The name Schmidt + Clemens has stood for high-quality special steel solutions for more than 140 years. Be it spun casting, static casting, investment casting or forgings, we will face your challenges head on.
The Schmidt + Clemens Group is active on the international stage. Besides its German headquarters in Lindlar-Kaiserau, S+C also has production facilities in Spain, the Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. Three corporate distribution companies in the USA, India and Brazil combined with over 30 commercial agencies consolidate our global presence.
At the head of the Schmidt + Clemens group in the fourth generation of the family is managing partner Jan Schmidt-Krayer who is taking over the chairmanship of the board. Another managing director is Dominic Otte, for the Production & Technology department. Together, they have worldwide responsibility for the family firm’s business.
2021 was now the second financial year of the coronavirus pandemic. It is still a major challenge for us to maintain contact with our worldwide partners. The vast majority of trade shows and conferences were cancelled or postponed into the year 2022. Travel restrictions also meant that we were unable to visit customers. But especially for us, as technological market leaders in our sector, it is important to identify trends at an early stage and develop individual solutions in consultation with our customers. We made use of video conferencing as well as virtual and hybrid trade show concepts so, as to still be able to offer the best possible service.
In spite of the difficult operating conditions of the world economy, we nevertheless achieved a good result in 2021.The adoption in good time of measure to protect against coronavirus infection meant that we avoided any significant rates of staff absence. Only the flooding that occurred in July of last year resulted in damage to both the buildings and machinery. The building restoration work and other repairs are now largely completed.
Schmidt + Clemens is an independent family enterprise that is proud of its tradition of more than 140-year and is looking with confidence into the future. We know our strengths, are continually building on them, and utilize them for the specific benefit of our customers. Values are the basis for everything we do. This includes customer relation ships in a spirit of partnership and pursuing a cooperative personnel management style, as well as other values such as honesty, responsibility, respect and tolerance. Our ability to act and react with autonomy and on our own responsibility makes us a fast-responding and dependable partner for our customers.
Schmidt + Clemens Group
The market conditions in which the family enterprise found itself having to operate in 2021 were more than challenging. The coronavirus pandemic, political crises, raw material shortages, supply bottlenecks and problems in worldwide logistics resulted in difficult, instable markets and business processes right across the board. Nevertheless, even in these tough times, S+C succeeded, thanks to the indefatigable effort and extraordinary flexibility of both the management and the entire workforce, in achieving a good operating result.
Company Performance
Sales in 2021 increased by about 49 million euros compared to the previous year, but in view of global economic conditions we were able to close the fiscal year with a good result. This was due on the one hand to a consistent cost-cutting program and on the other to the implementation of measures from the “Ambition 2020” corporate strategy. The balance sheet total was increased to €182,777k.
RevenueFounded in 1879 as a steel trading company in Frankfurt/Main, the Schmidt + Clemens Group can look back at more than 140 years of corporate history, marked by notable continuity and lack of stagnation. Today, the company group operates on a global scale.
In Addition to its German headquarters in Lindlar-Kaiserau, S+C also operates production sites in Spain, the Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. All of them have one thing in common: „Made by S+C“ is a hallmark for quality and safety.
In addition, three corporate distribution companies in the USA, India and Brazil combined with over 30 commercial agencies consolidate our global presence.
The headquarters in Lindlar, Germany, is home to three S+C companies. Highly-stressed special steel components and systems are produced here.
Germany
Schmidt - Clemens Spain is located at Murieta in northern Spain and specialises in the manufacture of spun cast components for petrochemical and DRI plants.
Spain
In Tršice near Brünn, S+C Alfanametal produces high-quality mould cast components for the petrochemical and chemical industries and hydro power stations, for example.
Czech Republic
Schmidt + Clemens Asia is located in Seremban/Kuala Lumpur, where it produces spun-cast components for the petrochemical industry.
Malaysia (Seremban)
Schmidt & Clemens Engineering Services offers the installation of heat resistant pipe systems as well as services in everything to do with cracker and reformer furnaces.
Malaysia (Johor Bahru)
Schmidt + Clemens Saudi Arabia provides excellent on-site service, carrying out the installation of pipes and pipe systems, for example.
Saudi Arabia
Schmidt-Clemens Spain S.A.U. ha recibido una ayuda para su proyecto de Investigación y Desarrollo “MATERIALES PARA OPERACIÓN CÍCLICA (IDI-20171090)” a través del Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI), ayuda cofinanciada por la Unión Europea a través del Programa Operativo FEDER de Crecimiento Inteligente 2014-2020. El objetivo del proyecto es estudiar el comportamiento de materiales de alta aleación en condiciones de trabajo no estacionarias (cíclicas).
Schmidt-Clemens Spain S.A.U. has been granted with a financial aid for its Research and Development Project named “MATERIALES PARA OPERACIÓN CÍCLICA (IDI-20171090)”. The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) manages this financial aid that is co-funded by the European Regional Development Funds 2014 - 2020. The main objective of the project is to study the performance of high alloy materials in non-stationary working conditions (cyclical).
As a company producing steel, S+C is under special obligations in relation to environmental protection, in particular in regard to dust, noise and sewage pollution. An additional focus consists of measures to save energy. The components of our environmental policy are crucially determined by operational conditions, effects on the environment and by the legal parameters that apply to us.
On the basis of its results, management will evaluate how appropriate and effective our management system has been in regard to complying with our environmental policy and, in case of shortcomings, will introduce suitable corrective measures.
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