Facts and Figures

Founder, owner and managing director:
Hermann Schwelling

Additional managing directors:
Irene Dengler, Dietmar Dengler

Production locations/company premises:

• Plant 1 /  Salem, Germany: Production of baling presses (large baling presses), paper shredders and document disposal systems 50,000 m², thereof approx. 15,000 m² production facilities and offices (latest enlargement in 2007)
• Plant 2 /  Reichenbach, Germany: Manufacture of baling presses, 45,000 m², thereof approx. 8,500 m² production facilities and offices (latest enlargement in 2008)
• Plant 3 /  Frickingen, Germany: Manufacture of paper shredders (smaller models), 25,000 m², thereof approx. 10,300 m² production facilities and offices (latest enlargement in 2008)

Manufacturing facilities:

Modern machinery, large production depth, mostly CNC machines such as laser cutting systems, turning centres, milling machines, robot systems, quality testing devices and quality assurance systems.

Employees: approx. 660 (incl. subsidiaries and international sales offices and 74 trainees)

Sales:

• National: over 10 company-owned consulting and sales offices
• International: World-wide export mainly via independent importers in the individual countries
• Sales Offices: Spain (Barcelona), The Netherlands (Doetinchem and Terheyden)
• Subsidiaries: Great Britain (Burntwood, Staffordshire), USA (Downingtown, Pennsylvania), Poland (Warsaw), France (Lyon)