SCHIESS
Werkzeugmaschinenfab
rik GmbH - 163 years
of mechanical
engineering in
Aschersleben and
Düsseldorf
SCHIESS
Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik
GmbH
looks
back
on
more than 160 years of tradition:
In
1857,
i.e.
163
years
ago,
the
“Maschinenbauanstalt
Aschersleben”
was
founded
by
Heinrich
Billeter
and
Wilhelm
Klunz
in
Aschersleben.
In
1866
Ernst
Schiess
founded
SCHIESS
in
Düsseldorf.
All
three
are
of
that
generation
of
Magdeburg
Young
Wild
Engineers
of
19th
century.
In
1891
the
“Verein
Deutscher
Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken“
(VDW)
was
founded
at
the
initiative
of
Ernst
Schiess.
After
German
Reunification,
the
three
reunited
in
1991
–
although
no
more in person.
Since 1991: German
Reunification
In
1991
Lentjes
Holding
/
SCHIESS
AG
takes
over
WEMA
Aschersleben.
In
1993
the
shares
have
been
transferred
to
“Bremer
Vulkan”,
that
filed
for
insolvency
in
1996.
SCHIESS
Wema
GmbH
with
business
division
of
contract
manufacturing
was
set
up
in
1997
through
a
management
buyout.
In
1999
the
designing
of
a
new
product
series
of
horizontal
boring
machines,
vertical
lathes
and
gantry
milling
machines
is
started.
This
period
set
new
challenges:
change
of
ownership,
privatization,
mergers,
crises
and
changes.
All
activities
had
always
been
the
objective
to
preserve
the
traditional company and its extensive know-how.
2004
was
the
beginning
of
a
new
stage:
The
Chinese
company
Shenyang
Machine
Tool
Co.,
Ltd.
(SMTCL)
–
later
Shenyang
Machine
Tool
Group
(SYMG)
takes
over
SCHIESS
GmbH.
15
years
later,
the
business
of
SCHIESS
GmbH
is
liquidated.
At
the
end
of
2019
SCHIESS
Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik
GmbH
is
founded
as
subsidiary
of
Shandong
Guochuang
Windpower Ltd.
Founding up to 1945
Billeter and Klunz started as repair shop for lathes.
In
1860
the
first
machine
tools
were
produced.
From
the
1870s,
the
company
started
to
specialize
in
planing
machines.
At
the
World
Exhibition
1889
in
Paris,
the
company
attracted
great
attention
with
these
machines
and
achieved worldwide fame.
Until
the
global
economic
crisis
in
the
1920s
the
product
range
extended
to
a
range
of
15
different
types
of
planer.
In
1931
started
a
product
diversification
into
surface
grinding
machines.
During
the
Second
World
War
armaments
were
additionally produced.
SCHIESS
also
started
as
repair
shop
and
contract
manufacturer.
Only
from
1870
machine
tools
(vertical
lathes,
portal
milling
machines,
later
horizontal
milling
machines)
were
produced.
In
1880
the
company
was
one
of
the
three
largest
machine
tool
factories
of
the
German
Reich.
During
the
First
World
War
the
factory
was
vitally
important
during
the
war
and
became
supplier
for
the
German
shipyards.
During
the
Second
World
War
the
company
was
also
involved
in
the
production
of
war-relevant
goods.
1945 up to 1989
In
1946
Billeter
and
Klunz
were
nationalized
as
VEB
Werkzeugmaschinen
(WEMA)
Aschersleben.
Planer
and
grinding
machines
are
produced
again.
From
the
1960s
new
products
were
increasingly
developed,
and
from
the
1970s onwards large machining centers.
Schiess
resumed
production
of
well-known
products
in
Düsseldorf
in
the
1950s.
The
machines
already
had
impressive
dimensions
even
in
that
time
–
turning
diameter
of
25,500
mm
and
workpiece
weight
of
1,800
tons.
Both
companies
remain
existing
during
division
of
Germany.
Ernst Schiess
Heinrich Billeter
planer, 1925
vertical lathe, 1929
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SCHIESS Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik GmbH
Ernst-Schiess-Str. 1 • 06449 Aschersleben • Germany
phone: +49 3473 968-0 • telefax: +49 3473 968-130
email: info@schiess.de