Peter Schmitz Formenbau und Gravuren GmbH

1957

Creation of the individual company by Peter Schmitz as a one-man business, with a 1940's used engraving machine, in the cellar of his parents-in-law's house in Troisdorf. At this time he performed only technical engraving work. Customer visits were made on a bicycle.

1962

Building of a workshop in St. Augustin-Buisdorf

1963

Production of injection moulding moulds. 1 employee

1969

Expansion of the business space Starting production of blow moulds for the packaging industry. 5 employees

1972

Purchase of an automatic copy milling machine The main focus was the production of blow moulds for the packaging industry as well as the first technical parts

1972-1980

1972-1980 Expansion to 10 employees

1980

Purchase of a 2-mandrel copy milling machine

1985

Purchase of the first CNC-milling machine with 4 axes

1980-1990

Expansion to 15 employees

1990

Establishment of Peter Schmitz Formenbau und Gravuren GmbH Partners: Peter Schmitz, Edith Schmitz Ute Zander nee Schmitz, Achim Zander Introduction of CAD-CAM

1991

Move to the Hennef industrial park, expansion of the office space to 600 m²

1992

Purchase of the first CNC-bed milling machine with a 3000 x 1200 x 1000 mm milling area, as well as an automatic tool changer The head of the business Peter Schmitz retires.

1990-1998

Expansion of the production area to more than 1000 m2 and expansion of the workforce to 30 employees Equipping with 2 CAD-Workstations for tool construction and 3 CAD-Workstations for CAD-CAM 2. CNC-bed milling machines with 3000 x 1200 x 1000 mm, 2 HSC processing units with an operating area of     1200 x 900 x 550 mm

1999

Introduction of a Catia workstation Company take over by Achim Zander and Ute Zander nee Schmitz  

2000

2 HSC processing units with up to 15000 U/min, operating area                        1800 x 1000 x 550 mm, 32 employees

2003

HSC machining center from the German manufacturer “Hedelius” RS 100 KL for simultaneous 5-axis machining, operating area 1000 x 1000 x 770 mm and 3-axis machining, operating area 2550 x 1000 x 770 mm, spindle speed of 18000 r.p.m.  

2005

HSC bed-milling and drilling-machine Soraluce TR 35 HSC, operating area       3500 x 1200 x 1400 with automatically pivoting milling head to enable 3 + 2-axis milling.

2010

2 Feature CAM workstations for 2D- and 2½D-programming

2011

Active Five milling center for simultaneous 5-axis machining, operating area      3000 x 1200 x 860 mm

2012

5-axis machining centre Hedelius RS505 K40 with integrated rotary/swivel table unit. The management decides to relocate the company due to lack of expansion possibilities.

2013

Start of construction work in Buchholz-Mendt October: Commissioning of Parpas 5-axis machining centre. Milling range 4000 x 2500 x 1500

2014

Additional 5-axis machining centre Hedelius RS805 K with integrated turn/swivel table unit

2016

Acquisition of an MTE RT3000 milling centre in October 2016. Milling range      3.000 x 1.500 x 2.000 mm with variable head and rotary table.

2017

Expansion of our production area by 330 sqm and acquisition of two new overhead travelling cranes with a load capacity of 10 and 16 tons each. Purchase of a type Mil 202 spotting press with a clamping force of 120 t. Platten size    2.000 x 1.500 mm