SchmitterGroup
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1947 |
| Seat | Thuengen , Germany |
| Number of employees | approx. 800 (2004) |
| sales | EUR 65 million (2002) |
| Website | www.schmittergroup.de |
The SchmitterGroup GmbH is an international automotive supplier headquartered in Thüngen in Bavaria . The company is managed by Norbert Hettstedt and Hans-Martin Trefzger.
The company's head office in Thüngen also houses the prototype and tool construction and development department of the group.
history
The company was founded in 1947 by Josef Schmitter in Bielefeld . In 1956 the production of fuel and diesel injection lines began. The Thüngen production plant was founded in 1965 to manufacture injection, fuel and hydraulic hose lines. In 1975 the product range was expanded to include piston cooling nozzles, and in the following year to the manufacture of power steering pipes. In 1990 a location was opened in Ireland . In 2000, the Mannesmann subsidiary TubeTec GmbH was taken over to strengthen its own Chassis division and renamed SchmitterChassis GmbH . Schmitter GmbH was converted into a SchmitterGroup AG in 2001. In 2002 the company Jacot SA (today SchmitterFrance SAS) was taken over. In 2003 the SchmitterAutomotiveAsia SDN location was founded. BHD. in Penang, Malaysia . In 2005 the SchmitterKeumahZongding ( Anhui ) Automotive Components Co., Ltd in China and SchmitterChassis LLC in Cass City, USA were founded. The following year, SchmitterAustria GmbH was founded in Gärberbach, Austria, and Schmitter (Ireland) Ltd. was closed. The Arnstein location and thus the fluid systems division was spun off and sold to SchmitterHydraulik GmbH in 2007. This was a further step towards concentrating on the core areas of chassis (suspension) and powertrain (engine technology, drive technology). In 2007/2008 economic problems led to a drastic restructuring and streamlining of the group. In December 2008, the Chinese Zhongding Co. Ltd. 75.1% of the shares in the SchmitterGroup.
Products
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chassis
- Steering housing and steering housing parts
- Steering column parts
- Connecting pipelines
- Drive technology
- Injection lines for diesel and gasoline
- Common rail injections
- Fuel distributor for diesel and gasoline
- Piston cooling
- Drive shaft tubes
- Transmission lines and hose pipelines
- Drive hydraulics
- Hydraulic lines
- Brake lines
Customers
Audi , BMW , Bosch , Citroën , Daimler , Delphi , Deutz , General Motors , GKN Löbro GmbH, Motorenfabrik HATZ GmbH & Co. KG , Knorr-Bremse Systems for Commercial Vehicles GmbH, Kotschenreuther Fahrzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG, Koyo, Perkins, Peugeot , Renault , Scania , VDO Automotive , ThyssenKrupp Presta SteerTec, TRW Automotive , Voith , Volvo , Volkswagen , Webasto , ZF Friedrichshafen
Special awards
- 1994 - Volvo Award
- 2003 - Bavarian Lion for Bavaria's TOP 50 companies
- 2006 - Steel innovation award for "Steel integral housing for steering gears" from SchmitterChassis together with Visteon
subsidiary company
| Companies | Branch | Number of employees | Location |
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| SchmitterGroup GmbH | Drive technology | - | D - Thüngen |
| SchmitterChassis GmbH | Power steering | D - Drensteinfurt | |
| SchmitterOtomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi | - | T - bursa | |
| SchmitterAutomotiveAsia SDN. BHD. | - | MAL - Penang |
joint venture
| Companies | Branch | Number of employees | Location |
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| Wuxi WeifuSchmitterPowertrain Components Co., Ltd. | China - Wuxi | ||
| SchmitterAutoSteelTube (Anhui) Co. Ltd. | - | China - Ningguo |