
Family-owned building technology specialist with in-house metalworking for ventilation, air conditioning, heating, refrigeration, plumbing and building automation.
Karl Schies GmbH
Rheinstraße 30, 79235 Vogtsburg-Burkheim · Mühlenstraße 2/4, Vogtsburg-Burkheim (former locations) · Tullastraße, Vogtsburg-Burkheim (former location)New on Amplifa
About Karl Schies GmbH
Karl Schies GmbH is a family-owned specialist company for building technology, founded in 1911 and headquartered in Vogtsburg-Burkheim am Kaiserstuhl. With more than 70 employees, including six engineers, the company plans, manufactures, installs and maintains technical systems for ventilation and air conditioning, heating, refrigeration and plumbing as well as building automation – from commercial and industrial construction to schools and hotels and through to theme parks. Ventilation ducts and special components are manufactured in the company's own metalworking department; the range of services includes CNC machining, laser processing, sheet metal working, forming technology and welding technology, among other things for stainless steel piping installations. Building services engineering disciplines are engineered in CAD (Trimble Nova). Since 2024, the company has been based at a new location at Rheinstraße 30 with 2,400 m² of production and warehouse space and 800 m² of office space. More than 40 service vehicles handle maintenance, service and monitoring throughout the DACH region.
- Site
- Vogtsburg-Burkheim
- Processes
- Ventilation technology / ventilation system installation, Air conditioning / full air conditioning systems, Air purification, air humidification and dehumidification, heat recovery, exhaust air technology,, Building automation (building control, energy management, single-room control, remote monitoring,, Heating technology / heating systems / heat pumps, Refrigeration technology, Plumbing installation / hot water supply / underfloor heating / solar thermal, Piping installation (among other things cooling water piping in stainless steel)
- Materials
- Stainless steel
- Founded
- 1911
- Employees
- >70
- Industries
- Schools, Hotels, Pharma/Industry, Food industry, Wineries, Public buildings
- 01
Planning / CAD design (Trimble Nova)
- 02
CNC machining
- 03
Laser processing
- 04
Sheet metal working / forming technology
- 05
Welding technology
- 06
Assembly
- 07
Electrical installation & commissioning
- 08
Building automation & programming
- 09
Maintenance, service & monitoring
Materials & Processes
Stainless steel
Used, among other things, for the complete cooling water piping at the Abril winery.
Locations

Vogtsburg-Burkheim (Rheinstraße 30)
DECompany headquarters: production, warehouse, office
- Materials
- Stainless steel
- CNC machining
- Laser processing
- Sheet metal working
- Forming technology
- Welding technology
Components & Reference Projects






Inside the production



Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventilation technology / ventilation system installationAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Air conditioning / full air conditioning systemsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Air purification, air humidification and dehumidification, heat recovery, exhaust air technology,Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Building automation (building control, energy management, single-room control, remote monitoring,Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Heating technology / heating systems / heat pumpsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Refrigeration technologyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plumbing installation / hot water supply / underfloor heating / solar thermalAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Piping installation (among other things cooling water piping in stainless steel)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Edelstahl |
| Metalworking / sheet metal working / ventilation ducts / special componentsForming | – | – | – | – | – |
| Welding technologyJoining | – | – | – | – | – |
| CNC machiningMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laser processingMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Forming technologyForming | – | – | – | – | – |
| Planning / design / CAD design of building services engineering disciplines (Trimble Nova)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Maintenance, service, monitoring, upkeep of building technologyTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Electrical installation (electronics technician for energy and building technology, control cabinetAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1911
Pius Schies founds a plumbing installation and sheet metal business
- 1948
His son Karl Schies takes over the company
- 1967
Construction of a new workshop building at Mühlenstraße 2
- 1983
Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Schies joins the company
- 1989
Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Schies joins the company
- 1994
Expansion of production, office and warehouse space through new construction on Tullastraße
- 2006
Establishment of the building automation department
- 2011
Occupancy of the new offices for the building automation department at Mühlenstraße 4
- 2016
M.Sc. Andre Schies joins the company
- 2019
M.Eng. Nicolai Schies joins the company
- 2020
Heating, refrigeration and plumbing department relocates to Mühlenstraße 2
- 2024
Move to the new company headquarters at Rheinstraße 30 with 2,200 m² of production and warehouse space and 800 m² of office space