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One year after Managing Director Thomas Trefzer took office, the Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH in Hechingen has done a lot. the Field sales was changed. Project planning and construction have been strengthened with a focus on vacuum technology and a few specific sectors. The company was also active on a non-profit basis with a generous Donation. These and more Company News can be found below:
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- Changes in the Gimatic organization
- Donation helps seriously ill children
- Technology center showcases Barnes Group injection molding expertise
- Thomas Trefzer is the new managing director
- Sales representative for Bavaria North and New Federal States
- Sales Manager for Vacuum Portfolio Sales
- Gimatic Germany takes over sales for autorotor
- Gimatic Germany takes over sales in Benelux
Changes in the Gimatic organization
24.01.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX | Thomas Trefzer, Managing Director of Gimatic, has implemented the "one or the other optimization potential" that he had announced when he took office almost a year ago. the Field sales was fundamentally reorganized, sales areas reassigned. Every sales representative is now responsible for the complete range in his area in the sense of "One-face-to-the-customer".
The team is strengthened by two new sales representatives. Maximilian Moesl looks after the country of Austria as a proven expert. Torsten Dickhut is the new man in northern Germany and at the same time responsible for the area as a vacuum specialist. The sales organization is to be further expanded this year.
The areas construction and project planning were also expanded and strengthened. The focus is on the vacuum technology range and the expansion of business in the medical technology, packaging technology, wood processing and sheet metal handling sectors.
Donation helps seriously ill children
23.01.2023/2022/XNUMX | At the end of XNUMX, Gimatic implemented an affair of the heart with a donation to the needy instead of Christmas presents. The Foundation Help for sick children from the University Children's Hospital in Tübingen and higher-level international organizations were pleased to receive a four-digit amount.
"We have decided this year to donate to a regional affair of the heart instead of gifts for our customers, suppliers and business partners," says Thomas Trefzer. "The children's hospital has set itself the goal of ensuring the best possible treatment, advice and support for seriously ill children, young people and their families, and not only focuses on the medical care of the child itself, but also on supporting his family".
Technology center showcases Barnes Group injection molding expertise
09.05.2022 | The division Molding Solutions of the Barnes Group expanded the Foboha technology center for injection molding in Haslach in 2021. The technical center imparts injection molding expertise all year round and is available to customers for tests. In addition, small series can be produced here if necessary and customer events can be held. Included are the grippers and Vacuum Technology by Gimatic.
On a total area of about 1000 m², the visitor of the High-tech mold making Foboha to particularly high precision, many filigree cavities and sophisticated tool technology. The Foboha toolmakers are experts for high-cavity tools such as multi-component tools, cube tools or stack tools with indexable inserts.
Recently, the technical center has been enriched by another large system: On a Duo 2700/17060 injection molding machine Angel Austria GmbH, Schwertberg, a family mold produces three very heterogeneous components Automotive-Door panel in one shot. On this system, the sister company Synventive Molding Solutions GmbH shows its hot runner and process competence in automotive applications.
Equipment competence in the group
Also installed were a 6-axis robot and a material dryer. The full range of tools from Barnes Group sister companies are available such as Synventive Molding Solutions or Gammaflux Controls. Priamus System Technologies supplies the process monitoring and control technology. The concentrated gripper and vacuum technology comes from the Gimatic Group.
Plastic recycling from and for industry and other uses
Gimatic delivered as Basic equipment for a test tool a large gripper system with removal of various components such as parallel grippers, Angus pliers and vacuum cups. In addition, a centering unit type AGG was installed and lifting elements for individual trays were installed for demonstration purposes. Gimatic also built the Robotic Gripper System (EOAT).
The Cooperation between Gimatic and Priamus. Both are demonstrating a solution for the first time in which a sensor integrated in the gripper feeds signals back directly to the control technology via a bus system.
Test, optimize, communicate
"I see the technical center as an excellent option to demonstrate the concentrated Barnes technology power live to customers and interested parties and to offer added value at events," comments Thomas Trefzer, Managing Director of Gimatic Vertriebs GmbH in Hechingen. “We can also test and optimize our technologies ourselves in the center. For example, Gimatic will be able to communicate directly with the Priamus system. We can record process parameters, play with the results and make optimisations.”
