1992
Specialisation
Euro pallet production begins. Reusable, exchangeable pallets in the 800 × 1,200 mm size only, ever since.
Company
History
Josef Falkenhahn founded a joinery in Geisa in 1932. More than ninety years later, up to ten million euro pallets a year leave the same company site – including the world’s first wooden pallet with series-fitted RFID technology. The stages in between:
From a joinery to a pallet works
1932
Josef Falkenhahn founds a joinery
1977
Edmund Falkenhahn, the founder’s son, takes over the joinery
1991
Move to the present company site outside the village
06/1992
Euro pallet production begins; the company is renamed E. & A. Falkenhahn OHG
1992–2000
Continuous expansion of production capacity
11/2000
Falkenhahn AG is founded
01/2001
Falkenhahn AG takes over the entire business operation
2001–2008
Step-by-step build-up as a high-capacity pallet manufacturer
2006
100 % quality guarantee on MFH capability for every single pallet
01/2008
ISO certification
03/2008
Production of WORLD brand euro pallets starts – after 16 years under EPAL licence
08/2008
Drying plant capacity extended
10/2010
The “resale instead of exchange” concept is nominated by the BME as an innovative logistics solution
03/2012
Adoption of the GS1 quality classes for pallet exchange
09/2012
The first RFID pallet – first manufacturer worldwide with a series-fitted transponder inside the wood
09/2013
Entry in the German Packaging Award 2013 with the wooden RFID exchange pallet
02/2015
First euro pallet with a temperature logger launched (ThermoLog)
03/2016
First euro pallet with a shock logger launched (ShockLog)
03/2017
First euro pallet with shock and temperature logger launched (KombiLog)
2017
25 years of euro pallet production
09/2017
Falkenhahn AG becomes a GS1 Germany Solution Partner
03/2018
10 years of producing and selling WORLD brand euro pallets
10/2018
Independent external monitoring of the WORLD euro pallet by TÜV Thüringen
02/2019
WORLD RFID pallets with wireless RFID technology
Three turning points
What set the direction
2008
Own brand
After 16 years under EPAL licence, the switch to the exclusive WORLD licence – aligning with international markets.
2012
World first
The first manufacturer to integrate an RFID transponder invisibly and as standard into a wooden euro pallet.