Press releases

The Glatten-based company has been awarded the Baden-Württemberg Environmental Technology Prize in the "Energy Efficiency" category for its highly efficient and scalable redox flow stack. With this solution, Schmalz is bringing the most powerful stack in Europe onto the market.

Vacuum specialist Schmalz has further developed the VCBL-GL vacuum block. The new generation impresses with a modular design, an extensive spare parts catalog and a wider range of applications - for more flexibility and lower costs over the entire life cycle.

Digital Engineering Service from Schmalz – Engineering process simply automated: The web-based Digital Engineering Service from Schmalz designs tailored gripping solutions for any number of different sheet metal parts digitally and automatically. This allows users to save up to 80 percent of engineering time and achieve their goals effortlessly.

Dr. Maik Fiedler is a member of the company management and head of the Vacuum Automation business unit at Schmalz. In this interview, he explains the strategic importance of End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) for automation and describes how Schmalz designs the connection between robot and workpiece.

Grip whatever comes your way: Different materials, changing workpieces and increasing cost pressure require systems that can adapt flexibly. With the vacuum area gripping systems FA-X / FA-M, Schmalz is launching two solutions that move parts of all kinds safely and save energy at the same time.

The subsidiary abroad Schmalz Switzerland was presented with the coveted swiss DINNO Award at the opening ceremony of SINDEX 2025, the leading Swiss trade show for industrial automation in Bern. The innovation prize recognizes the Solution Kit ivOS Sheet Metal, which sets new standards in automated sheet metal processing.

Regional research project shows initial results on the way to economically sustainable energy systems.

Improving efficiency is a central research topic - for example in vacuum technology. Schmalz continuously optimizes its systems and looks beyond the horizon when developing them. A current project is focusing on the suction organs of leeches.

The handling of food products is considered demanding: soft, slippery and sensitive products in varying sizes are a challenge for automated processes. Take sandwiches, for example. At automatica in Munich, robot specialist FANUC and vacuum expert Schmalz, together with partners Bizerba, Kilivations and ViscoTec, will be showcasing a practical solution in which a robot with flexible finger grippers, rather than a human, takes over.

A special day at Schmalz: with immediate effect, Dr. Johannes Schmalz becomes the third member of the management board. This secures the long-term future of the vacuum specialist from Glatten as a family-owned business in its fourth generation.

Products in the food and pharmaceutical industries are sensitive and must not be contaminated. Vacuum technology expert Schmalz supports companies in the automation of packaging solutions. The goal: high productivity and safe processes.

With the new FQE-V, Schmalz has developed a modular, freely scalable gripper system for robotics. It enables workpieces of different sizes and shapes to be handled safely. Applications benefit from particularly fast project planning.