manufacturer founded 1892 headquarters herford germany key people patrick heinen managing director products kitchen cabinets number of employees 500 2012 parent nobia website www.poggenpohl.com poggenpohl is the german branch of the swedish corporation nobia specializing in kitchen cabinets . in germany the facilities are located in herford germany . poggenpohl m belwerke claims to be the oldest kitchen brand in the world and one of the leading international brand names in kitchen design known in more than 70 countries worldwide . 1993 s foundations of corporate success describes it along with the luxurious manufacturer bulthaup as dominant in the high quality mass production kitchen furniture sector . 1 contents 1 history 2 achievements 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1892 the brand poggenpohl was established as a white lacquer furniture company founded by freidemir poggenpohl . poggenpohl was successful with introducing ergonomic work top heights and storage innovations aimed at improving the kitchen . 2 the poggenpohl kitchen 1892 in 1923 poggenpohl introduced a free standing commodious cupboard called the ideal which was also adopted by american cabinet manufacturer kitchen maid . the poggenpohl cupboard was the forerunner of the fitted kitchen in the era of the commodious cupboard . 3 the company continued to create new products and techniques ; in 1928 it introduced the reform kitchen a significant innovation in the industry and in 1930 it created the ten layer polished lacquer technique . 2 in 1950 poggenpohl was again an industry forerunner as it launched the first unit kitchen which has become the kitchen industry standard . these kitchens created in response to what poggenpohl saw as a desire for the modern in its customer base offered a continuous counter top workspace and wall units that matched . 4 as the product line evolved they replaced the traditional wooden knob handles of the cabinetry with inset strip laminate handles . 4 in 1970 poggenpohl authorizes its first dealer in the united states in barrington nj . av kitchens or av poggenpohl studio directly imports kitchens from poggenpohl ag for more than two decades under the auspices of dealer president stephen rabinowitz in cooperation with poggenpohl ag chief executive herr ludwig . in 1986 poggenpohl usa is formed in allandale nj as an arm of the manufacturer in the united states intended to facilitate communications and logistics of u.s. based orders into german manufacturing facilities . in 2004 poggenpohl introduced the first technology kitchen with entertainment and smart home technology and in 2007 poggenpohl introduced the first product brand kitchen with porsche design implementing the p 7340 porsche design kitchen . 2 achievements edit in 2009 poggenpohl ranked first among german kitchen manufacturers according to a survey undertaken by the munich brand agency brand rating on behalf of the journal wirtschaftswoche . detailed in this survey are the top 30 german manufacturers of luxury goods poggenpohl is an illustrious company on par with germany s most prestigious name brands like a. lange & s hne maybach glash tte and porsche . http www.brand rating.de cms images publikationen dl luxusmarken ergebnisse hintergrund 24.08.2009.pdf after being placed at the top of german luxury kitchen brands premium kitchen manufacturer poggenpohl from herford westphalia is the only german kitchen brand to be included in the standard work s brands of the century by publisher dr. florian langenscheidt . http www.marken des jahrhunderts.de references edit kay john anderson 1993 . foundations of corporate success how business strategies add value . oxford university press . p. 134 . isbn 0 19 828781 x. a b c poggenpohl kitchens home accessed 2009 02 24 freeman judith 2003 . the fitted kitchen a piece of twentieth century english cultural history . berg publishers . p. 42 . isbn 1 85973 699 8 . a b freeman 46 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to poggenpohl . poggenpohl kitchens home brand rating by wirtschaftswoche german brands of the century by publisher dr. florian langenscheidt retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title poggenpohl & oldid 689946109 categories kitchen manufacturerscompanies established in 1892furniture companies of germanygerman brandscompanies based in north rhine westphaliahidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran ais svenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 november 2015 at 10 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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