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What pushes our buttons are the travel restrictions. They make it difficult for us to operate projects personally on site…

While new travel restrictions in Europe are constantly restricting our daily business, unrestricted travel and work…

The simultaneity of structural change, electromobility and corona creates the perfect storm for industry and employment…

In September Maximilian Köppel (M.Sc.), Schnitzer Group, was able to support the DHBW Ravensburg. He took the role as an…

Europe is currently still far from normal due to the corona crisis. The situation has also changed in terms of tool and component prices…

This is just the supply chain network for the main components of your car heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), so you feel comfortable …

Travel restrictions are still in place at international level and the transparency in the supply chains is furthermore decreasing…

In the following, the China expert explains the differences between German and Chinese toolmakers (plastic injection moulding) in two categories…

With the experience we have gained from companies in Asia and around the world in the past few months, the Schnitzer Group has developed a standardized approach based on our benchmark Analysis..

On 12 and 13 April 2020 the Christians will celebrate Easter. One of the most important feasts in Christianity, because the resurrection of Jesus Christ after death is celebrated.

Dear customers, dear partners of the Schnitzer Group
While the economic situation in China is already marked by awakening and our Schnitzer Group colleagues

In direct vicinity of the Schnitzer Group Kornwestheim, the “Automotive Procurement Forum” takes place in Ludwigsburg on 31 March and 1 April 2020….

Human Resource Lived culture of trust, self-responsibility, appreciative exchange among colleagues – all influencing factors which have become noticeable in many years of company affiliation…

Like Confucius, the Schnitzer Group too, has recognised early that the practical part plays a central role in the learning process…

At the invitation of Prof. Dr. Ing. Florian Kauf at the RWU University, Weingarten, Peter Schnitzer gave…

The days around the Chinese New Year are the most important holidays in China and, of course, for all Chinese people worldwide…

The Schnitzer Group colleagues surprised the managing directors Peter Kienzle and Peter Schnitzer at the Schnitzer Group Christmas party 2019 with a somewhat different “Christmas gift”…

Dear partners and friends of Schnitzer Group,
We wish you a blessed and peaceful Christmas with a lot of time for family, friends, leisure and music…

In mid-October, the karate world championship in the World Kickboxing and Karate Union (WKU) took place in Bregenz …

In 2019, once again, the Schnitzer Group was guest at the career days at the Ravensburg-Weingarten University and at the University in Neu-Ulm. …

Following the invitation of the Kreissparkasse Wangen, currently the Schnitzer Group presents itself in the customer hall and shows the facets of “Systemic Projectmanagement”…

The two-day event “Aviation Forum” with high-profile attendees had the motto “Game-Changing Transformation of the Aviation Industry”…

Our current Newsletter is entirely dedicated to the component surface. The quality of the surface‘s look and feel is an important criteria for customers making purchasing decisions…

Last Christmas the Schnitzer Group donated an amount of 1,500 € for the association Awamu – zusammen für Uganda e.V. here in Wangen/Allgäu…

With an improved user interface and intuitive guidance, the Schnitzer Group presents
its new APP Tool Tracker 2019…

As the project world of the Schnitzer Group is very unsteady and very volatile, the colleagues need a constant in the spare time. This constant is for most of the colleagues the sport, which they like to do in teams, also…

Chinese National Day is on 1 October. This date is „holy“ to the Chinese People. Therefore, all companies and institutions, with the exception of hospitals and emergency rooms, don´t work from 1 to 7 October in order to remember and to celebrate this day. In China this week is called „Golden Week“…

In September 2019 three new colleagues started at the Schnitzer Group.
To the delight of the whole team, with Karl Dobelmann a long-standing Schnitzer colleague returns to the location Wangen. His qualifications …

Audits, analysis of process or potential always follow a specified structure in order to dissolve the interaction of processing sequences. Hardly or not at all the cooperation between the areas in which the processes are implemented are considered…

Sampling processes continuously become more complex. Missing and incomplete documents, testing behind schedule and above all, the important sampling discussion at the project …

The Schnitzer Group wishes all business partners a beautiful and relaxing holiday. Summer holiday 2019: Enjoy these valuable days of the year. We look forward to continuing to work with you and to exciting, successful projects in the near future…

Visiting the “Kinderfest” – all German colleagues together – has been an important tradition within the Schnitzer Group for many years now. After a full-day Campus Meeting…

Team members of Schnitzer Group often have insights in different cultures while gaining international work experience. This enables them to widely strecht their horizon…

Half past nine, Sunday morning in Deuchelried (Allgäu) – the thermometer shows already 27.2 °C and will rise significantly. Once again this year, the Schnitzer Group is participating a sponsor and participant at the mountain bike event of the sports club Deuchelried. Defying the hot temperatures…

More and more European customers of the Schnitzer Group are now expanding their purchasing activities globally. In a current project, the experienced “Systemic Projectmanagers” are supporting a large mobility company in Europe…

More and more European customers of the Schnitzer Group are now expanding their purchasing activities globally. In a current project, the experienced “Systemic Projectmanagers” are supporting a large mobility company in Europe in optimising its supplier pool. Within a very short time…

