A success story spanning more than 150 years

Since its establishment in 1865, Kirsch has been a family-run company. Over generations, we gained experience in cooling solutions. Therfore, the product range has been extended and its technical development linked closely to state-of-the-art technologies. The high-quality KIRSCH refrigerators and freezers are used around the globe - in pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, blood banks, institutes and laboratories.

1865

Establishment as a coppersmith's workshop by Philipp Kirsch

1901

Manufacturing of cooling cylinder (natural ice) for beer and stainless steel drop-in bassin

1927

Starting as an industrial factory

1929

Bottled beer devices made of galvanised sheet steel

1956

The first compressor-cooled refrigerator and extension of the product range

1960er

Commerical cooling devices bottle refrigerators

1970er

Pharmaceutical Refrigerators

1980er

Blood Bank- and Pharmaceutical Refrigerators

1990er

Blood Plasma freezers, Blood Bank- and Pharmaceutical Refrigerators

2000

Updating and expansion at the plant in Offenburg

2017

Moving into our new location in Wilstätt

2024

Strategic alliance between two quality leaders. Hettich successfully completes takeover of Kirsch