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Feel the future
Was Heinrich Georg able to look into the future in the late 1940s?
Could he have foreseen that he would significantly advance metal working with inventions such as the reinforcing steel straightening machine, the Liliput shear and the world’s first automatic straightening and cutting machine?
Of course Heinrich Georg did not forsee the future. However, he could feel it.
After
all, anyone who creates something new to improve the present must believe in
the future. What drives GEORG is looking ahead with our customers,
partners and employees, to develop solutions that will last –not only today,
but also tomorrow.
We owe this attitude to
Heinrich Georg’s sense of the future.
1948
Taking over his father’s toolmaker workshop – the birth of the Maschinenfabrik Heinrich Georg.
1952
Development of the first reinforcing steel straightening machine and an eccentric shear, the so-called 'Liliput shear'.
1953
By combining the two aggregates, the first automatic straightening and cutting machine is born.
1955
Successful participation at the Hanover Trade Fair. First customer contacts with other European countries are made.
1956
GEORG’s straightening and cutting machines are produced in batches.
1960
Delivery of the first GEORG cutting and punching line for a grain-oriented electric steel strip.
1970
GEORG enters into the electronic era; electronic control systems replace mechanical functions.
1973
The electrical workshop is complemented with its very own ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT.
1974
Acquisition of a neighbouring machine tool company and EXPANSION of the product range to include SPECIAL MACHINE TOOLS.
In the following years, we kept abreast with our professed goal of GLOBAL PRESENCE and customer proximity by ESTABLISHING our own SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES and REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES in every industrial country.
1985
Foundation of the GEORG Service Centre in Beijing to support our customers in East Asia.
1988
Foundation of GEORG UK in Bilston, near Birmingham.
1998
Foundation of the subsidiary company GEORG Manufacturing Service (GMS), Hickory, N.C./USA.
2002
Outplacement of the control department for finishing
lines and foundation of the GEORG Automation GmbH in
Kreuztal, Germany.
2003
The 3rd generation enters into the management of the company! At the beginning of 2003, Mark Georg joins the long-time president Gerd Georg and Hans-Jürgen Patt.
2007
Relocation of the transformer department into the new office building. The departments of sales, mechanical design, electrical control and service are now united under one roof. Ultimately, our customers are the ones who benefit from shorter distances and better communication.
2008
The company celebrates its 60th anniversary. Employees and customers alike celebrated our successful long-term relationships.
2010
The management team keeps on growing: Gerd Georg and Hans-Jürgen Patt make the transition to the advisory boad. CEO Mark Georg is now Chairman of the board, which, consists of him and the four business unit directors of the following departments: Transformers (Bernd Peter Schmidt), Finishing Lines (Antonio Garcia), Machine Tools (Reinhard Helmer) and Corporate Services (Theo Helsper).
2010
For the purpose of expanding capacities as well as optimising material flow, GEORG invests in a completely new assembly shop.
2011
The GEORG Group purchases a neighbouring production site incl. 600 sqm of office space. Here the GEORG AUTOMATION GMBH will continue to grow and we will start offering our customers complete automation solutions including switchgear engineering.