Tradition of competence

1947	Company formed by Josef Schmitter as a commercial agency for auto spares in Bielefeld, Germany

1956	Manufacture of fuel and diesel injection lines started

1965	Thuengen (Germany) production plant set up to manufacture injection, fuel and hydraulic hose lines

1975	Product range expanded to include piston cooling jets

1976	Product range expanded to include manufacture of power steering pipes

2000	Takeover of TubeTec GmbH (now SchmitterChassis GmbH) to strengthen activities in the chassis division

2001	Conversion of Schmitter GmbH into the SchmitterGroup AG

2003	SchmitterAutomotiveAsia SDN BHD site established in Penang, Malaysia

2005	Sales office opened in Shanghai, China

2006	Formation of SchmitterAustria GmbH in Gaerberbach, Austria

2007	Zhongding Co. Ltd (Anhui, China) became a stockholder in the SchmitterGroup AG

SchmitterGroup AG headquarter in Thuengen before 2004

SchmitterGroup AG headquarter in Thuengen today