TOOLS MADE IN GERMANY Stahlwille
TORQUE WITH THE SPECIALISTS One year away from its 160th anniversary, Stahlwille is one of the longest established torque and tool specialists in the world, still at the cutting edge of the torque field…
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roducing high quality and well thought out products has been the name of the game ever since Mr Eduard Wille established Stahlwille at the sprightly age of 25, back in 1862. Nowadays, Stahlwille’s uncompromising quest for quality has seen it become a globally recognised specialist in torque technology, tool storage and hand tool manufacturing. NETWORKING TOOLS The inception of Industry 4.0 has been pivotal for production lines and increasingly for the world of construction too. Estab‐ lished in recent years, Stahlwille’s DAPTIQ brand highlights its networkable tools for Industry 4.0, offering product solutions which can be integrated into customer systems and into produc‐ tion processes for maximum efficiency and process security, not least error proofing. CONSOLIDATED STRENGTH & EXPERTISE Modern times have also seen this long‐established tool specialist acquire some choice companies, expanding expertise and strength in depth. Notable buy outs have included (in 2001) VBW Werkzeugfabrik GmbH (a 200 year old quality plier manufac‐ turer) and ALARM Werkzeuge GmbH (a business concentrating on sanitary, heating, electrical and building trades). 2015 saw Stahlwille look further afield and it bought Californian company Jetco Torque Tools, a specialist in torque and testing technology. Merging under the umbrella of the Stahlwille Group, the companies all have a passion for tools and for serving their customers. Each of the four subsidiaries of the STAHLWILLE Group – SWM, VBW, JetCo and Alarm – has its own identity and its own core competency. Each is well established in its market segment and has a loyal customer base. Together the four repre‐ sent a formidable wealth of experience and expertise. DEMANDING TARGET GROUPS Over the years, Stahlwille has served a variety of industries, including vehicle construction and shipbuilding, through to ever more demanding and exacting sectors, including aviation, trans‐ port and energy. Breaking new ground, Stahlwille has continued to develop more innovative (and intelligent) torque technology and tool systems, high‐quality screwing tools as well as individ‐ ual solutions for tool storage. Stahlwille is no stranger to product design awards – like its 2020 Gold German Design Award for its unique Torsiotronic electromechanical torque screwdriver, which gives users audible
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FROM THE AGE OF STEAM... TO INDUSTRY 4.0 Stahlwille has been established long enough to have gone through not just one, but many industrial revolutions. Back in 1890 it installed its first steam machine, just a few years before early electrically‐powered machines were being installed in factories for the very first time. While firmly a ‘made in Germany’ manufacturer, Stahlwille has long been an outward looking company. By 1914, the Wille brothers had 500 employees and were sending a whopping 80% of products for export. Nowadays exports still make up the majority of production (60%) and the firm has its own sales branches worldwide (11 in Europe, one in China and one in USA). and tactile signals – the unmistakable ‘click and slip’ stop signal – once the pre‐set torque has been reached. Even more recently, Stahlwille was named the world market leader for manually operated tools for torque applications by the World Market Leader Index. To find out more about Stahlwille’s award winning torque range, visit the website... www.stahlwille.de Watch out for more on Stahlwille in the next edition of Torque Magazine.
