Manufacturing of clamping and cutting tools as well as precision bright steels for trades and industry
BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG
Bietigheim-Bissingen · Bietigheim-Bissingen (logistics center) · Cambridge (ON), CanadaNew on Amplifa
BESSEY Tool – Innovation with Tradition
BESSEY Tool GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned company founded in 1889, headquartered in Bietigheim-Bissingen near Stuttgart, which develops and manufactures clamping tools such as screw clamps and cutting tools such as tin snips. The product range comprises more than 1,600 products, including special solutions for specific work requirements. The value chain extends from in-house production of bright and stainless steels through tool manufacturing to warehousing and shipping. BESSEY Tool sources rail and spindle material directly from its sister company BESSEY Präzisionsstahl, ensuring tested material quality for particularly stressed components. Materials include bright steel, stainless steel and malleable cast iron. The North American market is served through the subsidiary BESSEY Tools North America in Cambridge (Canada). In addition to production, the service offering includes the design of its own products, spare parts distribution, product training for retail partners and the development of custom solutions.
- Site
- Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Processes
- Bright steel drawing (bright steel drawing shop, precision steel production), Manufacturing of clamping tools (clamps, clamping technology), Manufacturing of tin snips (cutting tools), Testing of precision steels (laboratory, inspection procedures), Design/development of own products, Product training for retail partners, Spare parts distribution, Special solutions for specific work requirements
- Materials
- Bright steel, Stainless steel, Malleable cast iron
- Founded
- 1889
- Industries
- Clamping technology, Cutting technology, Trades, DIY
- 01
Design/development of own products
- 02
Bright steel drawing (precision steel production)
- 03
Manufacturing of clamping tools
- 04
Manufacturing of tin snips
- 05
Testing of precision steels (laboratory, inspection procedures)
- 06
Warehousing and shipping
Materials & Processes
Bright steel
Drawn and tested in the company's own precision steel production as rail and spindle material for clamping tools.
Stainless steel
Used for high-quality precision steels of BESSEY Präzisionsstahl GmbH.
Malleable cast iron
Material of the innovative malleable cast iron screw clamp, with which the production of clamping tools began in 1936.
Sites
Headquarters Bietigheim-Bissingen
DEHeadquarters: administration, sales, manufacturing, laboratory and logistics of the precision steels
- Materials
- Bright steel, stainless steel
- Bright steel drawing shop
- Laboratory
Logistics center Bietigheim-Bissingen
DETool manufacturing, development, goods receiving, warehousing and shipping in the listed former worsted spinning mill.
Cambridge (ON)
CASubsidiary BESSEY Tools North America – sales and marketing for the North American market
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright steel drawing (bright steel drawing shop, precision steel production)Forming | – | – | – | – | Bright steel, Stainless steel |
| Manufacturing of clamping tools (clamps, clamping technology)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Malleable cast iron, Steel |
| Manufacturing of tin snips (cutting tools)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Testing of precision steels (laboratory, inspection procedures)Testing | – | – | – | – | Bright steel, Stainless steel |
Additional services
History
- 1889
Foundation of a bright steel drawing shop by Max Bessey in Stuttgart
- 1912
Continuation by nephew Karl Bessey
- 1926
Dr. Ing. Eugen Mayer takes over management; expansion of the product range in terms of dimensions and quality
- 1928
Marriage of Dr. Ing. Eugen Mayer to Erna Bessey, widow of Karl Bessey
- 1936
Patents for an innovative malleable cast iron screw clamp; start of clamping tool production
- 1944
Establishment of a branch plant in Bietigheim for the production of clamping tools
- 1961
Expansion of the Bietigheim plant and start of bright steel production
- 1966
Transfer of the company to Dr. Erna Fetscher and Dr. Theodor Mayer
- 1979
Acquisition of the shear factory Ernst Diener – entry into cutting technology with ERDI shears
- 1983
Concentration of bright steel production in new production halls in Bietigheim; sale of the Stuttgart site
- 2003
Acquisition of the sales partners in North America (BESSEY Tools North America)
- 2004
Acquisition of the clamping tool brand GROSS STABIL; formation of BESSEY Tool and BESSEY Präzisionsstahl
- 2023
First corporate image film for global outreach
- 2024
135th anniversary with an exclusive anniversary clamp