From a small workshop in Selb to an internationally profitable mechanical engineering group: NETZSCH is ringing in its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary year – and over four,a hundred workers worldwide are becoming a member of in the celebration.
The beginning is a duplicate of the same start-up sample we frequently see at present: Two brothers set up their own enterprise in 1873 and, in a small workshop in Selb, developed a excessive quality product that gained over the fire departments of the region. The fire extinguishers from the “Gebrüder Netzsch Maschinenfabrik” had been an enormous vendor. From there, Thomas Netzsch, a locksmith, and his younger brother Christian Netzsch, an engineer, went on to develop machines for ceramic production that had been additionally renowned for their high quality. With the growth of the porcelain business at that time within the Fichtelgebirge, the company lastly concentrated completely on the manufacturing of the ceramics industry gear.
Thus, a hundred and fifty years in the past, the success story of a family-owned firm began, which right now spans the globe with its three enterprise items “Pumps & Systems”, “Grinding & Dispersing” and “Analyzing & Testing” – with merchandise such as the Mohno pump, wet mill and rheometer, with round 210 production and gross sales places and more than 4,100 employees. Today, the NETZSCH Group is as quickly as again headed by two brothers from Selb: Moritz and Paul Netzsch. As the fifth era of the Netzsch family of owners, they run the corporate along with CFO Jens Niessner.
“Our history offers answers”
What began in 1873 in a workshop in Selb has, in fact, lengthy outgrown its infancy. But NETZSCH needs to remain true to its household values and roots. In this anniversary year, Moritz Netzsch emphasizes: “It is essential to me that we have a steady, continued growth of what we do at present. My wish is that, with all of the reflection, with all the required rethinking and new pondering, we develop organically, and bring the corporate into the following technology stronger than ever.”
This is probably one of the reasons why NETZSCH had its corporate history researched from quite a lot of perspectives for its 150th anniversary. Looking into the previous not only substantiates values and successes, it additionally reveals the match of a value proposition. “Our history offers answers as to why we’ve existed for so lengthy. Our slogan ‘Proven Excellence’ isn’t any empty phrase. We can show our excellence from our history. One can observe how we actively shaped entire industries over many years. Along with this, NETZSCH has at all times been in a place to adapt to radical adjustments in the company world or within the market. Sometimes this also meant that we needed to drastically reposition ourselves,” says Paul Netzsch. After the Second World War, for instance, potato washing machines have been designed, and through the heyday of the porcelain business, NETZSCH constructed complete factories for the ceramic trade. All of those developments ultimately led to NETZSCH positioning itself very successfully in the market with its “Analyzing & Testing”, “Grinding & Dispersing” and “Pumps & Systems” enterprise items. “We want to switch this traditionally grown adaptability into the future as properly,” explains Moritz Netzsch.
Success over generations
Looking again additionally has a personal part. Especially when important milestones in the company’s historical past may be attributed to Erich Netzsch (1903-1990) and Thomas Netzsch (1946-2010). Both managing administrators have formed the company in their own distinctive method and brought it ahead with groundbreaking selections. The discovery and further improvement of the Mohno pump under Erich Netzsch and the intensive internationalization under Thomas Netzsch are just two examples. The company still advantages from these formative decisions at present. After all, success at NETZSCH all the time has a cross-generational element. The similar applies to an understanding of values and quality that, for generations, has not only centered on the company’s personal merchandise and clients, but also on its employees. Thus, 25- and even 40-year anniversaries are nothing uncommon at NETZSCH – even internationally. The common length of service of the worldwide workforce at NETZSCH is high at 10.6 years. At the German places, workers even remain employed for an average of thirteen years.
CFO Jens Niessner is satisfied: “You can really feel our NETZSCH spirit at every location. Our values, the financial success, the attitude for the staff – this pairing sparks an aura that makes us competitive even in places where different corporations with a high international profile are situated.” The end result: Niessner repeatedly experiences deja vu during employee interviews everywhere in the world: “I usually meet employees, whether or not it’s in China, Brazil or Waldkraiburg, and realize in conversation: the son or daughter now also works for us. Our spirit is not solely inherited by the proprietor family, but additionally by our workforce.
“We drive industrial progress”
Meanwhile, the imaginative and prescient for the future is set: in 2022, the corporate has launched a new technique for the three enterprise units. “We drive industrial progress to sustain a successful eco-system by way of generations” – the new mission for the long run reveals a strengthened will to form issues at NETZSCH. Looking again provides braveness, however above all it makes us wish to look forward to the lengthy run. And this future should be characterised by innovation greater than ever. Since 2019, for example, workers have been involved within the growth of futuristic ideas in NETZSCH’s own innovation incubator NEDGEX and are at all times on the lookout for potential new enterprise areas. In 2021, NEDGEX was honored by Infront Consulting and the enterprise magazine Capital as top-of-the-line Digital Innovations Labs in Germany with the Digital Lab Award.
In its anniversary yr, NETZSCH is planning intensive celebrations – including at all major international locations. The firm will share the assorted aspects of its history with its workforce, customers and companions, in addition to involved members of the public, in a magazine and an anniversary blog.
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For extra data contact:
Kristin Nugent
McNeil, Gray & Rice Inc.
(617) 367-0100, ext.148
Kristin.nugent@mgr1.com
About NETZSCH Pumps & Systems
NETZSCH Pumps & Systems has served markets worldwide for more than 60 years, offering customized, refined solutions for applications in each industry sort. Experts in complicated fluid dealing with, NETZSCH provides NEMO® progressing cavity pumps, TORNADO® rotary lobe pumps, and NOTOS® screw pumps, PERIPRO™ peristaltic pumps in addition to N.Mac® twin shaft grinders, macerators, barrel emptying items, metering technology and accessories. With เกจวัดแรงดันเครื่องกรองน้ำ of more than 2,200, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is the largest business unit in the NETZSCH Group, with annual sales of more than 380 million Euros.
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