Otter Schutz GmbH
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About us – company profile

 

OTTER SCHUTZ GmbH – A company in and for Europe


Whom do you trust? Sure enough the person you know the best. Trust is related with the fact of “being familiar with”. We want you to be familiar with us! Welcome to be acquainted with OTTER SCHUTZ GmbH!


OTTER SCHUTZ GmbH develops, manufactures and markets safety footwear to the relevant European and International Standards. The company can look back on an over 120-year family footwear manufacturing tradition. A high expertise in quality, safety and comfort is the basis for a leading market position in Germany and many other European markets.
Major key of success is the development of products in accordance with the technical needs of end-users also respecting the design requirements of the market. The entire company is certified according to DIN ISO 9001 - an important step in the Total Quality concept.


OTTER SCHUTZ GmbH is a European company. Its head office and central warehouse facilities are located in Germany - in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The production of safety footwear is done in the production facilities of Otter Portuguesa Lda. a company 100% owned by OTTER SCHUTZ GmbH. Product and production structures are matching to each other and the direct access to a company owned production facility leads to a maximum of flexibility delivering reliable customer satisfaction. All safety shoes produced in Portugal are going to the central warehouse in Mülheim from where the Europe-wide transport is organized using a professional logistic.

 

Reliable distribution network – Europe-wide

 

The safety footwear business is more and more developing into the direction of a network of international business partnership. Many partners are cooperating to achieve maximum value and customer satisfaction. Within this network Otter pulls the strings putting together what belongs together: The requirements of end-users, the experience of professional distribution, the knowledge of suppliers and the expertise of OTTER specialists.


Professional distributors bring the products to end-user customers, the main channels being technical distributors or personal protective equipment (PPE) specialists. The extensive distribution networks provide end-user customers with proximity of stock, quick delivery service and local qualified consultations. Besides the native Germany OTTER SCHUTZ GmbH also focus on other important export markets in the rest of Europe e. g. Benelux, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal and East Europe.