Of course, a technical center like Foboha is always a place to meet, where members of the Barnes family can also meet and get to know each other. Customer events with lectures and demonstrations are also to be held here in the future.
Thomas Trefzer is the new managing director
15.03.2022/01/2022 | Since March 52st, XNUMX, Thomas Trefzer has been the new managing director at Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH in Hechingen. The XNUMX-year-old engineer had previously various management positions within the industry. He has now taken over the position from Johannes Lörcher, who, after 17 years, would like to focus more on his company TG Ritter Spezialmaschinen and will start as a business angel.
Thomas Trefzer is Dipl.-Ing. for Aerospace Engineering. He initially started his career as an officer in the Bundeswehr. He then worked in management at Busch GmbH, Wampfler AG, Fipa GmbH and Springer GmbH, among others. Mr. Trefzer has been married for 26 years and has two adult daughters.
“I look forward to working with the Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH team. I have known the company and Johannes Lörcher for many years and have always followed the development of Gimatic very closely," says Thomas Trefzer. "Based on my many years of experience in sales, I see one or the other optimization potential that I would like to implement with the sales team. I find the international and extremely professional environment and the cooperation with the colleagues in the Italian parent company particularly appealing. The integration into the Barnes Group also offers a wide range of opportunities. We have only just begun to systematically exploit these synergy effects."
Johannes Lörcher's withdrawal had already been agreed during the negotiations for the takeover of the Gimatic Group by Barnes Inc. in October 2018. "In the future, I would like to focus more on my own company, TG Ritter Spezialmaschinen GmbH in Jungingen," says Blick John Lörcher into the future. TG Ritter has been selling and advising on highly complex machines for the pharmaceutical industry as an agency since 1958. For a good eight years, the focus here has been on technologically leading partner companies from abroad. "I wish Mr. Trefzer a good start and that he leads Gimatic Hechingen successfully into the future". In the future, Mr. Lörcher will also devote himself to an exciting new task: He will be active as a business angel for the Reutlingen Chamber of Industry and Commerce and support and promote start-ups, if necessary with a financial stake.
Sales representative for Bavaria North and New Federal States
12.04.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX | Cared for since January Stefan Fleischman for Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH the regions of Bavaria North and New Federal States. From his home office in Kronach, he will be on hand with advice and support for customers and those who want to become one.
"I see Mr. Fleischmann as very well suited for the field of activity in the focus of the plastic injection molding industry as well as for the expansion of the sales of our components and system technology", comments the managing director John Lörcher. "We also had to adapt our sales to the current Corona situation and are now working purely digitally, hybrid, very traditionally with the telephone and where it is necessary and desired, also with the appropriate protective measures on site".
Stefan Fleischmann has set himself the following: “Since there have been three changes of contact person in a short time in the region I am responsible for, I would like that first Regain customer trust. I assume that the extensive product range and the innovative strength of Gimatic are not yet known to everyone in the region. That is why my job will be to point out existing and potential new customers about the whole range of possibilities as well as the immense advantages of working with us.
Robotic grippers, EOAT, gripper kits for cobots and industrial robots
Mr. Fleischmann is a trained toolmaker and technician by profession. He has a wealth of experience that he has gained in his previous work in Tool and special machine construction has collected. With Mr Fleischmann, Gimatic has three employees in Germany in the south and three in the east and one in the north and one in the center of Germany.
Sales Manager for Vacuum Portfolio Sales
08.03.2021 | Gimatic recently expanded its portfolio of pneumatic and mechatronic gripper and handling components to include a vacuum technology range. The member of the Barnes Group now also pumps, suction cups, Sensors and accessories for vacuum technology. The VG range includes around 900 products and the EJ range of vacuum pumps and cartridges offers around 150 different items.
“We hope for a quick market entry and positive feedback from potential customers. With our new vacuum portfolio, we are clearly relying on cross-selling effects with our existing products. This will certainly be successful because a not inconsiderable number of our existing customers have a greater need for Vacuum Technology has ”says John Lörcher, Managing Director of Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH.
