The story of ALFRED RAITH began in 1973 when the two brothers Christian and Wolfgang Döring bought a small company located in Ditzingen, near the City of Stuttgart (Federal State of Baden-Württemberg). This one-man compan......The story of ALFRED RAITH began in 1973 when the two brothers Christian and Wolfgang Döring bought a small company located in Ditzingen, near the City of Stuttgart (Federal State of Baden-Württemberg). This one-man company owned by Mr. Alfred Raith was specialised in cutting tools. • The Döring brothers kept the companys name and started selling saw machines and saw blades. • In the 70s ALFRED RAITH became more and more a trading company and introduced a lot of innovative products to the German market. • Todays business started in 1978 by taking over the sales of GREENLEE punch & die sets as agent for Germany from the company Ackermann/Hanau. • The first core drilling systems for steel were introduced from the USA to the German market in 1979 by ALFRED RAITH. • ALFRED RAITHs first self-production of punches & dies for switchboard manufacturers and panel builders started beginning of the 80s at Hainburg (near the City of Frankfurt). • With foundation of the MEHRING AG in Rudolfstetten (Switzerland) in 1982 ALFRED RAITH started to expand its business also abroad. That time a strong partnership between ALFRED RAITH and RITTAL, one of the world market leaders in switchboard cases began. • In 1982 the first self-produced ALFRA core drilling machine was launched with patented safety mechanism for overhead operation. • In 1983 ALFRA core drilling machines obtained an award for good industrial design "IF83" at the Hanover Industry Fair. • The ALFRA product range was exceeded in 1985 by starting a co-operation with BERGER Meßtechnik GmbH at Wuppertal/Germany who used to design and construct the Combi and Compact-Combi handhydraulic punchers as well as the larger ALFRA Press punching machines before this business was transferred to ALFRAs company in Hainburg in 2001. • In these years ALFRED RAITH reinforced its efforts in foreign countries: ALFRA UK (Sheffield, Great Britain) and ALFRA SA (Potchefstrom, South Africa) were founded. In many Asian countries good and strong partners for the distribution of ALFRA products were found. • In 1991 - two years after the fall of the wall - a supplier for busbar machines in the area of former East-Berlin was found. One year later ALFRED RAITH founded its own production company AKM GmbH located at Berlin-Teltow, where busbar machining units, hydraulic pumps and hydraulic punching machines for steel are manufactured. • At the Hannover Fair 1995 ALFRED RAITH launched the smallest and lightest core drilling machine in the market (Rotabest Piccolo), and one year later the Rotabest Automatic, a fully automatic core drilling machine. • Since October 1997 the company is certified according to ISO 9001 Standard and further audit surveys were already successfully passed. • The sales organisations ALFRA USA (near Chicago) and RIX-DANUBIA (near Budapest, Hungary) were founded in the year 2000. • Today ALFRED RAITH is exporting its products to more than 60 countries wordwide.

The success during the past years is, not least, ascribable to the fact that most up-to-date production technics and experience were steadily accompanied with the disposability retained for engaging also in the manufactur......The success during the past years is, not least, ascribable to the fact that most up-to-date production technics and experience were steadily accompanied with the disposability retained for engaging also in the manufacture of rather small series and in the individually adapted development of products. The multitude of the supporting materials used and of the respective adhesives involved demonstrates the innovative performance and potential. Reliable, exactly determined quality conformable with the envisaged utilization and the widespread range of products resulting from the completion of the augmented tasks have gained the customers esteem.

The success story of the SAERTEX group began in 1982 in Saerbeck. Over 25 years later and now grown to include seven locations on four continents Saerbeck remains the heart and brain of the group. This is where innovative......The success story of the SAERTEX group began in 1982 in Saerbeck. Over 25 years later and now grown to include seven locations on four continents Saerbeck remains the heart and brain of the group. This is where innovative products, optimised process engineering and individual solutions originate and are then sent to staff and clients worldwide. The production space in Saerbeck continues to grow and was last extended in 2007 to 35,000 sqm. In future finished preforms will be made in Saerbeck as well as technical textiles of high-tech fibres. The preforms will be tailored to client needs and production methods using special cutting, sewing and binding fastening technologies. Our SAERTEX multiCom subsidiary, founded in 1996, is based in Saerbeck as well. This is where SAERTEX Liner is made, a state-of-the-art product for drain modernisation without digging. High demand for GFK Liners means SAERTEX multiCom is growing apace. Now that the groups established itself on the German and European markets we plan to expand in the export business in future.

