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100 Years of Marquardt – Open House Day

We warmly welcome you to our headquarters in Rietheim-Weilheim on May 18, 2025, between 11 am and 5 pm!

Celebrate with us!

It is a milestone in our company history: We are celebrating 100 years of Marquardt! We would like to invite you to our headquarters in Rietheim-Weilheim on our open house day in 2025.

What began as a two-man start-up in the Roaring Twenties has now become a global company. Over the last century, Marquardt has developed into a pioneer for the world of tomorrow.

Experience our innovative strength, get to know us as a training company and spend an exciting day with us with your family and friends!
We look forward to meeting you.

More about our company history

Getting to our Headquarters

Whether you are traveling to us by car, bicycle or train: We have taken precautions for all road users, as we expect a high volume of traffic and a total of around 10,000 guests. Please inform yourself in advance about our offers for the respective means of transport. This page will be continuously updated so that you can access all important information here at any time. 

Parking Lots & Shuttle Service

Are you traveling by car? Then take a look at our interactive map in advance to get an overview of the parking options. Unfortunately, we cannot provide sufficient parking spaces in Rietheim-Weilheim. To ensure that you arrive safely and comfortably, we will designate additional parking areas in the surrounding area on the day of the event. We will also set up a shuttle service to take you directly to our company premises. The individual stops are marked on the map: The first buses will start their tours at 10:30 a.m. at the stops Hermann-Winker-Straße, Spaichingen, and Rudolf-Diesel-Straße, Tuttlingen, in the direction of Rietheim-Weilheim. From then on, they will run every half hour between our event site in Rietheim and the final stops. Please note that we cannot guarantee departure times. There may be delays depending on traffic conditions. In the evening, the last buses will depart from Rietheim-Weilheim at 5:30 p.m.

Bicycle Parking

We have plenty of space for bicycles. Please park your bike only in the designated areas. We have also marked these in the interactive map. In addition, we set up signage on the day of the event.

Special Trains

To ease the parking situation, we would be pleased if you would travel by train! For more flexibility, the Ringzug is offering special trips on May 18. Instead of every two hours, the train will run every hour on the day of the event, so that you can travel flexibly to and from the event.

Ringzug Schedule for May 18, 2025

Das Event-Gelände im Überblick

You can download our site map below (available in German only):

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Insights into Production & Innovation

Discover the Future at Your Fingertip!

Do you want to see what the car of tomorrow will look like today? Or discover how our products make household appliances smarter, safer and more sustainable?

At our open house day, we invite you to immerse yourself in the world of cutting-edge technologies: from intelligent controls to battery and hydrogen solutions, sensors and switches to innovative access and driving authorization systems.

Visit our Development and Innovation Center, test our products on interactive demonstrators and take an exclusive look at our production. Our experts will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

Come by – discover, try out, be inspired!

Further Tours and Stations on the Grounds

Prototyping

During a tour of the prototyping department, our colleagues demonstrate the 3D printer, CNC milling machines and other innovations.

Test Laboratory

Our products have to pass various stress tests in our testing and inspection laboratories. Take a look at how our colleagues use X-ray technology or color spectra for this purpose.

Metal Part Manufacturing

You will gain insights into the punching shop and can have a small souvenir made. 

Plastics Production

At the technical center, you can take a direct look at the inner workings of one of our injection molding tools. Our colleagues will answer all your questions about the complexity of toolmaking and will make small gifts for our guests. 

MARQ4 Automation

The technology company MARQ4 Automation develops highly automated assembly and testing systems – customized for manufacturers in industries such as automotive, electronics, medical technology and others.

E&C Testlab

With the E&C Testlab, we operate an environmental laboratory and service center for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. It supports our customers in developing products that are both compliant and free from interference.

Kristronics

Kristronics is an independent subsidiary of the Marquardt Group that develops and manufactures electronic and mechatronic assemblies for customers in the mobile solutions, medical technology, industrial applications and automotive industries.

Production of Automotive Systems

Take a walk along our production lines for the automotive industry and see how robots and humans work together.

Logistics

Our logistics team coordinates material flows and requirements, ensuring that the production process runs smoothly. During our tour, our colleagues will show you how they pull the strings in purchasing, scheduling and sales. 

