Yesterday

1899

Foundation of Märkische Nietenfabrik Trappe & Hohage. It manufactured wire and hot forged rivets.

1920

Expansion of the product range by including cold forged rivets.

1956

The Hohage family left the company.

From 1969 onwards

Enhancement of the production portfolio by cold forged parts with subsequent machining.

Since 1970

Hans Röttger Trappe, last member of the founding family, took over the management from his father Gustav Trappe.

Development of the tool design and construction departments.

Our product range predominantly consist of cold forged parts manufactured in combined processes with supplementary machining.

1993

The company’s name was changed to MN Kaltformteile Märkische Nietenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG.

Joachim Menke and Jürgen Gundermann were appointed as Managing Directors.

2006

Construction of a new production facility and relocation of operations to the new premises

2010

Hardy Gundermann, Volker Wolf and Martin Dreker become shareholder of the company.

2012

Hardy Gundermann is appointed Technical Managing Director.

2016

Additional plot of land was bought (with 20,000 sqm)

2017

Certification to DIN ISO 14001

Jürgen Gundermann’s 50th company anniversary at MN

Change in the shareholder structure