Sales have tripled in the past three years
Simmerath, Germany, 21 October 2014 – Schwartz Wärmebehandungsanlagen GmbH is celebrating its 30th business anniversary this October. Based on the production of chamber, pit, box-type and shaker hearth furnaces, the company has evolved into a globally leading manufacturer of heat treatment equipment. More than 800 installed systems prove their merits in day-to-day use in the automotive and its supplier industries as well as in steel, aluminium and nonferrous metals processing.
Established in 1984 at Gevelsberg/Germany by Dipl.-Ing. Rolf Schwartz, the company relocated to Simmerath in 1998, setting up a plant on the Rollesbroich Industrial Estate. Today, the Simmerath headquarters site comprises around 3,000 sq.m. of floorspace for the manufacture, assembly and commissioning of heat treatment systems. For the planned addition of a further 1,000 sq.m. of indoor manufacturing space the contracts have already been awarded. There are currently 110 people employed at the Simmerath factory; the company has a total workforce of 150 employees worldwide.
In 2011, the manufacturing subsidiary Schwartz Heat Treatment Systems Asia (Kunshan) Co. Ltd. was founded in Shanghai, PR China. Another subsidiary, Schwartz Inc. of Oswego, Illinois (U.S.A.), has been active since 2012. Now as before, all equipment is designed, produced and commissioned at the Simmerath headquarters plant.
Schwartz develops and manufactures high-efficiency heat treatment systems. The range comprises, e.g.,
-roller-hearth heat treatment equipment for annealing, hardening, forging, sintering and tempering metals;
-continuous-type heat treatment equipment for hardening, forging and sintering strip under a protective gas atmosphere;
-jet-heating systems for forging and pressing blanks.
Over the years, Schwartz has come into the spotlight time and again for its innovative systems. One example is the technology of hot-forming sheet metal, which was pioneered by Schwartz, along with the associated environmental protection solutions. At one German automotive manufacturer, equipment supplied ex Simmerath saves huge amounts of CO2 each year – the cuts are equivalent to the emissions of a small city with a population of around 32,000.
Especially in the past five years, Schwartz has been expanding strongly. Alexander Wilden, the Managing Director, sees his strategy confirmed. „Our customers are evidently satisfied with our work. This is clearly reflected in the figures – in the last three years we have nearly tripled our sales. Certainly, one key aspect of our new system development is the intense cooperation with the two Aachen universities as well as with renowned industrial partners.“
The company places particular emphasis on energy efficiency. Due to their excellent design and the consistent use and recirculation of process heat, Schwartz systems are particularly low on energy consumption while providing high availability rates at the same time.
In late October, the company’s business anniversary will be celebrated at the Simmerath plant with customers from Germany and abroad, together with Schwartz employees. Among the guests will be Thomas Rachel (MP), Parliamentary Undersecretary in the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The program will be rounded out by tours of the company that will include viewings of heat treatment systems under construction as well as of ongoing development projects.
About Schwartz
Schwartz develops and manufactures high-efficiency heat treatment systems. The range comprises, e.g.,
– roller-hearth heat treatment equipment for annealing, hardening, forging, sintering and tempering metals;
– continuous-type heat treatment equipment for hardening, forging and sintering strip under a protective gas atmosphere;
– jet-heating systems for forging and pressing blanks.
Firmenkontakt
Schwartz GmbH
Alexander Wilden
Edisonstraße 5
52152 Simmerath
+49.2473.9488-0
+49.2473.9488-11
info@schwartz-wba.de
www.schwartz-wba.de
Pressekontakt
VIP-Kommunikation
Regina Reinhardt
Süsterfeldstraße 83
52072 Aachen
+49.241.89468-24
+49.241.89468-44
reinhardt@vip-kommunikation.de
www.vip-kommunikation.de
