Sundwiger brass work
The Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co. KG is a company of Diehl Metall , based in Hemer and is one of Germany's leading manufacturers of wires and strips of brass and other alloys of copper . These semi-finished products are used, among other things, as input material for plug connections in computers and in vehicle electronics as well as in the production of euro coins .
history
origin
The company's origins go back to an iron hammer built in Sundwig in 1698 . In 1712 the first Westphalian thimble mill was built. In 1719 a brass smelter was added. In addition to the production of thimbles , buckles and other items of daily use, wire was now also drawn. The finely chiselled tobacco boxes became known worldwide in the second half of the 18th century . At that time the employees were referred to as "brass casters" because of the gold-yellow color of the brass, and also as "wire pullers".
growth
In 1864 the company was divided into Sundwiger Messingwerk and Sundwiger Eisenhütte . Between 1884 and 1891 a rolling mill , a wire drawing shop and a pipe drawing machine were built. In 1938 a foundry and a strand pull followed. This created the prerequisites for the production of semi-finished products on an industrial scale.
Immediately before the outbreak of World War II , the foundry and extrusion press were built in 1938.
Takeover by Diehl and turn to special products
In 1958 the Diehl Foundation took over the company. As a result, the strategic objective was realigned, instead of standardized mass-produced goods, quality products for special applications have been produced since then.
In 1996 a 20-high reversing cold mill from Andritz Sundwig GmbH burned down. Millions of dollars were lost.
In 1999 a cutting and service center was opened under the name Diehl Metall (Shenzhen) in Shenzhen, China . Sundwiger Messingwerk has been part of Diehl Metal Applications since 2009 .
Products
Sundwiger Messingwerk develops and produces rolled products , strips and wires based on the alloy groups tin bronze , nickel silver , brass and special copper alloys such as copper-iron and copper-nickel-silicon.
Ribbons and wires made of copper alloys offer elasticity and strength , formability and punchability, but also thermal and electrical conductivity .
The finished strips and wires are delivered to the electrical and electronics industry and to companies in the precision engineering industry for further processing .
literature
- Eberhard Winkhaus: From thimble to semi-finished products: 250 years, 1698 - 1948 Sundwiger Messingwerk , Hemer-Sundwig in Westphalia, Wiesemann publishing house, 1948
- Brochure Diehl Metall - Sundwiger Messingwerk - Bands - 300 years Sundwiger Messingwerk , Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co. KG, 1998
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Beutin: History of the South Westphalian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hagen and its economic landscape , Verlag Von d. Linnepe, 1956, page 225
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 30 ″ N , 7 ° 46 ′ 53 ″ E