For more than 50 years
we automatically think

Everything is produced with precision, much is the result of individual engineering and automation almost always plays a key role.

Many manufacturers of machines and systems as well as production and industrial companies rely on the immense experience that WASSERMANN has acquired over decades.

The company also produces components and assemblies for forward-looking industries such as semiconductor technology, defense and aviation.

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Short and sweet

some important information about us

  • Founding year – 1969
  • Organization – Owner-managed
  • Employees – 190
  • Apprentices – 16
  • Production area – 4500 m²
  • Assembly area – 3500 m² incl. flexible project areas
  • Certificates – DIN EN IS 9001; DIN EN ISO 14001; DIN EN 9100

A genuine family business – to this day

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We don’t just call ourselves a family business because we are owner-managed.
We see our entire team of over 190 employees as part of the family.

For us, acting together, taking responsibility together and working together to achieve success is what makes a family business.

At WASSERMANN, everyone plays a part in ensuring that our customers are satisfied and confident in WASSERMANN. This customer satisfaction is a key pillar of our continued growth, as many of WASSERMANN’s new leads come from customer referrals.

Our way of working is also in the tradition of a family business. We value honesty and open communication. We are always a fair partner to our team, our customers, suppliers and cooperating institutions.

We stand by what we say and keep our promises.
Simply reliable. Simply WASSERMANN.

The History of WASSERMANN—Flexibility, Courage, Reliability

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It all began in 1969 in Eichenzell, East Hesse.

When the company was founded, it was called HPI, but a Wassermann was already involved: Helmut Wassermann, the father of the current managing director. Word of the young company’s expertise spread, the order volume increased, the company expanded – and modernized.

In 1976, the company moved into its first own factory building in the Rhön Industrial Park in Eichenzell and introduced CNC technology into production shortly afterwards.

HPI thus demonstrated the courage to innovate.

Anyone who embraced this new form of production in the 1970s could call themselves a pioneer. Their courage was rewarded: the company continued on its successful course with CNC-supported machines and continuously expanded its infrastructure in Eichenzell. In 1980, the medium-sized company opened up a new field of application with vacuum technology and started system production for this technology. Five years later, HPI began producing cams and quickly demonstrated its high level of expertise in this demanding field as well.

Shortly before the turn of the millennium, another major step was taken: in 1999, the company launched into tool automation with the first tool changer developed and manufactured in-house.

A new business field in which the automation specialist from Eichenzell quickly made a name for itself with OEMs and machine tool manufacturers.

In 2004, the Wassermann family became the sole shareholders, and since 2013, the company has operated under the name WASSERMANN Technologie GmbH. In 2012, construction began on Plant 2, and the company’s production capacity took a major leap forward. However, space soon became tight again, so WASSERMANN purchased a neighboring property with four production halls as early as 2019.

Fifty years have passed since the company was founded, and the small business has grown into a medium-sized company.

Company anniversary – 50 years of Wassermann

On the first weekend of September 2019, we celebrated our anniversary with business partners and our employees.

Watch the video to find out more about the family, the challenges that caused sleepless nights and the transition to the next generation.

Let the family take you on a journey through 50 years of WASSERMANN.

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Becker Engineering is part of the family and is now officially called WASSERMANN AUTOMATION

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At the end of 2020, WASSERMANN’s portfolio expanded once again: Becker Engineering, a specialist in programming and control systems, became part of the WASSERMANN family and is now officially known as WASSERMANN AUTOMATION

With the expertise of WASSERMANN AUTOMATION, we can offer our customers even more services and meet specific customer requests regarding software, control systems, functional enhancements to machines, user interfaces, and much more.

About WASSERMANN AUTOMATION

The best challengers – Our customers

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When we look at the list of industries our customers come from, we are a little proud.

It is not a matter of course that a medium-sized family business can work for such a wide range of high-tech industries: Machine tools, displays and optics, semiconductors, medicine, pharmaceuticals and hygiene, printing, packaging and food, aerospace, plant engineering, energy and battery technology.

For us, this is proof of our versatility and the high quality that we deliver to our customers. Our customers reward this quality with new challenges and long-term cooperation.

The pressure to innovate is constantly high in all of our customers’ industries. We are therefore delighted that some of these industries have been relying on the expertise of our employees for decades.

By the way: Since most of our customers operate internationally, WASSERMANN products reach markets around the world.

Our export rate is over 80 percent.
Our commitment to our home state of Hesse is 100 percent.

Automation – developed from our own production

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It took about 30 years for WASSERMANN to come up with the idea of developing and manufacturing tool changers. A stroke of luck had to play a major role.

In the 1990s, Helmut Wassermann purchased a new milling machine. The machine came from a renowned manufacturer and fully met the boss’s expectations as far as milling was concerned. Only the machine’s tool changer was not quite up to scratch in terms of performance.

For Wassermann Senior, it was not the first machine he had purchased from this manufacturer. The customer relationship had existed for a long time, they knew each other and Helmut Wassermann was not at a loss for a frank word. So he directly addressed the shortcomings of the installed tool changer to his contact person, who was also the manufacturer’s development manager. The development manager didn’t quite share Wassermann’s objections and replied: “You do curves, if you can do better, then why don’t you present us with your solution?”

Helmut Wassermann didn’t need to be asked twice. His company developed a curve-controlled tool changer that was so impressive that today, WASSERMANN technology handles tool changes in machines from many well-known manufacturers.

This tool changer was the cornerstone for our entire automation division.

Welcome to WASSERMANN. We think automatically.

to our tool changers

Strong support – Our partners

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Our aim is to offer our customers everything from a single source.

However, this service requires strong, reliable partners who lend a hand, find solutions and always look to the future.

WASSERMANN can rely on a strong network of value-added partners. These partners support us with their expertise and, over the years, have become part of the WASSERMANN family. This support takes us much further than we could go on our own.

Those who have the right partners are in the fortunate position of being able to redefine boundaries and achieve more. We value our partners, the open and honest communication with them and the high level of commitment to our goals.

You guys are amazing!