The Witzig & Frank production site in Offenburg/Germany.

The Witzig & Frank brand has renewed its partnership with Hydromat. FFG Werke GmbH’s Witzig & Frank is following in its parent company’s global approach by leveraging its long history in the U.S. market by partnering with the St. Louis-based manufacturer of rotary transfer machines and multi-spindle machines.

Both companies are combining their matching portfolios of high volume metal cutting solutions for the automotive communications, medical, aerospace, plumbing, and general machining industries.

Witzig & Frank is a manufacturer of highly integrated machining solutions for high volume applications based in Offenburg, Germany. The company has  had a long and successful history of machine tool engineering. Under new ownership of FFG Europe, production at the Offenburg plant was re-launched in December 2013 and sales targets for 2014 have already been exceeded. Several metal forming and metal cutting machining systems for German customers are currently on the shop floor.

Apart from the matching portfolios, the companies have had close ties for more than 25 years when Hydromat President and CEO Bruno Schmitter co-founded a joint venture with Witzig & Frank. Hydromat’s Chief Sales Officer Matthias Walter started his career at Witzig & Frank—wher his father had been managing director for many years—and later took over Witzig & Frank’s U.S. entity Turmatic Systems.

“We have actually sold, installed and serviced more than 160 Witzig & Frank machines in the U.S., so we’re very experienced in the field and know the relevant players. Also, with our portfolio and the Witzig & Frank products, we can now cover a vast range of different sizes applications, leveraging our mutual strengths and giving our customers the competitive edge,” said the CSO, Matthias Walter.

According to Pascal Schnebelt, Sales Director at Witzig & Frank, the demand for their products in the Northern American market is strong, “There is a variety of industries in the growing American manufacturing industry and also existing German customers setting up production in the U.S. wher our solutions for high volume applications perfectly match customers’ needs. With the proven partnership of Hydromat we have the expertise on site and we can guarantee a top service for our customers.”

Hydromat’s contract with FFG Werke GmbH, Witzig & Frank’s holding company, includes the full range of services for the brand, such as sales, service, spare parts supply and retrofits.

For more information, visit www.hydromat.com.