Company history

1937

The carpentry workshop founded by Fritz Prenneis laid the cornerstone for the present furniture factory which now employs 160 people.

1962

Start of serial production. The first products go into serial production.

1973

The real expansion policy begins when the company is taken over by Rudolf and Gertraud Prenneis.

1975

The inclusion of teenagers´ bedroom furniture in  the manufacturing range sets the course for the company´s future success.

1987

Continuous expansion – the company now has 70 employees and continuously growing production facilities.

1989

Acquisition of another 15,000 m² plant in Frankenburg (Upper Austria) under the management board of Thomas Prenneis.

1991

The company moves into a new administrative building in Ampflwang.

2003

Thomas Prenneis take over the management board of the whole company.

2006

In September 2006 was finished the largest extension in the company history. A triply enlarged showroom in Ampflwang, additional production facilities and a new administrative building. Through its continuous development over the last years PRENNEIS has become a true European company with production facilities in Ampflwang totaling 25,000 m² with another 15,000 m² in Frankenburg; the company employs 160 people, many of whom have been with the company for a long time.

2009

Company take over between brother and sister Thomas Prenneis and Mag. Marion Muhr-Prenneis.

2010

Prenneis Frankenburg: A new commercial packaging hall has been built as well as a new production machine was installed.