History
In 1910, Johannes Schmalz founded the “Johannes Schmalz Rasierklingenfabrik” in Glatten. The “Glattis” brand was both well-known and highly successful in Germany, selling up to 600,000 razor blades every month The proliferation of the electric shaver required the company to change its focus. From 1948 onwards, Artur Schmalz led the company to further success by making innovative developments in the field of light motor vehicles. Schmalz supplied luggage trailers and mobile steps to airports and transport equipment to furniture factories. When Kurt Schmalz took over the management of the company in 1984, the company moved in a new direction and began to specialise in vacuum technology. In 1990, Wolfgang Schmalz joined the company’s management. Together, the two brothers have transformed a company with a long tradition into one of the world’s leading providers of vacuum technology. 1998 saw the opening of the company’s first branch office in Switzerland. Today, Schmalz has a sales network of 16 branch offices across the globe. In 2008, the company’s production area was increased by 10,170 m².
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