about us - a brief timeline
1919
The company was founded on 1 April 1919 by Michael Schreyer.
1919
His father, Hans Schreyer, joined the company, and it was renamed Hans & Michael Schreyer Maschinenfabrik Nürnberg.
The first product line included:
machines for producing diamond drawing dies, automated machines for manufacturing turned and ground phonograph needles and dental products.
1922
Product range was expanded to include the manufacture of plate mills, spinning machines, wire-drawing machines and other specialist machinery for the Leoni wire industry with export.
1924
Product range was expanded to include the manufacture of small Swiss-type automatic lathes. This year also saw the beginning of an expanding bar turning plant.
1927
Series production of small automatic tool grinding machines and thread-cutting machines.
1945
Almost all buildings, machines and models were destroyed due to the war.
During this year senior executive Hans Schreyer died, and rapid reconstruction of the company began.
1952
Son Georg Schreyer became a partner in the company.
Company presentation at the “first EMO” trade fair in
1980
Hans Schreyer, grandson of the founder, joined the company and assumed sole responsibility of the management.
Michael Schreyer, founder of the company, left the company.
Under the direction of Hans Schreyer, 1 automatic and 2 manual universal grinding machines were produced, and individual CNC machines were also manufactured to customer specifications.
1991
Announcement of liquidation by Hans Schreyer, now almost 70 years of age, due to the absence of a successor. Around 5,000 machines had been manufactured up to this point, including around 3,500 tool grinding machines.
1992
Prior to its ultimate dissolution, the company was taken over and continued under the name SCHREYER WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GmbH by Bruno Dietsche, who was now managing both Dietsche Maschinenbau GmbH, which he established in 1972, and SCHREYER GmbH as the sole shareholder.
1993
Development and production of CNC attachment and retrofit kits in 2- and 3-axes versions began during the deepest recession, for existing manual universal tool grinding machines.
1996
The company name was changed to SCHREYER SCHLEIFMASCHINEN GmbH. The universal machine range was revised, expanded to include high-precision versions and readjusted to meet market requirements.
1997
The company took part at the EMO trade fair, and unveiled a low-cost CNC solution for tool grinding.
1998
The company took part at the Grind-Tec, Fameta, Metav, EUROMOLD and various other international trade fairs.
1999
80th anniversary and acquisition of manual tool grinding machines UWIA and UWII from Saacke,
1999
The company MURTHY-SCHREYER PVT LTD was founded as a joint venture in
Mr. Narasimra Murthy and Bruno Dietsche are shareholders with equal shares.
2000
The new millennium began with new challenges that we aim to address.
We are optimistic about the future of our company and, by means of product development, advertising and participation at international trade fairs, we intend to help safeguard Germany as a business location and to preserve the original meaning of the terms German craftsmanship and “made in Germany”.
2004
A new joint production facility was constructed in 90610 Winkelhaid, for SCHREYER GmbH and Dietsche GmbH
2005
Participation at EMO and expansion, plus rationalisation of the accessories range.
2006
The company participated successfully at the GRIND TEC trade fair in
2010
National and international trade fairs.
2012
HAAS Trossingen. Manual tool grinding machines, take-over of servicing and spare parts supply.