“How do you combine a building with more than 500 years of family history, with current building regulations, the office for the protection of historical monuments, flexible communicative project spaces and the social network …

Maximilian Köppel, project engineer at the Schnitzer Group at the Kornwestheim location, completed two appointments at the same time at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW). The objectives…

The completion of the nomination process is the first milestone in a project. Usually this decides already upon the future proceeding of the product development. An important milestone that must not be surpassed! We take a close look on the effects of…

Flat hierarchies, appreciative exchange and a culture of trust – these are the premises of multicultural cooperation in this globally acting company. The technical service provider in the mobility sector, based in Wangen (headquarters)…

Relocation expertise is one of the key elements in projects Schnitzer Group support customers at their daily business. Recently the team of Schnitzer Consulting Shanghai made use of this specific know how in an own relocation project. The office of the Asian location…

As every year, the economic circle Wangen organised the career fair “FUTURE WANGEN” in the surrounding halls of the vocational school centre. The offer for the visitors was large. Short presentations by companies as well as speed dating with personnel managers…

FISS/Tyrol is traditionally the destination of the annual Schnitzer Group ski trip. This year also 18 enthusiastic winter sportsmen came together to enjoy the Tyrolean beautiful winter landscape. While one group skied on the perfectly prepared slopes…

“The future of the electromobility will be decided in China!” (Quote: digital pioneers 15 July 2018). In China there are already more than 60 local brands for e-vehicles. However, these are not always produced by traditional automobile manufacturers and suppliers …

Thirteen “Systemic Projectmanagers” of the Schnitzer Group recently used the internal training opportunity for further training to become “Process Auditor according to VDA Volume 6.3 (TÜV)”. The seminar, which lasted several days was held by the long-standing…

Direct and personal contact with customers and partners is the essential success factor of the Schnitzer Group. With this in mind, the internationalisation of the family business, specialised in technical services, started at the beginning of 2000. The establishment of European and Asian companies…

„It is not what I have imagined….. but now it is too late anyway“. To ensure that this statement is not made when sampling a product, the Schnitzer Group offers a practical seminar for partners in the automotive industry. In this one-day training course participants learn which requirements are contained in the…

The Chinese New Year Festival “The Year of the Pig” The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China, of course also for all Chinese worldwide. In China, the Chinese New Year is also called “spring festival”, because the holiday marks the end of the cold days. There is no specific date for…

Prior to the selection and specification of a supplier, there are many instruments to put the future partner through its paces. Self-disclosure, supplier audit, experiences from previous projects…But these are always based on a fact: the data only take into account…

Office of the future Innovative wind in historic rooms Through conversion and renovation in the Schnitzer Group headquarters, Paradiesstraße 4, new individual office space could be gained. The historic building from 1635 houses a shop on the ground floor and two office floors for the Schnitzer Group, each with 180 square metres. The aim of…

The Maybach Seminar is a public lecture series of the DHBW Ravensburg, Campus Friedrichshafen. Here, current topics in economics and engineering are presented and discussed. Our project manager Maximilian Köppel, with many years of experience in the automotive industry…

The transfer of knowledge and know-how is an essential element of the swarm concept of the Schnitzer Group. The colleagues are trained by Schnitzer Group experts to ensure a constant knowledge transfer and to generate sustainable competitive advantage…

Merry Christmas Wishes the whole team Dear partners and friends of Schnitzer Group,   we wish you a Merry Christmas and thank you us for the trusting cooperation in 2018.   We wish you all and your families a Merry Christmas.   With christmas greetings The team of the Schnitzer Group

The automotive industry with the big brands, especially in the „Ländle“, matters to a lot of people. But what´s behind this in detail? „What has happened from the paintbrush…

Within the 21st career days at the Ravensburg-Weingarten University on 13 November 2018 the Schnitzer Group was present again. For sighting and recruiting of young talents, trainees, bachelor´s and master´s degree students, the well-attended university…

This year, too, WE, the Schnitzer Group was present at the 21st career days at the University Ravensburg- Weingarten and the career days at the university in Neu-Ulm, to attract attention of young talents. Because of our special exhibition presence and our unique corporate culture, we were able to stand apart…

The City of Kornwestheim economic development reports in the current newsletter, 02-2018, about the 25th jubilee of the Schnitzer Group. Since 2010 the globally acting technical service provider has located one of its three German locations in the Salamander…

Experience exchange and regular trainings are two major elements in the mentoring concept of the Schnitzer Group. For the technology „plastics injection moulding“ two separate modules are available: Module 1 covers the topic „Machine and process“…

End of March the Schnitzer Group celebrated its 25th anniversary with the first „Global Campus Meeting“. Specially for this jubilee almost the entire workforce of the locations in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the USA and also China came together. The “location”…

For the fourth time the HEAD Trophy Switzerland took place in Schaffhausen on the last weekend in June. This international swimming meeting has been used by the participants as preparation for the national Swiss swimming championship in August 2018. 250 athletes showed…