With Marc Hempel, the company was able to do one Specialists in vacuum technology win. He had already been able to gain experience and know-how in the industry for nine years. Now the new sales manager in DACH and Benelux will set up an independent sales structure for the new product area.
"In the last few years I have worked as a sales manager at a system house for compressed air and vacuum technology and most recently as an area sales manager for a vacuum technology manufacturer," reports industrial engineer Marc Hempel. "The German-speaking market for vacuum products such as suction cups, Vacuum gripper, ejectors, pumps, Robot- And Cobot-handling tools will grow significantly over the next few years. And because many of the Gimatic customers die Automation will continue to advance their processes, this offers great opportunities for us.”
Gimatic Germany takes over sales for autorotor
27.01.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX | In Hechingen, Gimatic is gearing up for the sale of another Italian product portfolio. Since the beginning of the year, products have been moving in here that are not directly related to gripper and handling technology Rotary rings, turntables, manipulators and Basic machines from autorotor.
Nachdem die Matilda Holding Autorotor bought a new management team. In this context, the holding company hired Daniele Comassi as managing director in August 2020. Because the Autorotor product range fits in well with the Gimatic portfolio, those in charge of the holding have decided to put the sales skills in the hands of the mechatronics specialist Gimatic.
Many of the Gimatic customers also use rotary indexing tables. According to Gimatic Managing Director Johannes Lörcher, these fit well with the product group grab. Autorotor Germany is currently in liquidation.
Who is Autorotor?
Autorotor with headquarters in Italian Vaiano Cremasco has specialized in the most diverse areas of industrial automation and supplies, among others, the Automotive industry, Pharma industry and food technology. The company has been building rotary indexing tables and rotating rings for mechanical engineering, basic machines for automatic machines, manipulators for pick-and-place tasks, etc. for more than forty years. About fifty employees at Autorotor generate an export share of around 60%.
“Autorotor fits perfectly into our sales concept. With the new management, we will expand Autorotor's small customer base and gain market share, ”he says John Lörcher on cooperation. “Gimatic Germany is a young company with a high level of internal know-how. This results in a high rate of innovation in the development of new automation components. We look forward to participating and benefiting from each other, ”says Daniele Comassi.
Autorotor would now like to realign itself with ecological sustainability in focus on the most important competitors in the market. The developers are currently working on a mechatronic manipulator and a simplified basic machine. The company will also soon become one E-commerce service .
Gimatic Germany takes over sales in Benelux
23.11.2020 | Gimatic grows and continues the successful development with the expansion of the sales region. Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Italian Gimatic SrL, has been supporting the Benelux countries since September 1, 2020 Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Dolf Schenkelaars takes care of the customers' needs on site.
The sales representative is supported by the team in Hechingen. “Why are we now also active in the Benelux countries? We want to have direct contact with our customers in every European industrial country. This brings us closer to the market and can take care of the needs of our global customers on site. We have a few of them in the Benelux countries and of course we would like to expand them, ”says managing director John Lörcher. "In addition to selling our components from the standard range, we will also offer system solutions for grippers for the Benelux market - especially for the plastic injection molding industry."
Gimatic sales staff on site
Dolf Schenkelaars has taken over the technical advice and support for customers and interested parties in the Benelux countries from the home office. “We have a number of globally active customers in the Benelux. These include large manufacturers in sectors such as the packaging industry as well as interesting small companies in sectors such as agricultural technology with niche applications such as picking robots, ”says Dolf Schenkelaars, describing the market in the sales area.
Dolf Schenkelaars studied electrical engineering and has a wide range of specialist and user knowledge. For 20 years he worked in sales for international companies. "On the basis of his well-founded technical, market and customer know-how, Mr. Schenkelaars should die Basic structures for Gimatic sales in the Benelux countries build up“, Describes Johannes Lörcher the new position.
The products are sold in euros according to the current euro price list. The goods are dispatched daily directly from the central warehouse in Roncadelle, Italy, while the system technology comes from Hechingen.