The successful history of our company started back in February 1920, when Alexander NIEDergesäß and Fritz AXthelm founded NIEDAX. Due to the extension of electricity, they identified the rising need for fixingmaterial and......The successful history of our company started back in February 1920, when Alexander NIEDergesäß and Fritz AXthelm founded NIEDAX. Due to the extension of electricity, they identified the rising need for fixingmaterial and cable management systems and met this need with their product range. Today the famous name NIEDAX also represents our subsidiaries Kleinhuis, RICO and Fintech. Together they from the NIEDAX GROUP which has been going strong for ten years now. Based on our company´s structure, we are a modern holding company and among the biggest electrical installation manufactures worldwide. With more than 32.000 products the NIEDAX GROUP offers almost everything that is needed for the modern, forward-looking electrical installation. It doesn´t matter whether it´s an industrial plant, an office complex, a power station or a university. It doesn´t make a difference either whether the installation shall be attached to the ceiling, on the wall or in the floor, you will find everything within the NIEDAX GROUP!

The trade mark, MENZEL-GLÄSER, represents the best quality and experience in the world glass market today. It is associated with the most complete range of products in the field of microscope slides and cover slips. MENZE......The trade mark, MENZEL-GLÄSER, represents the best quality and experience in the world glass market today. It is associated with the most complete range of products in the field of microscope slides and cover slips. MENZEL was once part of Carlswerk, a glass company in Lommatzsch, and later headquartered in Braunschweig .The first microscope slides and cover slips were manufactured in Braunschweig in 1951. Many years experience with glass production, coupled with entrepreneurial resolve, soon made MENZEL the leading manufacturer of microscope slides and other glass specialties. In July 1985, ERIE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, a company with over 50 years experience manufacturing laboratory glass, incorporated MENZEL into its enterprise. Beside MENZEL there are two other sister companies: Erie Scientific in Hungary and a glass plant in Romont, Switzerland - ERIE ELECTROVERRE. With the most modern technical installations at its disposal, ERIE ELECTROVERRE manufactures high-grade, flat glass with a very low iron content. MENZEL and ERIE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY are being supplied with this raw material for glass production.

The tradition of progress When Constantin Hang went ahead and established an independent firm in the mid -1800s, he already had a clear idea of the ingredients needed for market success: to pursue new ideas and to maintai......The tradition of progress When Constantin Hang went ahead and established an independent firm in the mid -1800s, he already had a clear idea of the ingredients needed for market success: to pursue new ideas and to maintain a close identification with the needs of the customers. In those times, every bit of production effort was first of all an effort of thought. Things havent changed that much today 1869: Constantin Hang sets up a mechanical workshop in rented premisis in Göppingen. Three employees do all kinds of repair work and manufacture accessory parts for spinning and weaving mill equipment. 1898: Production of the first small hole punching and eyeleting machines for corset manufacture. 1899: The first automatic eyeleting machines are built. Eyeleting machine 1900 8F Corsett 1901: The Constantin Hang company is entered into the Commercial Register.The shareholders are the founder Constantin Hang and his son Eugen. 1902: The first company catalogue is issued. Eyeleting machines, hole punching machines, and cord presses. There are representative offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, Brussels, Milan and Vienna.1911: New plant building in the Ulmer Straße. 1914: 36 employees. 1926: The sons of Eugen Hang assume the executive management: Eugen Hang ( Chief Operating Officer ), Otto Hang ( Sales )and Albert Hang ( Purchasing and Accounting ). 1928: Business upswing due to automatic riveting machine used to rivet openers on cans of shoe polish. 40 employees.1936: Paper drilling machine production starts up. Export share reaches 48 %. 1944: 75th anniversary. 1945: End of the second World War. New beginning with modern, improved machinery. 1955: Eugen and Otto Hang assume executive management. The manufacturing programme diversifies. It now comprises automatic setting machines for eyelets, rivets, solid rivets, semi tabular rivets, press studs, double tubular rivets, and paper drilling machines. 1969: Eugen Hang becomes head of the operative management, Constantin Hang (degree in business management) assumes responsibility for the business management. 125 employees. 1978: Eberhard Hang (engineering degree) takes over the operative management. 1981: Founding of Montage - Automations GmbH and extension of the company premises with a new assembly workshop. 1994: 125th anniversay. 1996: Founding of Hang Kft in Kisújszállás Hungary, with 16 employees. 2001: Perfection, Competence, Quality. Constantin Hang GmbH presents its new public image and logo.

