Generational change in the management team: Lutz Hering steps down from the operational management after 33 years.

• Annett Gregor and Peter Szalai have been listed as managing directors in the commercial register since 1 March 2026.
• Together with Robert Lauth, they form the CEO-team.

Our location in Scharfenstein celebrates its 20th anniversary.

We celebrate the 30th anniversary of compact Kältetechnik.
To mark our anniversary, we donate €15,000 to the Forest for Saxony Foundation.

Once again honoured as an exemplary training company by Handwerkskammer Dresden and Top Employer in the SME sector by FOCUS-BUSINESS

Robert Lauth takes over the CEO position from Frank Poschmann

• Expansion of the management team with Robert Lauth (head of production Dresden) and Peter Szalai (head of branch Scharfenstein)
• Foundation of the subsidiary compact technika chłodnicza Sp. z o.o. (distribution Poland)

• Winner of Future Prize 2018,  HWK Dresden
• Development of *c-Ejector for more energy-efficient plant operation of CO2 booster systems

Extension of the Dresden facility with the construction of a new  office and production building

• Award »Walter-Hartwig Prize« granted by the Chamber of Crafts (HWK) Chemnitz for excellent  training
• Tranfer of shares from co-founder Gerhard Gregor to Annett Gregor

Award for »Best vocational training company« granted by the Chamber of Crafts (HWK) Dresden

Approval of the quality assurance system in accordance with Module H1 of the Pressure Equipment  Directive

• Opening of the testing and training facility for natural refrigerants
• Certification for the manufacturer in accordance with AD 2000  fact sheet HP0, as well as  DIN EN ISO 3834-2

Delivery of the first NH3 refrigeration unit with U-turn evaporator

Commissioning of the first transcritical CO2 Booster in Switzerland

ISO 9001: audit and initial  certification by TÜV SÜD

• Delivery of the first NH3  refrigeration unit
• Start of the second production  facility in Scharfenstein

 

Extension of production facility

Admission to the VDKF e. V.

compact Kältetechnik GmbH was founded by Lutz Hering, Frank Poschmann and  Gerhard Gregor

Admission to the Saxon guild of  refrigeration and air-conditioning technology