RELIABLE.

FOR OVER 110 YEARS.

SCHECHTL THROUGH THE YEARS.

HISTORY.

We look back on over 110 years of SCHECHTL
From the blacksmith’s workshop to the top of the world’s leading manufacturers of swivel bending machines and plate shears.

THE FOUNDATION.

1910

Josef Schechtl sets up his own business and opens a blacksmith workshop in Roßhart near Edling.

MODEL KS1

1932

Josef Schechtl designs and builds the first Schechtl bending machine, model KS1. It consists of 2 railway rails and a welded-on flat steel and works so well that word quickly spreads to other trades. The first plate shear, model SJS, soon follows and the beginning of a successful mechanical engineering company is made.

MOVEMENT

1955

Josef Schechtl Jr, the eldest of nine children, takes over his parents business and moves the factory to its current location in Edling. The Edling headquarters offers room for expansion and for the continuation of the Schechtl company’s success story.

STATE PRICE

1960

Schechtl receives the Bavarian State Prize for the Model KS folding machine at the International Trade Fair in Munich.

MOTOR

1969

Schechtl starts building the first motor-driven squaring shears and folding machines.

ALOIS SCHECHTL

1980

Alois Schechtl takes over the management, expands the product range with motor-driven swivel bending machines and shears and leads the company to today’s global standing.

CNC-CONTROL

1986

Construction of the first CNC control for swivel bending machines.

STATE PRICE

1988

Schechtl receives the Bavarian State Prize for the segment folding machine on the occasion of the International Trade Fair in Munich.

CNC-CONTROL

1996

The graphical Schechtl CNC control for swivel bending machines is patented and revolutionises the swivel bending sector.

RECORD

1999

Schechtl exceeds the limit of 2,000 machines sold annually and is the first manufacturer to receive the “Golden Soldering Lamp” – the highest award in the tinsmith sector.

MARIA SCHECHTL

2004

Maria Schechtl takes over the management.

100 YEARS

2010

Schechtl celebrates its 100th anniversary.

S-TOUCH

2010

In the anniversary year, the CNC touch control is introduced.
This sets standards in terms of user-friendliness! Intuitive and
flexible – for the implementation of complex functions. An almost playful
programming through direct input on the monitor.

INNOVATION AWARD

2012

Schechtl wins the innovation award of the magazine “Baumetall” in the category machines and tools. “S-Touch Mobile”.

UKF

2015

Presentation of the first segment swivel bending machine UKF
which, thanks to its extra-high segments, offers particular
bending due to extra high segments.