History

Since its founding more than 170 years ago in Bell, the cradle of German oven construction, Karl Heuft GmbH has left behind many milestones in the industry.

Of the 36 oven makers that were producing ovens in Bell in 1935, only three remain.

HEUFT COMPANY HISTORY
1840 Company founded by Karl Heuft  
1946 Development of steam ovens (tube-heated)  
1963 Emergence of the brand name “Vulkan"  
1965 Hot gas circulation oven (cyclothermic oven)
Electric ovens (heated directly)		  
1968 Development of the VULKAN® thermal oil ovens  
1988 First Vulcan Thermo-Roll®  
1997 Concord® loading robot  
1998 First Vulcan tunnel oven®
First heat-integration system (WVS)		  
2000 First Vulcan® automatic pull-out oven
Vulkan Impact® reflow oven		  
2001 First automatic Thermo-Roll® system – box system  
2002 First Vulkan Thermo-Roll ® with three baking trolleys and automatic trolley drive
Multi-level conveyor oven type Vulkan Euroback®		  
2003 Vulcan Thermo-Roll® Compact (with integrated boiler)  
2004 Vulcan Thermo-Roll® (small version)  
2005 Emergence of the slogan: “Heuft, the Thermo-Oil People"             
2006 First Vulcan Thermo-Roll® with automated stone plate system  
2006 Establishing of HEUFT Thermo-Oel GmbH & Co. KG  
2007 Production halls and office extension  
2008 Heuft Energy
Heuft biomass boiler HKB		  
2009 Energy Management VTR Concord  
2010 170th Anniversary  


 

NUMBER OF OVEN MANUFACTUERERS IN BELL
1935 36
1949 29
1955 14
1990 2
2010 3