1934 Founding of the Westdeutscher Wach- und Schutzdienst Fritz Kötter
1966 First service provider in Germany to offer security technology
1970 Start-up of KÖTTER Cash & Valuables transports
1985 Start-up of KÖTTER Cleaning
1997 Start-up of KÖTTER Personnel Service
- 1999 Start-up of KÖTTER Net – the control centre network composed of VdS certified emergency
and service control centres 1999 Start-up of the KÖTTER Academy – a certified educational institution
2001 Start-up of air passenger control with KÖTTER Aviation Security
- 2005 Expansion of market presence – take over of ABAKUS Personalüberlassung