Company - Insights

Company - Insights

Customers worldwide recognise us as a leading manufacturer of van racking, workstation systems and workplace storage equipment. They use our innovative product lines in all areas of their businesses.

The compatibility that exists between the various bott product ranges offers you a unique interaction between all aspects of your working world.

With production facilities in Germany, the UK and Hungary, as well as other sales and distribution organisations in France, Austria, Denmark and Italy, we boast an extensive service network.

Working with licensed manufacturing partners and importers around the world, we cater to your individual local needs - from consultation, through planning to installation.

The headquarters of the bott Group are in Germany. This is where we gather data and customer feedback from all markets. We use these experiences to help us constantly innovate in order to help you build the ideal environment in which to increase efficiency in your day-to-day work.

Product ranges that exist as part of a wider fully compatible product family offer the highest levels of planning flexibility and future expansion opportunities. From van racking to workplace storage equipment - we are your one-stop shop for craft, trade and industry.

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Group management committee

The bott managing directors have joint strategic and operational responsibility for the areas of development, production, sales, personnel and finance throughout all bott companies. Within the local companies, they are supported by additional members of the management.

After the bott family business was managed by its owners during the first 74 years of its company history, the shareholders transferred the management of the group of companies to the CEOs Dr. Reinhard Wollermann-Windgasse and Clive Woodward in 2004.

Jan Willem Jongert joined the Bott Group in January 2018 as CEO and chairman of the group management committee. In this position, he succeeds Dr. Wollermann-Windgasse, who retired  from his position.

René Leroux is the new member of the group management committee, alongside Jan Willem Jongert, as of 1 November 2022. As Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mr Leroux takes over from Clive R. Woodward, who retired at the end of August of the same year after 35 years with the Bott Group.

Jan Willem Jongert

CEO and chairman of the group management committee

Jan Willem Jongert

CEO and chairman of the group management committee

bott is extremely well prepared for healthy growth. We are the specialists in the premium segment in future, too, and an expert system solutions partner for our customers in the workstations segment – both mobile and stationary.

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René Leroux

COO and member of the group management committee

René Leroux

COO and member of the group management committee

Change needs courage –  what’s really exiting, when you have a team of people bringing potential to life and accomplish individual, intelligent and innovative products & services. bott turns for almost 100 years its experience into high quality products for its customers and partners.

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Objectives

As a long-standing global partner, we offer consistently high-quality products, services and solutions at an excellent price/performance ratio, enabling exceptional customer experiences.

In a networked world, we offer intelligent workplace and mobility solutions for business people and organisations seeking greater operational efficiency, or simply looking to make better use of space.

To this end, we combine our high-quality and innovative products and services with new technologies, creating market-leading integrated solutions based on a well-founded understanding of customer needs.

n a rapidly changing world, we need to be agile and flexible. In a dynamic environment, we are constantly learning, operating at an international level and developing new things. This enables our employees and other stakeholders to play a part in our shared success, and even benefit from the results themselves.

We strive to be a great employer and support our employees to further develop and unfold their full potential. We encourage entrepreneurial spirit and value the advantages of very varied experiences.

As a family company, we are founded on a solid basis, act responsibly, are conscious of quality and the environment, and plan for the long-term. We are committed to the careful use of resources of all kinds. We increase corporate value and at the same time make a positive contribution to society. Our compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations goes without saying.

History

1930

Foundation

Wilhelm Bott founded a mechanical workshop in a mill near Gaildorf 

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1969

new product line: workshop equipment

The workshop equipment range is launched

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1976

bott in France

Bott SAS in France is opened.

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1980

bott in Great Britain

Bott Ltd. in England is opened.

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1998

new product line: workplace systems

A range of workstation and assembly line furniture is launched.

2000

Launch of bott vario

bott launched the bott vario product line in the van racking section.

2004

Launch of the uno product line

The uno vehicle storage system brand is launched.

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2006

Launch of the modulo product line

The modulo vehicle storage system brand is launched.

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2008

Launch of the product line cubio

The cubio range of workplace equipment is launched

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2010

Launch of the bott vario2 product line

The bott vario2 product line in the van racking sector is launched.

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2011

bott receives award

bott vario awarded the If Design award and the Red Dot award

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2013

Launch of the product line avero

  • Launch of the bott avero workstation system.
  • In Germany, the northern branch is opened in Glinde near Hamburg.
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2019

Launch of the bott vario3 product line

The bott vario3 product line in the the van racking sector is launched.

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2020

bott is awarded

The bott vario3 product line, launched the year before, receives the iF Design Award.

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2021

Acquisition of ELABO GmbH

The Bott Group takes over ELABO GmbH and thus gains a strong partner. In addition, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new installation center in Gaildorf takes place in the same year.

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2022

Launch of the bott uno3 product line in the United Kingdom

bott uno3 is added to the van racking portfolio in the United Kingdom.

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