From a small workshop in Selb to an internationally successful mechanical engineering group: NETZSCH is ringing in its a hundred and fiftieth anniversary year – and over four,a hundred staff worldwide are joining within the celebration.
The beginning is a duplicate of the identical start-up sample we frequently see today: Two brothers set up their own business in 1873 and, in a small workshop in Selb, developed a high quality product that gained over the hearth departments of the area. The fireplace extinguishers from the “Gebrüder Netzsch Maschinenfabrik” have been a giant seller. From there, Thomas Netzsch, a locksmith, and his youthful brother Christian Netzsch, an engineer, went on to develop machines for ceramic manufacturing that had been additionally renowned for their high quality. With the boom of the porcelain industry at that time in the Fichtelgebirge, the company lastly concentrated totally on the production of the ceramics trade gear.
Thus, a hundred and fifty years in the past, the success story of a family-owned company started, which right now spans the globe with its three business units “Pumps & Systems”, “Grinding & Dispersing” and “Analyzing & Testing” – with products such because the Mohno pump, wet mill and rheometer, with round 210 production and gross sales places and more than four,a hundred staff. Today, the NETZSCH Group is once again headed by two brothers from Selb: Moritz and Paul Netzsch. As the fifth era of the Netzsch household of owners, they run the corporate along with CFO Jens Niessner.
“Our history supplies answers”
What started in 1873 in a workshop in Selb has, in fact, lengthy outgrown its infancy. But NETZSCH needs to stay true to its family values and roots. In this anniversary year, Moritz Netzsch emphasizes: “It is necessary to me that we now have a steady, continued improvement of what we do right now. My wish is that, with all of the reflection, with all the necessary rethinking and new thinking, we develop organically, and produce the company into the next generation stronger than ever.”
This is likely certainly one of the the cause why NETZSCH had its company history researched from a wide selection of views for its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Looking into the past not solely substantiates values and successes, it also reveals the match of a worth proposition. “Our history provides answers as to why we have existed for thus lengthy. Our slogan ‘Proven Excellence’ is no empty phrase. We can prove our excellence from our historical past. One can observe how we actively shaped complete industries over a few years. Along with this, NETZSCH has all the time been able to adapt to radical adjustments within the company world or in the marketplace. Sometimes this additionally meant that we had to drastically reposition ourselves,” says Paul Netzsch. After the Second World War, for example, potato washing machines have been designed, and through the heyday of the porcelain trade, NETZSCH constructed full factories for the ceramic trade. All of these developments in the end led to NETZSCH positioning itself very efficiently out there with its “Analyzing & Testing”, “Grinding & Dispersing” and “Pumps & Systems” enterprise items. “We need to switch this traditionally grown adaptability into the future as well,” explains Moritz Netzsch.
Success over generations
Looking back also has a private part. Especially when important milestones within the company’s history could be attributed to Erich Netzsch (1903-1990) and Thomas Netzsch (1946-2010). Both managing directors have formed the corporate in their very own distinctive method and introduced it forward with groundbreaking choices. The discovery and additional improvement of the Mohno pump beneath Erich Netzsch and the intensive internationalization beneath Thomas Netzsch are simply two examples. The firm still benefits from these formative decisions at present. After all, success at NETZSCH all the time has a cross-generational part. The similar applies to an understanding of values and high quality that, for generations, has not solely centered on the company’s personal products and customers, but also on its employees. Thus, 25- and even 40-year anniversaries are nothing uncommon at NETZSCH – even internationally. The average length of service of the worldwide workforce at NETZSCH is high at 10.6 years. At the German places, employees even stay 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 locations the place other firms with a excessive worldwide profile are situated.” The end result: Niessner repeatedly experiences deja vu throughout worker interviews everywhere in the world: “I usually meet staff, whether it’s in China, Brazil or Waldkraiburg, and realize in conversation: the son or daughter now also works for us. Our spirit is not only inherited by the proprietor household, but additionally by our workforce.
“ เกจวัดแรงดันคือ drive industrial progress”
Meanwhile, the vision for the longer term is about: in 2022, the company has launched a brand new technique for the three enterprise items. “We drive industrial progress to sustain a profitable eco-system by way of generations” – the brand new mission for the longer term reveals a strengthened will to shape issues at NETZSCH. Looking again provides braveness, however above all it makes us need to look forward to the future. And this future must be characterized by innovation more than ever. Since 2019, for instance, employees have been concerned within the development of futuristic concepts in NETZSCH’s own innovation incubator NEDGEX and are all the time on the lookout for potential new enterprise areas. In 2021, NEDGEX was honored by Infront Consulting and the enterprise magazine Capital as probably the greatest Digital Innovations Labs in Germany with the Digital Lab Award.
In its anniversary 12 months, NETZSCH is planning intensive celebrations – including in any respect major international places. The firm will share the various facets of its history with its workforce, prospects and partners, in addition to interested members of the public, in a magazine and an anniversary weblog.
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For extra data contact:
Kristin Nugent
McNeil, Gray & Rice Inc.
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Kristin.nugent@mgr1.com
About NETZSCH Pumps & Systems
NETZSCH Pumps & Systems has served markets worldwide for greater than 60 years, providing customized, subtle options for purposes in every business sort. Experts in complex 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 units, metering expertise and accessories. With a workforce of more than 2,200, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is the most important business unit within the NETZSCH Group, with annual gross sales of greater than 380 million Euros.
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