The Tridelta group of companies with its two production sites in Hermsdorf and in Dortmund has its roots in three fields of special competence: -technical ceramics -magnetism -sintering technology. It was in Hermsdorf in ......The Tridelta group of companies with its two production sites in Hermsdorf and in Dortmund has its roots in three fields of special competence: -technical ceramics -magnetism -sintering technology. It was in Hermsdorf in 1890 that Tridelta Überspannungsableiter GmbH (resp. its predecessor company) was founded as the first member of the group. Based on the ceramic tradition of the Saale-Holzland County the production of porcelain insulators for electricity distribution was started . In 1961 the product range was enlarged by offering also surge arresters in porcelain (and later in silicon) housing quickly arresters up to 420 kV were produced, followed later by arresters up to 800 kV system voltage. Meanwhile, in the early 1950s, TRIDELTA GmbH, today the group’s parent company , had developed and commenced production of soft and hard ferrites, another area of ceramic manufacturing. Since that time the company has grown to become one of the biggest ferrite producers in Europe. The company mission of TRIDELTA GmbH is the speedy and cost-efficient development and production of innovative products and solutions for their customers. For this end TRIDELTA GmbH has its own R&D department, but also uses its close connections to technical universities and the Hermsdorf Institute Of Technical Ceramics. In 1997 the group acquired Thyssen Magnettechnik GmbH in Dortmund as a way to widen its range of magnetic products. This company, which operates under the names of Tridelta Magnetsysteme GmbH and Tridelta Siperm GmbH, today looks back to more than 50 years of production and considers itself one of the most experienced providers of magnetic materials, components and magnetic systems as well as sintering products. Tridelta Magnetsysteme GmbH on its part provides and produces special solutions for magnetic problems of their customers based on its profound knowledge “around magnetism”, while Tridelta Siperm GmbH offers specific products for their clients’ filtration-, fluidisation- and noise-reduction needs based on its long experience in the sintering of porous materials. The recent award “Supplier of the year” by an internationally renowned company emphasizes the high professionalism of the group , its high quality and reliability standards as well as its clear customer focus.

The ULTRA measuring tools have been known worldwide for highest precision - made in Germany - since 120 years. As specialists in the metrology field we offer you a comprehensive product range of high-quality measuring too......The ULTRA measuring tools have been known worldwide for highest precision - made in Germany - since 120 years. As specialists in the metrology field we offer you a comprehensive product range of high-quality measuring tools and gauges. Please also take advantage of our extremely flexible manufacturing plants for all your special gauges, precision parts and devices according to your drawings.

The UNION trademark stands out in the world market for innovation, flexibility, quality and performance. Innovation The early concentration on development and construction of boring mills and machining centers made UNION ......The UNION trademark stands out in the world market for innovation, flexibility, quality and performance. Innovation The early concentration on development and construction of boring mills and machining centers made UNION a world renowned manufacturer and its products became market leaders in the fields of boring and milling. Our new modular construction system will convince you in every respect. Flexibility Of course, we can not do everything, but in the fields of horizontal boring and milling UNION is capable of offering almost everything. We will match with your machining problems. Allow us to assist you! Quality The cornerstone of UNIONs success. From product quality through technical advice up to after-sales service – for UNION it is an all-embracing philosophy. Performance Installation and commissioning Technological service Overhauls and modernization Comprehensive accessories to enhance versatility Spare parts service Repairs Relocation and conversion of machines Training of users personnel Toll manufacture of large parts The UNION company is now located at the newly erected production facility in Chemnitz, Clemens- Winkler-Strasse 5. Here, UNION has got a land area of 24,000 m². 5,000 m² thereof are covered by the production department. Since 1996, UNION has been an employees buyout corporation. About 70 % of the employees are shareholders. Based upon the own achievements, the particularly high motivation and maximum commitment of employees as well as upon the confidence of our customers, we will also be a reliable partner of industry in the future. UNION Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH Chemnitz is member of the VDMA (Association of German Machine and Plant Construction Reg. Ass.). Since 1998, UNION has been co-operating actively in the Mechanical Engineering Competence Center Chemnitz/Saxony Reg. Ass. The company was certified according to DIN ISO 9001:2000.

The VEM group is an innovative, forward-looking, customer oriented group of companies which operates worldwide. To its client base, the group’s VEM trademark represents a German proprietary brand which has cornered a sig......The VEM group is an innovative, forward-looking, customer oriented group of companies which operates worldwide. To its client base, the group’s VEM trademark represents a German proprietary brand which has cornered a significant share of the international market. Continuity and reliability now and in the future are the guiding principle behind production and service at the VEM group. The design and quality of VEM motors and generators set the standard in the marketplace. VEM, the second-largest manufacturer of electrical machinery in Germany, is a stand-alone full-liner for rotating electrical machines used in the following sectors: mechanical engineering, plant construction, the chemical, oil and gas industries, energy and environmental engineering, wind power plant construction, transport engineering, steelworks and rolling mills and ship-building.