Welcome aboard: Banholzer saw factory becomes part of WINTERSTEIGER
Laying of the foundation stone on July 20, 2005. In the center of the image: Mathias Hengelhaupt, former CEO of Banholzer GmbH and CEO of WINTERSTEIGER Sägen GmbH until 1999.Source: Andreas Abendroth
Welcome aboard: Banholzer saw factory becomes part of WINTERSTEIGER
As early as 1998, Banholzer from Arnstadt, Thuringia, supplied WINTERSTEIGER with saw blades for the thin-cutting frame saws. The business relationship was very successful and WINTERSTEIGER became Banholzer's largest customer. When the owner Werner Banholzer retired in 2004, WINTERSTEIGER seized the opportunity and bought the saw factory.
New building in 2005, WINTERSTEIGER Sägen GmbH is established in 2006.
Just a year after the takeover, a new building was constructed and the company relocated: a new building with 5,000 m2 of production and office space was constructed on a plot with a total area of 22,000 m2 in the Arnstadt Nord industrial estate. This meant the production space grew by 50 %. In 2006, Banholzer was renamed WINTERSTEIGER Sägen GmbH.
Continuous growth.
In 2018, the 7,000 m2 production site was extended and, in 2019, Matthias Hengelhaupt handed over the management of the company to his son Stefan Hengelhaupt.
Today, the 70-strong team at WINTERSTEIGER Sägen GmbH produces band saw blades for the WINTERSTEIGER thin-cutting and frame saw machines. The product range also includes joiner saws, narrow band saws, resaw and log band saws, as well as food- and metal saws.
WINTERSTEIGER Sägen GmbH is now one of the largest and most advanced saw blade manufacturers in Europe and strives for market leadership through continuous further development and product optimization. The ability to offer both saw blades and sawing machines from a single source is an important unique selling point for WINTERSTEIGER in the wood thin-cutting industry.
Banholzer company history.
Banholzer company history.
In 1960, the repair and mechanical engineering company Banholzer was founded in Talheim (Heilbronn). In the 70s, Banso Bandsägen was created in parallel. In 1992, Banholzer gained a foothold in Thuringia and founded the subsidiary TSM Thüringer Sägen- und Maschinenfabrik in Ichtershausen near Arnstadt. From 1996, the company specialized in the production of band and frame saw blades for the thin-cutting of wood and merged the sites in Arnstadt.