| 1924 | | Gustav Schröder founds the firm as a manufacturer of metal goods.
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| 1950 | | The automobile industry places its first orders for stamped, formed and drawn components.
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| 1960 | | The business is enlarged to include plastic-injection moulding.
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| 1993 | | The production programme is expanded through the introduction of fully automated assembly line manufacturing.
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| 1996 | | Tool making is hived off and the subsidiary company schnitt + form is founded. The company’s quality management system receives its first certification under DIN ISO 9001.
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| 1997 | | A new stamping shop and a new logistics building are constructed.
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| 1998 | | The QM system is certified under VDA 6.1 and QS 9000.
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| 2001 | | Output is expanded with Bruderer stamping technology.
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| 2002 | | Assembly technology is enhanced by the introduction of a fully automated round-table unit.
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| 2003 | | The company goes into linear assembly production; the QM system is certified under ISO/TS 16949.
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| 2005 | | The Environment Protection System is certified under DIN EN ISO 14001.
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| 2009 | | Membership in the "Brancheninitiative Gesundheitswirtschaft Südwestfalen"
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