KNOBLOCH - Mailboxes since 1869

KNOBLOCH was founded in 1869 as a sheet metal plumbing company in Döbeln and is still a family business today, which still uses the original company premises. Many different metal products have been manufactured since the company was founded – and the letter box was there from the very beginning.

A growing company

Founded in 1869, we are the oldest mailbox manufacturer still in production in Germany and offer consulting expertise in the areas of mailboxes and mailbox systems. As the only full-range supplier in this segment, we are the third-largest manufacturer of mailbox systems on the German market.

Our range is rounded off by accessories such as doorbell elements, house numbers and outdoor lights – a complete range of products for the entrance area. With our products, we at KNOBLOCH stand for the highest quality made in Germany and a high degree of flexibility with regard to the requirements of our customers. Customised products are part of the everyday life of our traditional company.

In 2002, we were still manufacturing our products with 30 employees on the company premises founded in 1869. Today, 200 employees work at two production sites in Döbeln and a branch in Berlin. Our letterboxes are supplied to many European countries, Japan, Canada and the USA.

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The company began with the production of infrared radiators and railway radiators, and later made the pioneering decision to manufacture letterboxes and mailbox systems. This decision was largely determined by the needs of the market, but the return to the roots of the company was also of great importance, and we look back with pride on what we have achieved and look forward to the challenges and successes to come!

We look back on an eventful company history characterised by wars, inflation and losses. But also through strength and willpower and ultimately through faith in the company and its continued existence. It is thanks to Erika and Reinhard Kolbe in particular that Max Knobloch Nachf. GmbH still exists today. Thanks to their efforts, the company, which had been nationalised and expropriated in the 1970s, was reprivatised with the political change in 1990.

After the reprivatisation, the Kolbe couple were faced with the question of the existential reorientation of the company. The beginning was difficult and demanded a willingness to take risks and drive from the new entrepreneurs and the workforce at the time. With the existing sheet metal processing machines and the paint shop as well as the support of the highly motivated workforce, the foundations were laid for the company’s continuous development.