Drahtzug Stein

Drahtzug Stein (own spelling: DRAHTZUG STONE ) is an internationally operating group of companies from ten united under the umbrella of a holding part company. The holding company has its headquarters in Altleiningen in Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Durkheim. The parent company is located in the northeastern Palatinate Forest.

Structure

Business

Under the wire drawing stone holding ten subsidiaries are summarized. These contribute each take corporate responsibility and are regionally and globally, under the care of Drahtzug stone holding, responsible for managing the company's activities. The group is divided into three business segments, the company's internal - are written with small letters - as well as the locations.

• Wire & welding ( welding consumables such as seamless flux cored wires and solid wires, basket coil wire and modification )
• Wire were saprofil, łódz, omim, come, navarre, omico, usa ( wire products for dishwashers, stoves, ovens, grills and microwaves, wire products for refrigerators and freezers and special applications )
• Service ( internal service provider )
• Combicore filled, highly stable working tubes for foundries for the realization of cavities and channels for oil, water and other coolants and gases in modern castings. These enable innovative designs and a consistent lightweight with significant material and energy savings.

Locations

(Source: company website)

• Altleiningen ( Germany ) Drahtzug Stein wire & welding GmbH & Co. KG
• Drahtzug stone wire were GmbH & Co. KG
• Drahtzug stone service GmbH & Co. KG
• Drahtzug stone combicore GmbH & Co. KG

• Olonne- sur -Mer ( France) Drahtzug stone saprofil S.A.R.L.

• Łódź (Poland ) Drahtzug stone łódź Sp z o o

• Italy Drahtzug stone omim S.R.L (San Dona di Piave)
• Drahtzug stone come S.R.L ( Conzano )

• Spain Drahtzug stone navara S. L. ( Sangüesa )
• Drahtzug stone omico S. L. ( Mondragón )

• Hungary (joint venture) Drahtzug Stein & Amond KFT

Logos

The second logo, 1993-2001

The current logo, since 2001

The thinner blue stripes stand for thin to thick wire diameter, which should symbolize looking to the future as well as the aspiration of wire drawing stone by the corporate ideology. The long blue line under the company name represents the base, the foundation of the company over its entire range

History

In 1423 was begun in Altleininger valley to the mining of copper and iron ore. Johann Nicholas II Gienanth leased in 1729 an iron melt of the Counts of Leiningen. In 1811, Napoleon Bonaparte gave permission for the construction of a drawing block in Altleiningen, this was in 1860 in the possession of a family Kuhn. 1941 took over Georg Stein wire drawing, included its production at this time pins and chains.

In 1948, we expanded the range of products and procured new machines. Nine years later, in 1957, the company started with the production of wire products. From the company then in 1961 was created the limited partnership Drahtwarenfabrik Drahtzug stone. A year later, they started with the production of dishwasher baskets. 1964, the company developed a process for producing a closed flux cored wires, which was two years later in the production.

In 1973, the company established its first subsidiary in France Drahtzug stone saprofil ( Société de Produits en Sablase Fil de Fer ). This company is located in Olonne -sur -Mer on the Atlantic coast. It was equipped with modern production facilities to the French market leader in galvanized and plastic-coated wire products for the home appliance industry. In 1975, the patent of a wire coil for welding wire was added. In 1997, the independent marketing of welding consumables began.

Newer development

The company acquired a stake in the company in 2000 Califil in France. The Drahtwarenfabrik Drahtzug Stein GmbH & Co. KG was converted into a holding company in 2001.

In 2003 the wire drawing stone mbH was established. The following year, in Lodz (Poland ), the company DSWI spzoo (now Drahtzug stone lodz ) founded as a joint venture with the company Wire Industries. Drahtzug Stein followed with these measures, the relocation of production to Eastern Europe, the home appliance industry. The production plant in Lodz was recorded in 2005. In 2006, the stone holding the wire drawing competitors Wire Industries in key areas; only its Italian and Spanish brands, omim come and be managed independently. The production area in Łódź was quadrupled in 2007. In 2005, the subsidiary Drahtzug spb stone was founded in St. Petersburg, 2007 Drahtzug stone usa Corp.. in the U.S. and 2008 Drahtzug stone combicore in Altleiningen.

Consolidated revenue per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30 of the following year) developed as follows:

• 2006/2007: € 135 million
• 2007/2008: € 131 million
• 2008/2009: € 121 million

The number of employees at the main plant Altleiningen increased from initially eight co-workers ( 1941) to 545 (2008); 2009 was a recession-related decline recorded at 517. In 2009, the entire group of companies 1331 employees; In 2008 the figure was 1375.