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Industry N ews
Change of management
at Schoeller
GUNTHER Voswinckel has taken over
management of welded stainless steel tube
manufacturer Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co
KG. Dr Voswinckel succeeded Jörg Rumpf
as chairman of the management board on
Mr Rumpf’s retirement in May. It is the first
time since the founding of Schoeller that a
non-family member has been at the head of
the company.
Dr Voswinckel is supported by Frank
Poschen and Jürgen Mensinger, who had
been executives and have now also been
called onto the board of management.
Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co KG began
in 1827 at its current site in Hellenthal,
Germany. It was the first company in
Europe to use automated machines for
manufacturing nails and rivets.
The company now specialises in the
production of welded stainless steel tubes
with an outside diameter of between 0.1
and 127mm. The company’s staff of almost
1,000 employees, working on more than
100 welding lines and a large number of
drawbenches, produce up to 100 million
metres of stainless steel tubing per year.
Key buyers of the stainless steel
tubes are automotive manufacturers and
their suppliers. In addition, Schoeller is a
recognised supplier of tubing for power
plants, logistics systems, offshore and
shipbuilding as well as machines and plant
engineering.
Schoeller stainless steel tubing is
available in TIG-welded and laser-welded
condition, circular or profiled, or as coiled
or straight lengths. The products meet
all common international standards for
welded stainless steel tubing. Eddy
current, ultrasonic and pressure testing
ensure quality.
Depending on usage, the tubing is
cold-formed using a drawing method to
produce improved surface structures,
closer tolerances and defined material yield.
Millions of fixed lengths are produced on
high-performance separation lines, brush-
de-burred or chamfered. Material grades
include all common austenitic materials up
to titanium and nickel-base alloys as well as
special ferritic steels.
Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co KG –
Germany
Fax: +49 2482 81 109
Email:
Website:
Dr Gunther Voswinckel is the new chairman of the
Schoeller Werk management board