – individual colour shades from over 500,000 nuances are mixed directly on site, among others in façade paints, interior paints, lacquers, glazes and coatings. The offering also includes the sale with demonstration of GRACO airless equipment as well as advice on material selection for painting, wallpapering and varnishing work. Since 4 December 2017, the store with warehouse has been located at Henleinstr. 33 in the new industrial estate at the B2 Bergstraße exit in Gersthofen.

Site

Gersthofen

Processes

Colour mixing systems / colour mixing service (5 computer-controlled systems), Advice for painting, wallpapering and varnishing work, Wholesale and retail, Sale with demonstration of GRACO airless equipment

Certificates

ISO 9001

Founded

1978

Employees

5

Industries

Painting and varnishing trades, Craft businesses, Retail customers, Construction sector

1. 01

   Advice on material selection

2. 02

   Colour mixing service (computer-controlled colour mixing)

3. 03

   Wholesale and retail sales

4. 04

   Demonstration and sale of airless equipment

Location

Gersthofen

DE

Retail store and warehouse (wholesale and retail)

Materials

Paints, lacquers, glazes, renders/plasters, wallpapers, floor coverings, tools, machines

• 5 computer-controlled colour mixing systems (Caparol, Sigma, Euro Top, Profi-Tec, Zero, einzA)
• Colour measuring device
• GRACO airless equipment for demonstration

Inside the production

1 Anlagen & Maschinen

Quality

History

1. 1978

   Helmut Heckmeier takes over the Thaler company at Schubertstraße 36 in Gersthofen

2. 1988

   Robert Heckmeier (second generation) joins the business

3. 1995

   Expansion: external warehouse on Bozener Straße

4. 2001

   Robert Heckmeier takes over management

5. 2002

   Merger of retail store and external warehouse on Beethovenstraße

6. 2014

   Marco Heckmeier (third generation) joins

7. 2017

   Relocation to Henleinstr. 33 in Gersthofen (04.12.2017)

8. 2022

   Tim Heckmeier (third generation) joins