History

D. Lechner GmbH is founded in Forstinning near Munich with a focus on the sale of kitchen accessories. In the early days, the business is largely run from the garage at Günter Lechner's home.

Start of the manufacture of laminate worktops in a considerable range of designs, which no other company in the kitchen industry could offer at that time.

Relocation to Rothenburg ob der Tauber with a production area of 18,000m² to enable production of laminate and solid wood products.

Foundation of Lechner Holding AG.

The production area is more than doubled to 40,000m². Leropal GmbH is founded with a focus on laminate coating and postforming.

To meet the strong demand for Lechner worktops and minimise transport damage, our in-house forwarding company Lerotrans GmbH is founded in 2002.

In the same year, solid surface is added to Lechner's product range.

The demand for worktops is also increasing in the Eastern European market – Lechner Hungary Kft. is founded in 2004.

In the same year, quartz stone is introduced as the company's first stone-like material.

Lechner is among the first companies to use glass as a material for worktops and supplies matching, individually printed kitchen back walls. From 2008, the latter are optimised using a specially developed printing technology.

Another innovation in the kitchen market – ceramics are introduced as a robust material for worktops.

To meet growing demand in the Scandinavian market, especially in the field of wood-based materials, Lechner Svenska Holding AB is founded in 2012 and a factory is opened in Sweden.

With the introduction of our robust and innovative Compact material with its striking black board core, a high-quality alternative to laminate has been offered since 2014.

Introduction of the materials natural stone and Brilliant line, and expansion of the total production area to over 90,000m².

Introduction of "Wulli" as a brand ambassador for Lechner, the inspirational lifestyle brand, and launch of a large-scale brand campaign including TV adverts.

The integration of new printing presses for glass ensures consistently high quality. In addition, the innovative Switchy product is launched – an interchangeable LED glass frame developed and patented by Lechner.

Introduction of the material Dekton^®. It is composed of more than 20 natural minerals and is an ultra-compact surface from Cosentino.

In this successful year, Lechner achieved third place in the "Kitchen Accessories" category for its patented Switchy glass change frame, making it one of the winners of the 12th BMK Innovation Award.

New perspectives were created through interdisciplinary cooperation with COLORNETWORK^®. Here, the new decors be rooted!^® and feel jade!^® were able to expand the glass product area.

The plant in Hungary has moved from the town of Tát to the Hungarian town of Akácos. The move allows for larger and modern production as well as optimal connectivity.

In March, Lechner was taken over by the Livos Group. Florian Mitzscherlich was appointed as the new managing director.