The Witzig & Frank production site in Offenburg, Germany
After a successful production and market relaunch, FFG Werke GmbH's Witzig & Frank brand has renewed its partnership with St. Louis-based manufacturer Hydromat, Inc. "We have combined our matching portfolios of high-volume metalcutting solutions for the automotive communications, medical, aerospace, plumbing and general machining industries," said a company spokesperson.
Witzig & Frank is a manufacturer of integrated machining solutions for high-volume applications based in Offenburg, Germany. Prior to its 150th anniversary, the machine tool builder has gone through a successful period, according to the company. "Under new ownership of FFG Europe, production at the Offenburg plant was re-launched in December 2013, and sales targets for 2014 have already been exceeded," said the spokesperson. "Several metalforming and metalcutting machining systems for German customers are currently on the shop floor."
Following FFG's global market approach, Witzig & Frank has partnered in the U.S. with Hydromat, Inc., a manufacturer of rotary transfer machines and multi-spindle machines. The companies have had close ties for more than 25 years, when Hydromat President and CEO Bruno Schmitter co-founded a joint venture with Witzig & Frank. "Hydromat's Chief Sales Officer Matthias Walter began his career at Witzig & Frank, where his father had been managing director for many years, and later took over Witzig & Frank's U.S. entity Turmatic Systems," said the spokesperson. "We have sold, installed and serviced more than 160 Witzig & Frank machines in the U.S., so we are very experienced in the field and know the relevant players," said Walter. "Also, with our portfolio and the Witzig & Frank products, we can now cover a vast range of different sizes applications, leveraging our mutual strengths and giving our customers the competitive edge."
Witzig & Frank's portfolio of rotary transfer machines offers up to 15% increased performance with the newly available Siemens solution line controls. "In addition, newly developed, application-oriented and standardized machining units - as well as a new, rotary indexing unit with an indexing time of 1.0 seconds - provide for overall cost reduction and performance enhancements," said the spokesperson.
According to Pascal Schnebelt, Sales Director at Witzig & Frank, the demand for its products in the Northern American market is strong. "There is a variety of industries in the growing American manufacturing industry and also existing German customers setting up production in the U.S. where our solutions for high-volume applications match customers' needs," said Schnebelt.
Hydromat's contract with FFG Werke GmbH, Witzig & Frank's holding company, includes the full range of services for the brand, such as sales, service, spare parts supply and retrofits.
For more information contact:
Kevin Shults
Director of Marketing
Hydromat, Inc.
11600 Adie Road
St. Louis, MO 63043
314-432-4644
kshults@hydromat.com
www.hydromat.com
Matthias Walter
Chief Sales Officer
Hydromat, Inc.
314-432-4644