History

1922	Founding of the company by Eugen Gutmann in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen as Süddeutsche Poliermaschinenfabrik.
1925	Relocation of the company office to Leonberg into a former carpentry shop.
1955	Beginning of the production of plastic parts made of thermoplastics and duroplastics.
1958	Axel Eppinger (husband of Beate Eppinger, née Gutmann) becomes Managing Partner.
1969	Relocation to the new building in the Ramtel industrial park in Leonberg.
1970	Commissioning of the automatic brush machine, at that time the fastest in the world.
1971	In-house tool manufacturing is set up.
1975	Commissioning of the world-wide first CNC-controlled automatic brush machine.
1981	Beginning of the manufacturing and marketing of stenter brushes.
1987	Introduction of the TSG die-casting process.
1998	Relocation of the plastic injection moulding production into a newly-built hall.
2000	Dedication of the new administration building.
2001	Introduction of a quality management system according to DIN ISO 9001.
2004	Founding of a branch plant in Koŝice, Slovakia.
2010	Development and market introduction of the laser-welded pad drive disk RED SHARK.