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SW Swabian Machine Tools

Machine Tools & Production Systems

Seedorfer Street 91
78713 Schramberg
Germany

Contact:
Phone: 07402 / 740
Fax: 07402 / 74211
E-Mail: info@sw-machines.com
Website: http://www.sw-machines.com

Company Information:
SW - Company Profile

Emerging from Heckler & Koch GmbH, the young company SW has a rich tradition.
1981: operating under the name Heckler & Koch Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH as an independent business unit within the Heckler & Koch Group. The corporate group is highly innovative, with a wide range of products.
1991: then - takeover of the Heckler & Koch Group by British Aerospace.
Change. Concentration of the British corporation on defense, aerospace, and space technology. Spin-off of, among others, the machinery and plant engineering division.
1995: Management recognizes the opportunity: founding of Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH. Shareholders: Walter A. Lamp and Dieter Kroll. An asset deal signals continuity, securing the assumption of all obligations to customers, suppliers, and employees.
2004: Acquisition of SW GmbH by EMAG, Salach



- horizontal double swivel table ensures optimal, because free chip fall in vertical and horizontal machining centers
- 4 and 5-axis machining is fully integrated
- 5-axis machining also on 2 and 4-spindle machining centers
- well over 80% of all machines are equipped with workpiece-specific solutions

Customers: - approx. 80% automotive industry and its suppliers - mechanical engineering
- hydraulic and pneumatic industry

Employees 8/2004: 300
Revenue 2003: 68.5 million euros