Gebr. Hartkopf GmbH & Co. KG
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
We, Gebrüder Hartkopf GmbH & Co. KG, were founded in 1872 by brothers Carl and August Hartkopf. Initially, we produced blanks for knives before specializing in hand tools and machine components. Today, we offer a wide range of products for various industries. Our company has continuously evolved: In 1888, we moved to our current location on Bismarckstraße, and in 1890, we began developing our own production machines. In the 1970s, we shifted our production from cutlery to hand tools. In the 1990s, we modernized our tool manufacturing with CAD/CAM systems and HSC milling techniques.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as manufacturer; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Role not established by any record
- Location
- Solingen, Germany
- Founded
- 1872 (from our catalogue record; not confirmed by the company or by a state register)
- Website
- hartkopf.de
- Categories
- Automotive Tools & Equipment
- Markets
- Germany
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What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 1 official record from 1 official source is on file. 2 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. Screened by name only: no legal entity is established for this record, so this is not a clearance. checked 2026-08-16. OpenSanctions
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. Screened by name only: no legal entity is established for this record, so this is not a clearance. checked 2026-08-16. OpenSanctions
- EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-18. VIES (European Commission)
Claimed certifications, not confirmed by us
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)
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