Stage Program

Harry Zepf is the singer of the cover rock band White Eagle, but for the open house, he will be performing as a solo artist. The musician will present songs from the past decades in the genres of pop, rock and country. 

The band members of ABBAmaniac slip into the roles of the Swedish cult band. With costumes true to the original and a light show, they revive the hits of ABBA.

Harry Zepf is the singer of the cover rock band White Eagle, but for the open house, he is performing as a solo artist. The musician presents songs from the past decades, including pop, rock, and country.

The band members of ABBAmaniac slip into the roles of the Swedish cult band. With costumes true to the original and a light show, they revive the hits of ABBA.

EdelRock promises elegant outfits with a rocking sound! The band celebrates party rock music and covers songs from past decades to current hits. 

Dance Explosion is part of the Denkingen Carnival Club. The show dance group consists of around 30 members aged between 16 and 40 and performs every year at various stages and competitions in the region.

The Marquardt company band, led by Karl Jung, provides brass music for many of our company parties. The group is made up of members from different departments and age groups. 

Twirling-Sport e.V. MMC is based in Villingen-Schwenningen and is part of the German Dance Sport Association. Twirling sport combines elements of dance, ballet and gymnastics. It is all about a metal stick with rubber caps that is an increasingly integral part of the dancers' choreographies.

The Rietheim Choir is almost as old as Marquardt. It is organized into different groups. On open house day, the project choir will perform under the direction of Rieke Efinger. It is composed of singers aged 15 and up.

The Rietheim Choir is almost as old as Marquardt. It is organized into different groups. On open house day, the project choir will perform under the direction of Rieke Efinger. It is composed of singers aged 15 and up.

The STARDUST show dance group was established in 2018. Celine Schuhmacher, Doreen Schuhmacher and Ricarda Kupferschmid train and present show dance choreographies with around 20 dancers aged between 11 and 15. They regularly make it onto the winners' podium at competitions.

Whether classical or contemporary music: the program of the Musikverein Rietheim-Weilheim has something for everyone. The Musikverein brings together brass musicians between the ages of 16 and 80. Kletus Cologna conducts the musicians.

  • 11:30 am: Protestant kindergarten (songs)
     
  • 12:00 pm: Kindergarten am Faulenbach (songs)
     
  • 12:30 pm: 3rd grade elementary school Rietheim-Weilheim (dance)
     
  • 13:00 to 15:00 pm: Crash course Maxxdance Tuttlingen 
    Learn a simple choreography and perform it live on stage!
     
  • 15:30 pm: Magic with Pfiffikus (magic show)
     
  • 16:00 pm: Punch and Judy show
     
  • 16:30 pm: Dance performances by the TG Tuttlingen children's and youth group 
     
  • 16:50 pm: Punch and Judy show

Diversity & Commitment at Marquardt

Our corporate culture is characterized by community. The open house is therefore supported by many other groups that you can meet on site. Our running group shows how many kilometers they have already run for a good cause. And our women's network She@Marquardt shows how it strengthens empowerment and diversity in the company. Our company band provides a musical accompaniment. 

In the Footsteps of the Founders

The Ewald Marquardt Private Foundation is opening the foundation house at Bulzingen 111. This is where Ewald Marquardt's parents' house once stood, where his father, Johannes Marquardt the Younger, worked on his first technical developments.

You are cordially invited to visit the house, which was designed by the renowned architect Günter Hermann and has received multiple awards.

In the founder's room, which is dedicated to Johannes Marquardt, some of his technical pioneering achievements are on display that led to the founding of the present-day Marquardt Group in 1925. Another room displays exhibits that have been awarded the Future Prize of the Foundation. In the foyer and in the small hall, works by the artist Margaret Marquardt can also be seen.
 

Please Note: Access Only by Shuttle


There are no parking spaces for cars in front of the foundation building! Bicycle parking is available. On the day of the event, an hourly shuttle service for visitors to the foundation building is available from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Rathausplatz in Rietheim-Weilheim.

 

Apprenticeship & More

Look forward to our open house day, where you can get to know us not only as a training company, but in all its facets. An entertaining and eventful program also awaits you. For example, you can test yourself at the workbench in our training workshop. The day could become a date with your future. See you!