About us

Our company offers one of the widest ranges of folding rules and measuring tapes on the European market. The products focus on quality and serve the upper-middle to premium classes. Fair conditions and loyalty to the wholesale trade ensure long-term success for all market partners.

Our own plastic injection, production, pre-print, filter, pad and digital printing facilities ensure the highest level of flexibility for all customer wishes. Further development and innovation will continue to secure our company’s success- In partnership with our customers we constantly rely quality, flexibility and service.
Our history:

1920

Foundation of the company in Solingen by the brothers Karl and Richard Kuntze sen. .As a galvanization plant, at first Solingen tableware was finished there.

1937

Company expansion and production measuring tapes with automatic retraction.

1947

Start of tape exports to the America, France and Norway. Measuring tapes are at first marketed only as utility tools for industr , trade and skilled tradesmen.

1955

meterex produces the first measuring tape with advertising printing.

1966

Richard Kuntze, the son of the founder Richard Kuntze sen., becomes CEO. He concentrates the production of measuring tapes on the advertising articles and tools industries. Examples of meterex developments with world-wide impact are: Visita – the world-wide first of a measuring tape in the form of a visiting card; Bodyflex – a world-wide first body circumference measuring tape.  

1972

Awarded the first design prize for the measuring tape “Imperial”. Almost unchanged, this product is still in production today.It has become a bestseller and a classic.

1978

Production of first plastic spirit level

1990

Oliver Kuntze enters company. Extension of the range to include folding rules of wood and plastic.

1999

Firm’s headquarters move from Solingen to Langenfeld. Considerable extension of production and storage capacities.

2005

Oliver Kutze is appointed CEO.

2007

Awarded the first „Promotional Gifts Award“ in Germany.

2008

Introduction of digital printing technology for photographic quality printing on folding rules, measuring tapes, spirit levels and rulers.

2011

“Promotional Gift Award, category Innovative Products“ for Skoda wooden folding rule 4 m with one-sided section special print of company history.

2012

PromoFritz in Gold for advertising article of the year in Switzerland.Patented product: “Magnet Lifter for folding rules”.

2014

The world-wide first Measuring Torch receives following awards: Silver at the „Premiums“ in Belgium from the Belgium Association Promotional Products (BAPP): “Promotional Gift Award” in Germany. “PromoFRitz” in Gold for the “Promotional Article of the Year” in Switzerland from PromoSwiss Association at the Promotional Products Fair (PSF) 14 in Lucerne.

Karl Kuntze (GmbH & Co.)
Industriegebiet Ost
Poensgenstr. 17
D-40764 Langenfeld

Telefon: +49 (0) 2173 - 99 88 69-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 2173 - 99 88 69-9
E-Mail: meterex@meterex.com
Internet: www.meterex.com