AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH

<body>Profile The AUMUND Group of companies combines the expertise and products of AUMUND Fördertechnik, SCHADE Lagertechnik and B&W Mechanical Handling. The comprehensive equipment portfolio covers all aspects of bulk material handling and storage in all major process industries. The Product Companies AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH B&W Mechanical Handling Ltd. The Industries Cement / Lime / Gypsum Metallurgy / Mining Power Generation / Chemical / Fertilizier / Pulp & Paper Ports / Terminals Global coverage defined by local market knowledge and established engineering expertise is achieved with the Group's network of sales and engineering companies and representative offices in Brazil, China, France, Great Britain, India, Poland, Switzerland and the USA. The Founder - Heinrich AUMUND 1922 marks the commencement of the Group's history with the foundation of an engineering office by Professor Heinrich AUMUND. The company founder owned about 200 patents for inovative conveying and lifting equipment. As an acknowledged expert for all aspects of mechanical handling and conveying technique he held a chair at the Polytechnical College in Berlin. Coal handling with AUMUND conveyors The initial business purpose of his engineering office was to use the founder's patents and to implement his numerous ideas for a large range of applications in the mining and metallurgical industry. To be close to the customers in the Mining and Steel Industry, he eventually moves to the Ruhr area and settles in Homberg, near Duisburg. Günther-Claus AUMUND Günther-Claus AUMUND The Second Generation 1951 his son, Günter-Claus AUMUND, takes over the engineering office. On account of the expanding business, he soon decides to add equipment manufacture to the engineering services which, at that time were still the core business of the company. He finds the adequate premises for the company-owned workshops just 30 minutes drive from Duisburg in Rheinberg, where the company's main office is located until today. Manufacture in the first workshop starts in 1956. As a result of the increasing success of AUMUND conveying equipment, regular extensions of the workshops and construction of office blocks follow over the years. First workshop in Rheinberg 1956 With the downturn in the mining and steel industry in the late Fifties and early Sixties, market diversification becomes a major issue. Thanks to the company's expertise in the design and manufacture of conveying equipment for hot and abrasive materials, achieved in the mining and steel industry, the cement industry started to be a target market with new opportunities and the first references in the cement industry was recorded as early as 1962. Franz-Walter AUMUND Franz-Walter AUMUND The Third Generation In 1966 Franz-Walter AUMUND joins the family business. Taking into account the growing importance of the export market, he starts to built up a worldwide network with sales and engineering offices and workshops for domestic manufacture and created the platform allowing to adapt to the fast changing markets. Research and development of new technologies and cooperation with the customer, plant operators and project engineers resulted in the continuous development of the product range. In 1982 Franz-Walter AUMUND takes over the management in the third generation. With his strategy targeting product and service quality, new industries and a worldwide presence, AUMUND soon became a global supplier of conveying equipment. In the early Nineties, the AUMUND product range is enhanced by the equipment of Louise Maschinenfabrik, acquired in 1991. Further equipment is added by the takeover of SCHADE in 2001 and B&W Mechanical Handling in 2002. The AUMUND Group is a truly international business based at the group headquarters in Germany but with international sales and service networks worldwide including daughter companies in the USA, Brazil, India and the United Kingdom plus representative offices located in Poland and China all serving the bulk materials handling industry. Formed in 1922 the AUMUND Group has earned an enviable reputation for engineering excellence, performance, quality, innovation and above all customer focused service, experienced and established in continuous process industries where reliability is critical to production. These rigorous standards are applied to all group products including the B&W equipment range benefiting from global procurement and intimate local market knowledge including local manufacturing whilst maintaining the highest quality standards to deliver effective solutions economically. With the AUMUND Group as your project partner you can be assured of world class engineering support dedicated to satisfying your specific application demands. How to find AUMUND AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH Saallhoffer Str. 17 47495 Rheinberg Phone: +49-2843-720 Fax. +49-2843-60270 </body>