114 years of Lupp
114 years ago, the history of our enterprise began: a small family operation, its first own horse and 10 employees. This was the cornerstone for a group of companies that has left its mark on our region to this every day. Today, with 850 employees, Lupp, is active internationally in all important markets in the world and a third generation stands for quality and competency in construction.
1910
Adolf Lupp becomes self-employed after completion of his two-year military service and registers a bricklayer business in Nidda at the Mühlstraße 24.
1912
Adolf Lupp passes his examination as a master craftsman to be able to train apprentices. A horse and cart are purchased to carry the necessary construction material.
1914
Start of World War I. Construction works are suspended since Adolf has been drafted as a soldier for four years.
1915
The son of the master bricklayer Adolf Lupp and his spouse Emma Lupp is born on 29 January, also named Adolf.
1918
Adolf Lupp returns from the War.
1919
Activities of the bricklaying business are continued, and the first apprentices are hired.
1921
The second son of Adolf and Emma Lupp, Karl Ludwig, is born on 14 April.
1923
Inflation period. Master mason Adolf Lupp supervises the construction of the District Office in Büdingen. Much money of little value is paid for construction work.
1926
Expansion of the machinery with a staff of 10 to 15.
1928
Start of initial construction activities for the paper mill in Ober-Schmitten.
1929
Construction of new residential buildings in Nidda and vicinity.
1932
High unemployment rate, public relief works in Nidda.
1934
Adolf Lupp, Jr., commences his studies at the Technische Hochschule (technical university) Darmstadt.
1935
Acquisition of the first own truck.
1937
The pre-war boom continues. There is a lot of activity at the troop exercise areas and on Harb’s military airport. The company employs already more than 100 workers.
1938
Karl Ludwig Lupp begins his academic studies as an engineer in Mainz.
1939
Adolf Lupp, Jr., is conscripted into the German army. Start of World War II.
1940
Karl Ludwig Lupp passes his examination as a civil engineer in Mainz, enters the armed forces and is in combat.
1943
Registration of the construction company Lupp in the Commercial Registry. Foundation of a branch in Frankfurt on the Main.
1944
Birth of Henning Lupp, son of Adolf, Jr., and Hildegard Lupp on 26 April. In the same year, Adolf Lupp, Jr., has been reported as missing in action.
1946
Karl Ludwig Lupp returns from the War unharmed and takes charge of the company’s Frankfurt branch.
1949
Lupp constructs large buildings, partially in the form of joint ventures.
1951
The constantly expanding contract volume demands more executive managers. Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Buss is appointed head of the Frankfurt branch; civil engineer Richard Müller is appointed Chief Construction Manager.
1952
The founder and senior partner Adolf Lupp dies after a brief illness. Karl Ludwig Lupp directs the vigorously expanding building firm; he is 31 years old. Erhard Ulrich joins the company as Commercial Director.
1953
The number of employees has risen to more than 200. Thomas, the son of Karl Ludwig Lupp and his wife Christa, is born. The business premises are transferred to Schloßgasse 34 in Nidda.
1956
Purchase of a property in Frankfurt for a new administrative building.
1959
Lupp construction company employs more than 500 people now.
1960
Lupp builds its first prestressed concrete bridge over the Nidder in Altenstadt. 50th anniversary of the Lupp construction firm.
1965
Founding of the Oberhessisches Spannbetonwerk GmbH subsidiary company. Construction of factory workshops and a prestressing line of 100 meters in length in Nidda-Harb.
1965
Dipl.-Ing. Richard Müller is appointed Technical Director. Erhard Ulrich is appointed Commercial Director.
1966
First major turnkey project in the form of construction of a secondary school in Büdingen.
1967
Construction of bridges and passages for the Frankfurt–Giessen–Siegen autobahn highway.
1969
Lupp constructs the largest chipboard plant in Europe for Hornitex in Nidda.
1970
he first in-house journal is published: “Unser Firmenspiegel” (Our Company Mirror).
1971
The first computer is utilised. Construction of another factory workshop for the production of prestressed ready-made bridge girders.
1972
The number of employees adds up to more than 700 now.
1972
Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Buss retires after 21 years of service. His successor at the Frankfurt branch is Dipl.-Ing. Horst Fleischer.
1975
Lupp moves into the new administrative building in Nidda-Harb. The Lupp company’s move from the historical centre area of Nidda is now concluded.
1978/79
First construction site abroad in Tobruk, Libya: a ship lifting system is built. Dipl.-Ing. Horst Fleischer is appointed Technical Director.
1982
Thomas Lupp commences working for Lupp after concluding his studies in civil engineering at the TH Darmstadt (technical university). A permanent office is established in Berlin.
1983
Opening of a branch office in Haiti. Foreign contracts are completed in Libya and Algeria.
1983
Henning Lupp, son of Adolf Lupp jun., engineer and graduate in business administration, joins the family firm. Thomas and Henning Lupp are appointed Directors. Ulla Lupp, graduate in business administration, starts her activity as a business economist.
1984/85
Shift of activities toward sewage plants and commercial housing construction.
1988
Sina and Yann, children of Thomas and Ulla Lupp, the 4th generation of the family company are born.
1990/91
Start of building activities in the new federal states in Eastern Germany. Opening of branches in Merseburg/Saxony-Anhalt and Gotha/Thuringia.
1991
Annex to the office building in Nidda-Harb, built owing to increased space requirement.
1993/94
Lupp obtains a contract for a ferroconcrete building in Ghana and is one of the biggest road builders in Ghana.
1995/96
Lupp is awarded the contract for a bridge made of pre-cast segments, the longest ever, at a length of 207 metres. More contracts abroad in El Salvador and Haiti. Dipl.-Ing. Hans Ritz is appointed Director.
1998
Senior partner Karl Ludwig Lupp dies after a brief illness, on 17 April. Founding of TLO GmbH.
1999
Lupp is awarded a 40 million DM contract in Belize (Central America) to plan a completely new town for 10,000 inhabitants and to carry out the complete infrastructure work. Stefan Hasenstab is hired as Controlling Manager and becomes the successor of the commercial signatory Fritz Ulbrich.
2000
TSO GmbH, a subsidiary of the Lupp group of companies, opens the “Sprit Point” petrol filling station.
2002
Founding of LBI Bau- und Immobilienmanagement GmbH (construction and property management). Execution of initial contracting commissions.
2004
Founding of Lupp Construction Romania S.R.L.
2005
Stefan Hasenstab is appointed Commercial Director.
2006
GFounding of Lupp Angola Lda. Opening of the branch office in Marktheidenfeld. Henning Lupp dies at the age of only 62.
2007
Lupp Project Transylvania S.R.L. starts operations in Cluj, Romania.
2008
Lupp Rohrleitungsbau GmbH with its headquarters in Frankfurt commences operations. Attorney Klaus Depold is appointed Director. Lupp is awarded the prize as “Training Company of the Year for 2008.”
2009
Founding of Lupp Middle East LLC in Oman in a partnership.
2010
Founding of VL Baumanagement GmbH in a joint venture with Volksbank Mittelhessen.
2010
Celebration on the occasion of the 100th anniversary.
2012
Foundation of Lupp International Qatar LLC
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