As of 01 January 2022, WINTERSTEIGER AG has acquired a majority shareholding in HEMA Heermann Maschinenbau GmbH in Frickenhausen, Germany. HEMA develops, produces and sells band saws for materials and application areas with a focus on lightweight materials and insulating materials. WINTERSTEIGER AG will retain the Frickenhausen site and the HEMA brand.

The WINTERSTEIGER AG takes over the SERRA Maschinenbau GmbH in Rimsting at Chiemsee, Germany in 1st Jan 2019. SERRA develops, produces and distributes for the mobile as well as stationary sawmill technology with around 40 damaged machines and sawblades. WINTERSTEIGER thus expands its business area.

Logs with a diameter of up to 160 cm are unravelled to be eventually further processed with the WINTERSTEIGER thincut sawing machine.

Wintersteiger takes over Paul Ernst Maschinenfabrik GmbH/ Eschelbronn, manufacturer of grinding and deburring machines

60th anniversary; the company employs about 850 employees

• Expansion of the Central/Ried site:
• Expansion by 1000 m² production area and 1600 m² office space
• With the majority holding in VAP Gruber Automations GmbH, Timber Repair & Cosmetics (TRC) was added to the product range.

WINTERSTEIGER takes over the majority of BootDoc and the Kohler Maschinenbau GmbH (metal-straightening).

Product innovation in the sector WOODTECH: thin-cutting saw blades with kerfs starting from 0,7 mm

New subsidiaries in Brazil and Moscow

Cooperation with the British company Stenner Ltd. thus entry in the bandsaw technology; establishment of a subsidiary in China, construction of sales and service offices in St. Helene du Lac, France and in Salt Lake City, USA

Acquisition of the German band saw blade manufacturer Banholzer. The Wintersteiger company operates in the fields of rental of sports equipment (1), laboratory units (2) and of woodworking machinery (3) in 3 areas with 400 employees and 60 million of annual turnover.

Acquisition of the company SPIRAKUT (USA) and SKI2 (France); subsidiary in Switzerland.

Launch of the newly developed thin-cutting circular saw; production start of a patented carbide-saw production for thin cutting frame saws.

Development of computer-controlled precision stone grinding machines for professional racing; subsidiary in Italy.

Acquisition of the companies SCID (France) and Hege (D).

Subsidiary in Canada.

Establishment of the Division Engineering. The thin-cutting frame saw was rediscovered, for example for special applications such as guitar tops.

Subsidiaries in France and the United States.

The first stone grinding machines in the Micro series - which made it possible to manufacture reproducible structures - marked the breakthrough as the world leader in ski services.

Use of laser technology in production.

Application for patent: precision spaced planter.

Switch to ski service machines and worldwide commercialization.

Development of a wood thin-cutting frame saw called 'Dünnschnittgatter'

Construction of ski planing machines, ski presses and bonders for ski production; worldwide distribution.

Moving to the present factory site in the Dimmelstraße.

On demand of the company Fischer construction of the first ski-production machines: these were copy milling machines, bonders and finger jointing systems, which enabled the revolutionary type of "sandwich"-construction of alpine skis. Construction of the first stone grinding machine that was used by Fischer - this was (at the time) the revolutionary micro-surface grinding.

Leasing in a new factory site in Ried/ Innkreis.

First machines for breeders, a simple seed drill and a laboratory thresher.

Foundation in Obernberg/ Inn, the association mainly rents sports and laboratory equipment.