| 1961 |
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- On November 1st, Sigrid und Dieter Schmees set up their own wage turning shop in a rented garage.
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| 1966 |
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- Acquisition of a 2.307 m² plot at Rudolf-Dieser-Weg 6 and construction of a workshop for a wage turning shop.
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| 1968 |
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- Expansion of the hall as well as the purchase of a used graphite rod furnace and on 26 October the 1st tapping took place
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| 1972 |
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- Entry into the commercial register on December 19th.
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| 1975 |
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- Purchase of an induction furnace
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| 1980 |
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- Construction of the ceramics department
- Sand casting changed to cold box
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| 1985 |
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- Purchase of a medium-frequency crucible furnace.
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| 1992 |
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- Acquisition of former Copitzer Guß GmbH.
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| 1993 |
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- Relocation of headquarters from Langenfeld to Pirna/Saxony.
- Clemens Schmees takes over management in the 2nd generation.
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| 1994 |
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- Certification from TÜV according to DIN EN ISO 9001
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| 2000 |
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- Purchase of a medium-frequency crucible furnace plant with tandem configuration.
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| 2002 |
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- Renovation of the blowing room in Pirna
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| 2004 |
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- Construction of a new office building at Plant Langenfeld.
- Construction of a model storage hall at Pirna.
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| 2005 |
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- Expansion of a workshop building with crane runway and foremen’s offices on the existing foundry halls.
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| 2006 |
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- Founding of “Netzwerk Rapid Manufacturing”.
- Acquisition of a 5t induction fornace for Plant Pirna
- New construction of heat treating center and model workshop at Pirna.
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| 2007 |
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- Acquisition of a 10.000 m² neighboring plot, including a production hall at Langenfeld.
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| 2008 |
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- Planning and construction of the new prodiction hall at Langenfeld and Pirna with crane runways, stripping stations, sand processing facilities with chromite seperations and cold box mixers.
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| 2009 |
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- Commissioning of the new moulding shop and foundry at Langenfeld and Pirna.
- Commissioning of the new production hall at Pirna
- Entry into the Encyclopedia of German Family-Owned Companies
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| 2010 |
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- Expansion of the art grinding workshop to mirror polishing in Pirna.
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| 2011 |
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- Anniversary – 50 years Edelstahlwerke Schmees.
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| 2012 |
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- Anniversary – 20 years Standort Pirna.
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| 2013 |
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- Certification of energy management by TÜV according to ISO 50001:2011.
- Introduction of an ERP system in both plants.
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| 2014 |
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- New construction of the administration building in Pirna
- Introduction of a 3 Litre PPS system for effective capacity management.
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| 2015 |
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- Commisioning of a new heat treating and blowing hall at Langenfeld.
- Construction of a heat recovery plant for sustainable heating of offices and mechanical workshops at Pirna.
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| 2016 |
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- Construction of a central storage for incoming goods at Langenfeld. Relaunch of the logo and development of the brands SCHMEES cast and SCHMEES art
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| 2017 |
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- Anniversary: 25 years plant Pirna
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| 2018 |
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- Modernization and expansion of mechanical processing technology
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| 2020 |
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- Introduction of the registered material brand seculloy® designed by SCHMEES
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