Karl Schumacher

What Karl Schumacher does

Karl Schumacher is a privately held mechanical engineering firm headquartered in Bochum, Germany, founded in 1958. Per the available firmographic data, the company specializes in thermal spray and coatings technology applied to two core end markets: hydraulic cylinders and power-generation equipment (power plants). This positions it as a niche industrial supplier providing surface-engineering services that improve wear resistance, corrosion protection, and component life in heavy industrial applications.

The firm operates at a small scale, with 11–50 employees, consistent with a specialized engineering workshop or job-shop rather than a high-volume manufacturer. The website (schumacher-bochum.de) was inaccessible during data collection, displaying only a security verification page, so no current product catalog, certifications, customer list, management team, or pricing model can be verified from first-party sources. No funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, or product launches are documented, suggesting either limited external capital activity or a lack of public disclosure.

No revenue figures, pricing models, distribution channels, or named customers are disclosed in the available material. As a result, the business model is best characterized as a contract services / job-shop operation serving industrial OEMs and operators in the German heavy-industrial base, with the usual model being project- or piece-rate pricing for coated components — but this cannot be confirmed from the source data.

Name

Karl Schumacher

Website

https://schumacher-bochum.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Karl Schumacher is a privately held German mechanical engineering firm founded in 1958, specializing in thermal spray coatings for hydraulic cylinders and power-plant equipment. The Bochum-based company employs 11–50 staff serving industrial OEMs and operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Coatings Services

NAICS

Fluid Power Cylinder and Actuator Manufacturing (333995)

SIC

Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Hoses, Tubing & Fittings (Hydraulic/Pneumatic Lines & Connectors) (IMAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Thermal spray coatings
• Hydraulic cylinder coatings
• Mechanical engineering services
• Power plant coatings
• Industrial surface treatments

Headquarters

HQ city

Bochum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Karl Schumacher provides thermal spray and coating services applied to hydraulic cylinders and power plant components. Operating from Bochum, Germany since 1958, the firm delivers mechanical-engineering surface treatments tailored to industrial customers that require wear-resistant and high-performance coatings on heavy-duty components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Thermal Spray Coatings for Hydraulic Cylinders Thermal spray coating services applied to hydraulic cylinder components to improve wear resistance, surface hardness, and service life for industrial customers.
• Thermal Spray Coatings for Power Plant Components Thermal spray coating services for power plant components, delivering wear-resistant and performance-enhancing surface treatments for the power generation industry.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Howmet Aerospace: Howmet Aerospace (formerly Alcoa Power and Propulsion) produces advanced thermal spray coatings and cast components for aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets — a broader incumbent in thermal-barrier and wear coatings.
• Sulzer: Sulzer is a broad industrial services and equipment manufacturer that includes surface coating, pump repair, and power-plant component refurbishment within its portfolio — overlapping with Karl Schumacher's power-plant and hydraulic services at a larger, more diversified scale.
• Curtiss-Wright: Curtiss-Wright provides engineered coatings, surface treatments, and industrial services to power generation, naval, and process industries — a broader incumbent with overlapping surface-engineering capabilities.
• Carpenter Technology: Carpenter Technology manufactures specialty alloys and engineered materials used in wear- and corrosion-resistant coating applications for industrial and energy markets — adjacent and partially overlapping as a coatings materials supplier.

Direct peers

• Bodycote: Bodycote operates a global network of thermal processing and surface treatment service centers, including thermal spray, serving aerospace, power generation, and general industrial customers — directly comparable as a thermal-spray service provider.
• Chromalloy: Chromalloy specializes in the repair and coating of gas turbine and industrial components using thermal spray and other advanced coating processes — directly comparable in power-plant component refurbishment.
• Praxair Surface Technologies (Linde): Praxair Surface Technologies (now part of Linde) provides thermal spray coatings, materials, and equipment for power generation, aerospace, and industrial markets — closely comparable in coating technology and customer base.
• Oerlikon (Oerlikon Metco): Oerlikon's Metco division is one of the world's leading suppliers of thermal spray coatings, equipment, and materials for industrial and power-generation applications — directly comparable in core technology and end-market overlap with Karl Schumacher.
• Flame Spray Technologies: Flame Spray Technologies designs and manufactures thermal spray equipment and provides coating services for industrial and power-generation components — comparable as a thermal-spray specialist serving similar end markets.
• H.C. Starck (Element Solutions): H.C. Starck (now part of Element Solutions) produces tungsten and other refractory metal powders used in thermal spray coatings for industrial and power-generation wear protection — comparable as a materials and coating-technology supplier.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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