As part of the opening day of the International Hardware Fair in Cologne, HAZET was named “Partner of the B2B Trade 2023” and awarded first place in the “Hand Tools” category.

For the 24th time, the Tools Working Group (AKW) within the Central Association of the Hardware Trade (ZHH) e.V. organised the ‘Partner of the B2B trade’ award. Specialist dealers in the sector are invited to evaluate the industry partners for this award.

The categories assessed were loyalty to specialist retailers, market-oriented pricing policy, sales support, innovative products, data and digitalisation quality, and delivery reliability.

“Winning first place in the ‘Hand Tools’ category reaffirms our ongoing commitment to developing new products, innovations and service concepts, and recognises our trusting partnership with the B2B trade,” said a delighted Matthias Hoffmann, Managing Partner of HAZET, who accepted the award from Dr Kellerwessel (Chairman of the AKW).

The Remscheid-based company HAZET is a leading manufacturer of premium quality hand tools, tool trolleys and equipment for professional applications. As an owner-managed German family business, HAZET has 155 years of experience spanning 5 generations in developing and producing standard and speciality tools for industry, trade, automotive engineering and aeronautics as well as for use in the field of renewable energies. The company boasts a huge manufacturing range of over 5,500 different tools as specialty tools for most major car manufacturers as well as torque tools and tool trolleys under the “Assistent” brand. An exceptionally high proportion of HAZET products, about 75% of the entire product portfolio, are “Made in Germany”. HAZET employs approximately 600 staff in four plants (three in Remscheid and one in Heinsberg).

In recognition of its constant innovation, good marketing concepts and impressive inventive talent, numerous products from the company have received the "iF Design Award" and "Red Dot Design Award" among others, while HAZET has been singled out as best brand and top employer as an enterprise.
You can find a brief overview of our successes over the last decade at: www.hazet.de/de/awards/auszeichnungen