BESSEY. Simply better.

BESSEY. Simply better.
Table of Contents
BESSEY Group – History
BESSEY Group – Guiding principles
BESSEY Group – Organisation
BESSEY Group – The company
BESSEY Group – The employees
BESSEY Group – The products
BESSEY Group – The divisions
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BESSEY Group – The History
1889
1923
1936
1944
1979
Foundation of a
bright steel drawing
mill in Stuttgart by
Max Bessey.
Foundation of the
Ernst Diener shears
factory. Initially only
Berlin pattern snips
are produced.
Patent for a new
malleable cast iron
screw clamp.
Construction of the
current
headquarters in
Bietigheim
Takeover
of shears factory
Ernst DIENER
thereby expanding
the BESSEY
product range with
ERDI snips.
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Manufacture of
clamping tools begins.
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BESSEY Group – The History
1984
Merging of the tools
and precision steel
works at the
Bietigheim location
2003
2004
Takeover of
distribution partner
in the strategically
important North
American market.
Takeover of
clamping tool brand
GROSS STABIL as
part of the global growth
strategy.
2007
2014
Integration GROSS BESSEY celebrates
its 125-year
STABIL TOOL
anniversary.
into BESSEY Tool
in order to increase
synergy effects.
Foundation of BESSEY
Präzisionsstahl and
expansion of the storage
and production facilities.
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BESSEY Group – Guiding principles
"One, who stops improving himself, has already ceased to be good."
(Philip Rosenthal, entrepreneur, born 1916)
This is the guiding principle by which
we deal and work every day.
It is the advantage created by ideas and quality that make the BESSEY brand unique.
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BESSEY Group – Organisation
BESSEY Group
BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG
BESSEY Präzisionsstahl GmbH
BESSEY Tools
North America
BESSEY Tool USA
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BESSEY Tool Canada
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BESSEY Group – The company
 BESSEY is owned by
families Fetscher, Fuchs and Mayer.
 BESSEY has been present on the
market for more than 125 years.
Factory Kammgarnspinnerei
 Production
Clamping and Cutting technology
 Tool development
 BESSEY is represented in over
100 countries.
 BESSEY continues to fulfill
expectations in terms of quality
and innovation.
Factory Bietigheim
 Administrative headquarters
 Production of precision steel
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BESSEY Group – The employees
 264 employees worldwide
 Average length of service: 19,5 years
 A large number of further training
measures
 Integration of employees by means of
- a continuous process of improvement
(KVP)
- Corporate suggestion system
 Training opportunities in both
industrial and commercial areas
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BESSEY Group – Clamping technology products
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BESSEY Group – Cutting technology products
 The latest generation
compound leverage snips
 Compound leverage
snips
 Standard tin snips
 High-performance
snips with HSS cutters
 Multi-purpose cutters
 Special snips / tools
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BESSEY Group – Precision steel products
 Free-cutting steel
 Steel for general technical applications
 Case hardening steel, quenched and tempered steel
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and roller bearing steel
Rust-proof and acid-resistant steel
(stainless steel)
On request: Cold-upsetting steel
and nitrided steel
Our qualified engineers are also able to find suitable
solutions for individual applications.
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BESSEY Group – The divisions
BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG – Clamping and Cutting Technology
BESSEY Precision Steel GmbH
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BESSEY. Simply better.
BESSEY Group
74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen
www.bessey.de