Knowledge and growth
1930 | Josef Schulte founds a carpentry shop in Meiste. |
1954 | The company makes parquet flooring for the first time. |
1972 | Johannes Schulte takes over the business and develops the first ceiling edging in the same year. |
1980 | The company has 19 employees and celebrates its 50th anniversary. |
1986 | The first room-length panel is presented. |
1993 | Three products are awarded the „Blue Angel“ for the first time. |
1994 | The new seminar centre is opened. |
1999 | Presentation of the first „silent“ laminate flooring. |
2000 | The first click-in cork flooring is introduced. The company has 540 employees. |
2001 | Click-in linoleum flooring is first introduced. |
2002 | Anja Schulte founds Schulte Räume, a company whose brand stands for furnishings. |
2003 | The first click-in HDF parquet floor is introduced. |
2006 | MEISTER-Leisten Schulte GmbH and Schulte Räume GmbH & Co. KG merge to form MeisterWerke Schulte GmbH. MeisterWerke grows to over 600 employees. |
2008 | MeisterWerke presents its many innovations at the ‘MeisterMesse’ trade fair.These include the revolutionary Masterclic Plus click system. |
2009 | MeisterWerke expands its management team. With Johannes Schulte, Guido Schulte and Ludger Schindler, the company now has three Managing Directors. |
2010 | MeisterWerke celebrates its 80th anniversary. The new Masterclic Plus generation is used in almost all floors from MeisterWerke. |