TPi October 2011

business & market news

Change of management at Schoeller

Dr Gunther Voswinckel is now chairman of Schoeller

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 every year. Key buyers of 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 are used to ensure quality.

Gunther Voswinckel has taken over the management of Schoeller Werk GmbH und Co KG, succeeding Jörg Rumpf as chairman of the management board on Mr Rumpf’s retirement in May. It is the first time since the founding of the firm that a non-family member is 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 on to the board of management. Schoeller Werk GmbH 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, and proved its innovative capabilities right from the start. Today, the company specialises in the production of welded stainless steel tubes with an outside diameter of between 0.1 and 127mm. The company’s

produce improved surface structures, closer tolerances and defined material yield. Millions of fixed lengths are pro- duced on high-performance separation lines, brush-de-burred or chamfered. Material grades include all common austenitic materials up to titanium and nickel-based alloys, as well as special ferritic steels.

schoeller Werk GmbH & co KG – Germany

info@schoellerwerk.de www.schoellerwerk.de

Depending on usage, the tubing is cold- formed by using a drawing method to

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