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SPITZNAS Company History
Being founded as supplier for the mining industry in 1904 by Ferdinand Spitznas, our company grew fast and came to be a medium-sized company with international focus.
Through constant progress of our products, the release of new product lines and continuous growth of our high quality standards, our company name became a trade mark.
With many of our customers we look back to decades of co-operation, which is characterized by flexible and custom-made solutions.
1904 | Company foundation by Ferdinand Spitznas-Machines and equipment for the mining industry |
1909 | "New Technology" attributable to the invention of the pneumatic vane motor by Ferdinand Spitznas |
1924 | Further development of the pneumatic vane motor as drive for tools |
1924 | Opening-up of new fields of application by explosion-proof and robust tools for the German mining industry |
1957 | Enlargement of the product range by custom-made designs |
1962 | New SPITZNAS company building in Velbert-Langenberg with premises of 5.000 m² |
1994 | Making of hydraulic spare parts for own repairs |
1994 | Installation of the first hydraulic test stand with capacity of 90 kW |
1997 | Research and development centre for hydraulic drives |
1998 | Extension of the testing facilities with the new hydraulic test stand with 600 kW |
2000 | Market launch of hydraulic axial piston pumps and takeover of the hydrostatic compact drives of the company EATON (Vickers,Hydrokraft,earlier Boehringer Sturmgetriebe) |
2000 | Integration of the EATON hydraulic test stands |
2000 | Extension of product range and establishing as compressed air system supplier |
2002 | Market launch of the hydraulic radial piston motors and establishing as hydraulic system supplier |
2003 | Release of the plastic dosing axial piston pump type KDP 12ccm |
2003 | Continuous extention of the product range by including tools with ATEX approval |
2004 | New hydraulic test stand for radial piston motors |
2005 | Market launch of underwater tools |
2007 | Market launch of pneumatic and electric fans with ATEX approval |
2008 | Development and release of the pneumatic torque wrench family |
2011 | Market launch of the pneumatic metal circular saw and pneumatic chain saw with optimized weight and according to the latest safety guideline |
2012 | Market launch of the pneumatic mobile fans for Atex zone equipment group I (underground mining) and the 1" hydraulic impact wrench 6 1520 0010 |
2013 | Market launch of the impact wrenches for HFA-emulsions as well as hydraulic oil type 6 1516 0010 (square drive 3/4") and type 6 1517 0010 (square drive 1"). |
2013 | Market launch of the reversible hydraulic drill with MT3 drill chuck type 2 3060 0010. |
2013 | Market launch of the hydraulic vertical grinder with lever throttle type 1 2060 0010 as well as for underwater use. |
2014 | Market launch of the pneumatic metal circular saw type 5 1117 0010. |
2014 | Market launch of the pneumatic drive unit type 5 8010 0050 of the pipe cutting machine for cutting steel and stainless steel pipes. |
2015 | Extended product range for plastic dosing pumps. |
2016 | Market launch of the hydraulic magnetic core drill type 2 1345 0010. |
2018 | Market launch of the band saw with clamp type 5 6093 0010. |