Archive for further company news
- Mechatronic products are establishing themselves well in Austria
- Barnes Group expands portfolio with Gimatic acquisition
- With double-digit sales growth in 2017 to become the technology leader
- Gimatic Germany takes over distribution in Switzerland
Mechatronic products are establishing themselves well in Austria
25.03.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX | A good year ago, the Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH with the direct Distribution in Austria started. Supported from Hechingen, Lars Janser takes care of the needs of the local customers in the Austrian branch in Graz with competent advice. Time for us to ask about the status quo:
"After we started direct sales in Austria, we have consistently been able to acquire new customers and are therefore pleased about the corresponding growth in sales," sums up John Lörcher, Managing Director Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH, Hechingen (picture above). "So Mr. Janser did a good job, we can build on this basis".
In addition to the entire Gimatic portfolio, the focus in Austria is on system solutions for the plastic injection molding industry. This is currently almost exclusively demanded from the standard portfolio. "In particular from our standardPlastic program We are seeing a lot of demand, "says the managing director and continues:" And if the word has not got around correctly: We also offer complete ones robot gripper Systems as well as customer-specific components for OEM applications in mechanical and plant engineering, ”he says with a wink.
Technical advice and support for Austria is provided by Mr. Lars Janser (Picture on the right) from Graz: "The decision to replace the former dealer sales with direct sales has paid off," says the branch manager. "The beginnings for system solutions have been made, we have sold some mechatronic systems, but this does not yet correspond to our capacity and, above all, does not meet the needs".
Because that too Austrian market increasingly demands system solutions for grippers, which are used in particular in the plastic injection molding industry. The system solutions are designed, built and delivered in Germany. Standard products, on the other hand, come directly from the central warehouse in Roncadelle in Italy.
The Gimatic Group has 19 offices around the world and has been part of the Barnes Inc. Group since 2018. Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH in Hechingen has been selling the pneumatic and mechatronic gripper and handling components from the Italian company Gimatic Srl in Germany since 2005. Customer-specific gripper systems are also designed and built here.
Barnes Group expands portfolio with Gimatic acquisition
21.09.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX | The US American Barnes Group Inc., a global provider of highly engineered products and innovative solutions for industry and aerospace, yesterday announced the acquisition of Italy's Gimatic Srl, the leading supplier of components and system solutions for industrial automation and handling.
The Barnes Group, founded in 1857 and based in Connecticut produces high-tech products and innovative solutions for industry and aviation, thus serving the transport, communications and manufacturing industries as well as emerging markets. Barnes acquires the mechatronics specialist 100 percent.
Gimatic Srl, founded in 1985 with headquarters in northern Italy Roncadelle (Brescia) develops and manufactures state-of-the-art pneumatic and mechatronic components and system solutions for end customers and suppliers. The grippers, linear technology and sensors are used in the automotive, Plastic-, Electronics-, food and pharmaceutical industry as well as medical technology. Gimatic takes a technological and market-leading position in customer and application-specific components and systems for automation. The company has a sales network in Europe, North America and Asia.
The total value of the transaction is 370 million euros. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018. Gimatic will be new strategic business unit operate within the industry segment of the Barnes Group.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Gimatic and its founder Giuseppe Bellandi to the Barnes Group, as this acquisition gives us access to the industrial automation market," he says Patrick Dempsey, President and CEO of Barnes Group Inc. and continued: “This very attractive market fits in well with our strategic growth plans. With increasing factory automation in the global industrial sector and the associated growing demand for automation and robotics components, we expect that the demand for the advanced solutions from Gimatic will increase significantly in the future. "
With double-digit sales growth in 2017 to become the technology leader
12.06.2018/1985/XNUMX | Established in XNUMX Brescia Gimatic SrL from Roncadelle (Bs), Italy has developed into a global supplier of pneumatic and mechatronic components, which today employs 250 people worldwide. With a turnover of 48 million euros, the company generated around 2017 percent growth in 20.
The Gimatic Group has an extensive, well-organized and reliable network 17 global offices. The newest subsidiary in Romania just opened in June 2018. Two more are planned for 2018: the Russian branch will open on June 15 and an Indian branch in July.
