Tool wholesaler with occupational safety, workshop and storage equipment, plus repairs in its own workshop

G.F. Lotter GmbH

Neutraubling · NurembergNew on Amplifa

1886Founded

>25Employees (2017)

2Locations in Germany

6Field sales staff (2017)

About G.F. Lotter

G.F. Lotter GmbH is an owner-managed family business headquartered in Neutraubling, tracing back to a hardware store founded in Nuremberg in 1886. The company operates as a specialist wholesaler for tools, occupational safety, and workshop and storage equipment; its product range includes, among other things, hand tools, drilling, cutting and machining tools, electric, cordless and pneumatic tools, measuring tools, fastening technology, welding technology and construction equipment from renowned manufacturers such as Milwaukee, Bosch, Ridgid, Fein, Flex, Gedore, Roller, Testo and Eibenstock. Target groups include metal construction, assembly, carpentry, industry, plumbing, heating and HVAC, civil and structural engineering, and drilling operations. In addition, G.F. Lotter offers consulting through its field sales team, workshop equipment tailored to customer needs, repairs in its own workshop and its own online shop. At the headquarters in Neutraubling with its extension building completed in 2016 and at the service and sales branch in Nuremberg, more than 25 employees were employed in 2017, six of them in field sales; goods can be collected at both locations.

Site: Neutraubling
Processes: Repairs in its own workshop, Field sales/on-site consulting, Workshop equipment tailored to customer needs, Online shop
Founded: 1886
Employees: >25
Industries: Metal construction, Assembly, Carpentry, Industry, Plumbing/Heating/HVAC, Civil and structural engineering

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Consulting by specialist staff and field sales on-site at the customer
02
Procurement of branded tools and workshop equipment
03
Warehousing at the Neutraubling and Nuremberg locations
04
Repairs in its own workshop
05
Distribution via online shop, collection at both locations

Locations

Neutraubling

Headquarters with tool trading, online shop and own repair workshop

Nuremberg

Service and sales branch

Example Products

**Wide-span shelving, galvanized**Workshop and storage equipment · Metal construction

**Boltless shelving set, galvanized**Storage equipment · Industry

**Heavy-duty Euro container made of PP**Workshop equipment · Assembly

**Ratchet plastic shear RC 2375**Plumbing tools · Plumbing/Heating/HVAC

**Milwaukee M18TLED-0 work light**Cordless tools · Construction

Inside the production

Industries

Metal constructionAssemblyCarpentryIndustryPlumbing/Heating/HVACCivil and structural engineeringDrilling operations

Additional services

Repairs in its own workshopField sales/on-site consultingWorkshop equipment tailored to customer needsOnline shop

Company History

1886
Founded by Georg Friedrich Lotter as a hardware store at Bergstraße 22 in Nuremberg
1900
Growth at the beginning of the 20th century and distribution of the protected own brand NORIS locks; son Ludwig Lotter joins the company
1913
Move to the property at Füll 12 in Nuremberg
1933
Death of the founder; conversion into a GmbH with a focus as a specialized tool store
1945
After the Second World War, continuation as a wholesale business for tools and machines
1976
Management taken over by the third generation with Ilse and Karl-Friedrich Müller-Lotter
1984
Foundation of G.F. Lotter GmbH in Neutraubling by Ralph Udo Lotter, the fourth generation
1990
Relocation of the Nuremberg company from the old town to the north of the city
2000
Focus on new target groups in the fields of metal construction, assembly, carpentry and industry
2005
Expansion of the product range with the BASIC catalog in the field of workshop equipment
2013
Launch of the online offensive with its own shop
2014
Opening of the service and sales branch in Nuremberg on Nordring
2016
Completion of the extension building in Neutraubling
2017
More than 25 employees, 6 of them in field sales