History
From pioneer to globally active corporate group
The development of the SIEMPELKAMP Group
From the first drilled heated platen press to a full-scope plant and service provider.
The origins of our corporate group date back to 1883, when Gerhard Siempelkamp revolutionized the textile industry with the drilled heated platen presses he developed and thus laid the foundation for the establishment of the SIEMPELKAMP Group.
1883
Company founded
Gerhard Siempelkamp founds the company. The drilled heated platen presses he developed revolutionize the textile industry.
Over more than 13 decades, SIEMPELKAMP’s product and service portfolio, as well as the technological advancement of its machines and plants, has evolved into a global system provider for a wide range of customer industries such as wood-based materials, metal forming, composite materials, decommissioning of nuclear plants, and complex and extremely heavy castings.
