Heinrich Schümann

What Heinrich Schümann does

Heinrich Schümann is a family-owned German specialty machinery manufacturer founded in 1920 and headquartered in Lübeck, operating under the legal form Heinrich Schümann (GmbH & Co. KG) with a wholly owned subsidiary, Heinrich Schümann Elektromaschinenbau GmbH. The company designs and builds custom production equipment used by industrial OEMs to manufacture coils, bars, windings, and insulation components for electric motors, generators, transformers, and wind-turbine generators. Over its operating history it has built more than 6,000 machines at a long-run average of roughly 60 units per year.

The product portfolio spans individual machines (including the 6-axis insulation robot Model 670), complete turnkey production lines, and a "Smart Industry Automation Solutions" offering targeted at Industry 4.0 manufacturing environments. In 2024 the company introduced the "Machine Concept 2025" platform, which combines servo-electric and hydraulic drive technology to address large-motor and high-megawatt wind-energy applications. Customers are heavy-industrial OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers in automotive traction motors, wind turbine generators, transformer production, and power tools — including at least one leading wind-turbine manufacturer that has placed a fourth machine order for the >12 MW generator class.

The business model is direct, enterprise B2B only: no third-party distributors, no dealers, and no external investors. Sales are field-led; revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company nearly went bankrupt in the late 1980s and was stabilized through a bank-supervised restructuring led by the founder's daughter. Current leadership comprises Managing Director Holger Schmitz and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Jürgen Westphal (appointed 1990). Headcount as of 2020 was approximately 46 employees; the export footprint covers more than 90 countries.

Name

Heinrich Schümann

Legal name

Heinrich Schümann (GmbH & Co. KG)

Website

https://heinrich-schuemann.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Heinrich Schümann is a family-owned German specialty machinery manufacturer founded in 1920, designing custom coil, bar, and winding production equipment for industrial OEMs building motors, generators, transformers, and wind-turbine components; the firm sells direct across 90+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lübeck

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Machine and Equipment Sales: Sale of specialized industrial machinery including production lines for coils and bars, winding machines, forming machines, insulating machines, and coil presses. Machines range from single units to complete production lines.
2. Repair and Service Operations: Repair services for electric machines and transformers, including consulting, delivery, assembly, service, repair, and armature winding for high and low voltage machines (220 to 15,000 volts operating voltage).
3. Electrical Machine Construction (Coil Sets): Production of customer-specific, ready-to-install coil sets for armature, stator, and pole coils, as well as finished insulated special coils of all kinds from single pieces to small series production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Heinrich Schümann manufactures specialized industrial machinery for the electrical machine building industry, focused on coil and bar production equipment used in the manufacture and repair of motors, generators, and transformers. The product portfolio spans single machines to complete turnkey production lines, including loop winding machines, coil forming machines, insulating machines, hot presses, bar bending and straightening machines, as well as pre-formed coil sets and intelligent automation solutions for production cells.

Product overview

Heinrich Schümann (GmbH & Co. KG) is a special machine manufacturer for the electrical industry, offering a comprehensive portfolio centered on coil manufacturing and processing equipment. The product range spans from single machines to complete production lines, organized into four main categories: (1) Production Lines for Preformed Coils (including Loop Winding Machines, Coil Forming Machines, Insulating Machines, Coil Presses), (2) Production Lines for Bars (including Bar Straightening, Bar Bending Machines, Insulating Machines, Coil Presses), (3) Winding Machines (Coil Winding Machines, Bandaging Machines), and (4) Coil Shop/Electrical Machine Construction (Pre-formed armature coils, Pre-formed stator coils, Exciter coils). Additionally, the company offers intelligent Automation Solutions and digitization services that can be scaled from single automated processes to linked machines as production cells. The portfolio is complemented by repair services for electrical machines. The company was founded in 1920 and employs 46 people at its Lübeck facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Loop Winding Machines Machines for loop winding of preformed coils used in electric motor, generator, and transformer manufacturing; part of complete production lines for form coils.
• Coil Forming Machines Machines for forming preformed coils for electrical machines; over 100 units of the 2015-2017 series delivered.
• Insulating Machines Machines for insulating coils used in production lines for both form coils and bars.
• Coil Presses / Hot Presses Hot presses for coil processing used within production lines for both form coils and bars.
• Bar Bending Machines Machines for bending bars as part of production lines for bar manufacturing used in electrical machines.
• Bar Straightening Machines Machines for straightening bars used in production lines for bar manufacturing.
• Coil Winding Machines Machines for winding coils for various electrical machine applications.
• Bandaging Machines Machines for banding/coiling operations in electrical machine manufacturing.
• Pre-formed Armature Coils Pre-formed coils for armatures manufactured in the company's in-house Coil Shop.
• Pre-formed Stator Coils Pre-formed coils for stators manufactured in the company's in-house Coil Shop.
• Exciter Coils (Polspulen) Exciter coils, including complete new manufacturing and rewinding of high and low voltage machines up to 11,000 volts and weights up to 10,000 kg.
• Automation Solutions Intelligent automation and digitization solutions for production cells, including automated clamping/cutting of wires during winding, linked machines as production cells with handling systems, covering productivity increase, system digitization/integration, service/maintenance/repair, and information/reporting.
• Electrical Machine Repair and Service Repair and service operations for electric machines and transformers, including consulting, delivery, assembly, armature winding, and rewinding for high and low voltage machines operating at 220 to 15,000 volts.
• 6-Axis Insulation Robot 670 6-axis insulation robot (Model 670) for automatic insulation of form coils including evolvents and coil eyes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average production of 60 machines per year over the company's history
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BLM Group: BLM Group is an Italian manufacturer of tube processing and bending machines for industrial applications. Their bending and forming capabilities overlap with Schümann's bar bending portfolio, though they primarily serve HVAC, automotive, and furniture markets.
• Hatebur: Hatebur is a Swiss manufacturer of high-precision cold forming and hot forming machines. While they focus on bulk metal forming for fasteners and automotive parts rather than electrical coils, their metal-forming expertise and central-European engineering culture make them comparable in machinery class.
• EVG Entwicklungs- und Verwertungs-Gesellschaft mbH: EVG is an Austrian manufacturer of wire processing and mesh welding equipment. They share Schümann's heritage in wire-forming machinery but focus on construction-related mesh products rather than electrical coils.
• Wafios AG: Wafios AG is a long-established German manufacturer of wire and tube forming machines, including bending and CNC-based processing equipment. Their portfolio overlaps with Schümann's bar bending and forming machines, though Wafios serves a broader set of end markets (wire goods, fasteners, springs).
• Numalliance: Numalliance is a French manufacturer of CNC wire and tube forming, bending, and end-finishing machines. They overlap with Schümann in wire and bar bending machinery for industrial customers, though with a broader automotive and furniture focus.

Direct peers

• Heinrich Georg GmbH: Heinrich Georg GmbH is a German machine builder specializing in transformer winding machines and CNC winding equipment for electrical machines. They directly compete with Schümann in transformer and large-motor coil winding applications.
• Aumann AG: Aumann AG is a German manufacturer of specialized production equipment for e-mobility, including coil winding machines for electric motors. They are the closest publicly-listed peer to Schümann's core business of coil and winding machinery for the electrical industry.
• Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen is a German leader in transformer on-load tap-changers and supplies specialized equipment and components for transformer manufacturing. They operate in the same end-customer base (transformer OEMs) and overlap in coil and insulation machinery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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