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Success story

Turning old into future – RETRO-Fit from SHW WM at VOITH PAPER makes it possible Anyone walking through the production area at VOITH Paper in Heidenheim will recognize them: the striking machines with the SHW WM logo. One of them is new, the others have been in use at VOITH PAPER for decades – all […]

Shareholder of SHW Werkzeugmaschinen und Bearbeitungstechnik takes over the machine and plant manufacturer MATEC from Köngen

Press release MATEC: Shareholder of SHW Werkzeugmaschinen takes over the machine and plant manufacturer from Köngen February 27, 2025 ▪ The shareholder of SHW Werkzeugmaschinen and SHW Bearbeitungstechnik, the family office SFO-N GmbH from Munich, is taking over the service business and business-supporting functions of MATEC – the Köngen site and around 40 jobs will […]

SHW Investor acquires another German mechanical engineering company

SHW WM has been part of SFO for a good two years. Now the group of companies is growing. Since SHW Werkzeugmaschinen became part of the Munich-based investment company SFO, the company has been sailing in calm waters. However, SFO remains on an expansion course and has now taken over the plant manufacturer Piller Entgrattechnik […]

Armed for the upturn

The pandemic has also left its mark on SHW WM. However, the company is using the crisis to prepare for the coming economic recovery. This is how the traditional company is setting the course. The machine tool industry is suffering from the uncertainty in the markets caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Customers around the world […]

Convincing overall package

Köppel AG, a Swiss contract manufacturer specializing in large components, swears by the reliability of an SHW travelling column machine. The Wasseralfingen-based manufacturer of machine tools, SHW Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH (SHW WM), is continuing to implement its successful corporate strategy. The company, which was acquired by the Munich-based family office SFO in October 2018 and has […]

Tailwind after restart

The Aalen-based company is not feeling the effects of the poor mood in the industry. After a good year in 2019, the company wants to continue to grow and create new jobs. Around one and a half years after the takeover by the investor SFO, there is once again good news from SHW Werkzeugmaschinen. “We […]

City and SHW WM cooperate on climate protection

The machine tool manufacturer will plant over 300 trees in the city next spring Wasseralfingen-based SHW Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH (SHW WM) has decided to forego Christmas presents and wants to make a contribution to climate protection. The company has approached the city of Aalen because it wants to plant over 300 trees on municipal land in […]

Family Office SFO is sole shareholder of SHW Werkzeugmaschinen

The Munich-based investor SFO acquires the remaining shares in the Wasseralfingen-based machine tool manufacturer, SHW Werkzeugmaschinen, from Berlin-based Zeitfracht and continues to invest in the site and in new employees. Ten months after its acquisition out of insolvency, SHW Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH (SHW WM) has created a new, stable shareholder structure. The specialist for traveling column […]

Precise large-scale machining works at Fooke with the Uniforce 6 from SHW

If you want to achieve precision, you need high-precision production equipment. Even in XXL. At Fooke, the experienced mechanical engineers rely on a UniForce 6 traveling column machine from SHW for the large-scale machining of their own machine parts. Read more at: fertigung – The industry magazine for metalworking