Company
Consistent customer orientation and groundbreaking innovations, excellent quality and comprehensive consulting competence make Schmalz the world's leading partner for vacuum technology in automation, handling and clamping applications.
As a company that acts globally and offers innovative products and services, we provide our customers with efficient solutions tailored precisely to their particular applications' requirements. We inspire our customers everywhere where production processes are designed more efficiently through the use of vacuum technology.
Our Self-Understanding
We cultivate a fair partnership with our customers – a profitable relationship for both sides.
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- Dr. Kurt Schmalz (upper picture) and Dipl. Ing. Wolfgang Schmalz (lower picture), Managing Directors
Schmalz is a family-run company and we think in the long term. Our philosophy is based on the principle of sustainability and economic success, while respecting our environmental and social responsibilities. This ensures our independence and the necessary freedom of management.
The principle of sustainability ensures that our customers can rely on us to remain their leading partner for solutions today and in the future. It is no coincidence that our customers associate Schmalz with groundbreaking products and services, with leading-edge technology available all over the world and with unparalelled application knowledge.
A prerequisite for enthusiastic customers is that enthusiastic employees develop excellent innovations and market these to meet customers' requirements and profitability. The Schmalz employees derive their motivation for their above-average efforts and loyalty from a modern corporate culture and share in the economic success of our company.
Something which is important to us personally is the company's permanent readiness to implement and accept changes. We have, for example, already positioned ourselves successfully for the future by founding our own subsidiary companies in the most important international growth markets.
You can also profit with us by placing your trust in a partnership which ensures longterm and real advantages over your competitors – you can rely on the World of Vacuum Technology from Schmalz!
Dr. Kurt Schmalz
Wolfgang Schmalz
Managing Directors
Facts and figures
Company founded:
- 1910 by Johannes Schmalz
Market importance:
- Leading global supplier of vacuum technology in the fields of automation, handling and clamping technology
Business areas:
- Vacuum components
- Vacuum gripping systems
- Vacuum handling systems
- Vacuum clamping systems
Employees:
- About 600 worldwide, 14% trainees (in Germany)
Innovation indicators:
- About 350 industrial rights chartered and granted
- 7 % of turnover spent on research and development
Companies outside Germany:
- In 16 countries all over the world
Sales partners:
- In more than 40 countries all over the world
Export quota:
- 50%
Certificates:
- DIN ISO 9001:2000 (quality management) since 1994
- DIN ISO 14001 (environmental management) since 1997
