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COVER STORY
Otto Golze, Emmerthal (Germany)
Golze: Celebrating 150 years
Golze is not just a carpet and flooring wholesaler but a family firm celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2023! This occasion is accompanied by a top management shift as part of a realignment to enhance productivity and ensure the company’s success going forward. Carpet Home met with sales veteran and managing director Carsten Gähle, shareholder and managing director Ekkehart Golze and the firm’s new CEO Florian Müller to talk about today’s market and the current outlook.
Formally named Otto Golze GmbH & Söhne, the company was founded in 1873, as indicated in its logo, and that means 2023 is the big 150th birthday of the enterprise. Majority-owned by one family since its beginnings, the firm has been based in the town of Emmerthal, Lower Saxony, since 1994. The location features good transport access for the large warehouse, mod- ern logistics department and order picking & packing operations maintained there. Just over 120 employees currently work at the site, some of whose parents worked for Golze before them,
and the company has a field sales team of eight out covering the market.
Portfolio and speciality items
Area rugs are the main product of full-range sup- plier Golze alongside a variety of doormats/en- trance mats, natural fibre floor coverings, bath mats, stair mats and aluminium profile systems. The company’s carpet range spans the propri- etary label Astra and two licensed brands: Joop! and Schöner Wohnen-Kollektion, the latter
CARSTEN GÄHLE
FLORIAN MÜLLER
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EKKEHART GOLZE