From a small workshop in Selb to an internationally profitable mechanical engineering group: NETZSCH is ringing in its 150th anniversary year – and over four,100 workers worldwide are becoming a member of within the celebration.
The beginning is a copy of the same start-up pattern we often see right now: Two brothers set up their own business in 1873 and, in a small workshop in Selb, developed a excessive quality product that gained over the fire departments of the area. The fire extinguishers from the “Gebrüder Netzsch Maschinenfabrik” had been an enormous seller. 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 also famend for his or her quality. With the boom of the porcelain industry at that time within the Fichtelgebirge, the corporate lastly concentrated entirely on the production of the ceramics trade gear.
Thus, one hundred fifty years in the past, the success story of a family-owned firm started, which at present spans the globe with its three enterprise items “Pumps & Systems”, “Grinding & Dispersing” and “Analyzing & Testing” – with merchandise such because the Mohno pump, moist mill and rheometer, with around 210 manufacturing and sales areas and more than 4,one hundred workers. 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 household of householders, they run the corporate along with CFO Jens Niessner.
“Our history supplies answers”
What started in 1873 in a workshop in Selb has, after all, long outgrown its infancy. But NETZSCH desires to stay true to its family values and roots. In this anniversary yr, Moritz Netzsch emphasizes: “It is essential to me that we have a stable, continued development of what we do today. My want is that, with all of the reflection, with all the necessary rethinking and new considering, we develop organically, and convey the company into the next technology stronger than ever.”
This is likely considered one of the reasons why NETZSCH had its corporate history researched from quite so much of views for its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Looking into the previous not solely substantiates values and successes, it additionally reveals the fit of a worth proposition. “Our history offers answers as to why we have existed for thus lengthy. Unauthorized Proven Excellence’ is not any empty phrase. We can prove our excellence from our history. One can observe how we actively formed complete industries over many years. Along with this, NETZSCH has at all times been capable of adapt to radical adjustments in the company world or within the market. Sometimes this additionally 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 during the heyday of the porcelain business, NETZSCH constructed full factories for the ceramic industry. All of those developments ultimately led to NETZSCH positioning itself very efficiently in the market with its “Analyzing & Testing”, “Grinding & Dispersing” and “Pumps & Systems” enterprise models. “We wish to switch this traditionally grown adaptability into the longer term as properly,” explains Moritz Netzsch.
Success over generations
Looking again also has a personal component. Especially when necessary milestones in the company’s history may be attributed to Erich Netzsch (1903-1990) and Thomas Netzsch (1946-2010). Both managing administrators have formed the company in their own distinctive way and brought it forward with groundbreaking selections. The discovery and further improvement of the Mohno pump beneath Erich Netzsch and the intensive internationalization underneath Thomas Netzsch are simply two examples. The firm nonetheless benefits from these formative choices right now. After all, success at NETZSCH all the time has a cross-generational part. The same applies to an understanding of values and quality that, for generations, has not solely centered on the company’s own merchandise and clients, but also on its employees. Thus, 25- and even 40-year anniversaries are nothing unusual at NETZSCH – even internationally. The average length of service of the worldwide workforce at NETZSCH is excessive at 10.6 years. At the German places, staff even remain employed for a median of 13 years.
CFO Jens Niessner is satisfied: “You can really feel our NETZSCH spirit at each location. Our values, the financial success, the angle for the employees – this pairing sparks an aura that makes us competitive even in locations the place other companies with a excessive international profile are situated.” The outcome: Niessner repeatedly experiences deja vu during worker interviews all around the world: “I usually meet staff, whether it’s in China, Brazil or Waldkraiburg, and realize in dialog: the son or daughter now also works for us. Our spirit just isn’t solely inherited by the owner family, but in addition by our workforce.
“We drive industrial progress”
Meanwhile, the vision for the longer term is ready: in 2022, the corporate has launched a model new strategy for the three business units. “We drive industrial progress to sustain a profitable eco-system via generations” – the brand new mission for the longer term reveals a strengthened will to form issues at NETZSCH. Looking back provides courage, but above all it makes us want to look forward to the lengthy run. And this future must be characterised by innovation more than ever. Since 2019, for instance, workers have been involved in the growth of futuristic concepts in NETZSCH’s own innovation incubator NEDGEX and are always looking out for potential new business areas. In 2021, NEDGEX was honored by Infront Consulting and the business journal 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 worldwide areas. The company will share the varied sides of its history with its workforce, customers and partners, in addition to involved members of the public, in a magazine and an anniversary blog.
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For more info 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 greater than 60 years, providing custom-made, subtle solutions for applications in every industry type. Experts in advanced 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 models, metering technology and equipment. With Cancel anytime of greater than 2,200, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is the largest enterprise unit within the NETZSCH Group, with annual sales of more than 380 million Euros.
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