Gimatic invests over ten percent of its annual turnover in research and development internally or externally in cooperation with universities or research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute. This has already resulted in over 180 patents in Italy, Germany, the USA, Japan and China. In June 2016, the Gimatic Group was taken over by the Chinese private equity fund AGIC, which focuses on growth in Asia. Since then, sales in Asia have increased, new sales offices have been set up and new employees have been hired.
State-of-the-art manufacturing in Brescia
Gimatic is proud of its state-of-the-art production facility in Brescia, which is truly Industry 4.0 suspect: every single assembly station or milling machine in our assembly department and mechanical production is connected to the ERP system,” describes Giuseppe Cardovino, Sales Manager Gimatic srl the organization. There is no more paper, no operating instructions, the latest version is always available for each product. Errors are thus completely excluded. The assembly steps are precisely defined and key figures are recorded in terms of time, which state how things are going and where, whereupon you can react quickly with process optimization if necessary. This information is available to everyone involved on the intranet.
The best supplier for EOAT solutions and technology leader is the vision and we are on the right track. Gimatic has consistently seen double-digit growth since 2009, and the sales forecast for 2018 is around €53 million. The global team is expected to grow by a further 2019 employees by 25. Global offices are expected to increase to 2019 by 23. In the future, Gimatic will focus on improving collaborative robotics. The second generation of mechatronic servo grippers is also planned. IO-Link boxes, RFID with web service for geolocation, supercapacitor boxes with Wi-Fi control for complete wireless gripper control, new parallel grippers and collaboration kits for cobots: these are the developments the engineers are currently working on.
Gimatic Germany takes over distribution in Switzerland
20.09.2016/2005/XNUMX | Since XNUMX, Gimatic Vertriebs GmbH in Hechingen has been selling the pneumatic and mechatronic gripper and handling components of the Italian Gimatic Srl in Germany. Customer-specific gripper systems are also designed and built here. As of October 1, 2016, the sphere of activity for the sale of the Gimatic portfolio will be expanded to include the Switzerland region and will from now on be carried out directly from the German branch.
Gimatic is growing strongly and would like to continue the successful development, especially of the last two to three years. After June, the Gimatic Group from the Chinese Private equity fund Agic was taken over with a focus on the Asian regions, the expansion is also to continue in Europe: “So far, the market in Switzerland had developed rather moderately for Gimatic. That should change now and we want to really step on the gas in Switzerland, too,” says Managing Director Johannes Lörcher. In addition to the sale of standard products, system solutions for grippers, especially for the plastic injection molding industry for the Swiss market, are to be designed, built and delivered in Germany.
Technical advice and support for Switzerland is provided by Mr. Simon Fontana from Liechtenstein: "Due to the constant, sometimes rapidly changing market situation and because customers in Switzerland are dependent on good automation solutions, we see great potential here. We are also looking for flexible, solution-oriented partners for the so-called 'End of Arm Tooling' (EOAT) solutions”. Simon Fontana has been working with Gimatic products as a user and customer for many years as part of his work as a project manager for companies in the industry. "The market for plastic injection molding is currently growing strongly in the region, not least because the high-wage country of Switzerland requires increasing automation," says Simon Fontana, describing the background to the development.
Depending on how the desired growth develops, one wants to gradually hire more employees. In his new sales region, the team in Hechingen is fully available to Mr. Fontana for all matters. Goods are shipped daily directly from the central warehouse in Roncadelle, Italy.
Who is Gimatic?
Gimatic is a supplier of pneumatic and mechatronic handling components such as grab and Tool changer for robotics and Automation. Since 2005 the German Gimatic Vertrieb GmbH has been selling the products of the Italian Gimatic Srl from Roncadelle, Brescia. The Gimatic Group has been part of the American group since 2018 Barnes Group. The employees also design and build at the German location customer-specific gripper systems. The regions of Austria and Switzerland also belong to the sales area of the German branch. Gimatic has also been distributing the products of Autorotor Srl, Vaiano Cremasco since 2021.
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