Corporate History
For over 50 years Sell has been meeting the challenges of the world‘s leading airlines and aircraft manufacturers, developing and producing a full range of galleys and galley inserts — responding to ever changing needs.
Historical milestones
- 1954
- „Sell Haus- und Küchentechnik“ was taken over by the Burger Eisenwerke and became a subsidiary Company.
- 1955
- First delivery of an Aircraft Galley (Super Constellation for Deutsche Lufthansa).
- 1958
- The Buderus AG takes over the Burger Eisenwerke AG.
- 1972
- The Burger Eisenwerke AG merges with the BUDERUS AG.
- 1987
- Foundation of the Buderus Sell GmbH as an Independent subsidiary within the BUDERUS AG.
- 1989
- Foundation of the Buderus Sell Corporation, Seattle, WA.
- 1990
- Start of Galley Production in a second plant in Ludwigshütte, Germany (close to our Headquarter in Herborn).
- 1993
- DASELL in Hamburg starts production of all Lavatories for Airbus Aeroplanes.
- 1997
- Britax acquires the Buderus Sell GmbH.
- 2000
- Sell starts production of Rumbold Boilers Coffee/Beverage Makers and Ovens.
- 2002
- Delivery of the 25,000th Galley Unit (for Continental Airlines B767-400).
- 2003
- Britax Sell GmbH & Co. OHG is legally changed into Sell GmbH.
- 2005
- Delivery of the 30,000th Galley Unit (for Virgin Atlantic A340-600).
