Esterer WD GmbH & Co.
German manufacturer of woodworking machinery, especially notch technologies in the sawmill industry. Arised from the merger of the 'Esterer AG 'and the 'Wurster Dietz GmbH' in 1996.
History of Elsterer WD GmbH&Co.
1994 | Esterer AG Altötting Wurster and Dietz GmbH & Co. Tübingen starts with the first cooperation talks. The structural changes in the sawmill industry and the resulted concentration process are leading, beside the rapid globalization of markets, to new challenges for manufacturers of sawmill systems. |
1996 | Establishment - initially with the task to distribute machines of the Esterer AG and Wurster and Dietz GmbH & Co. |
1997 | Esterer WD GmbH & Co. becomes a sole operating company. The Esterer AG and Wurster Dietz GmbH & Co. each hold a 50% pure holding of the new company. |
1999 | The restructuring of Esterer WD GmbH & Co. is complete. The site Tübingen is finally moved to the company headquarters in Rottenburg am Neckar. The export share of sawmill systems crosses the threshold of 70%. The increase in sales on new markets is now much larger than the structural decline on the central European traditional markets. |
2005 | Taking over 50% of the shares of the EWD Esterer AG. The EWD thus is owned 100 % by the Esterer AG. The export quota for increasingly powerful sawing technology is over 80%. Launch of the high-performance edging station 'OptiDriveLine' |
2006 | 'ArcoLine-technology', the active curve sawing system, is successfully installed at Insjön Bergkvist, Sweden, and CMPC - mulching, Chile. |
2007 | Esterer AG sells Esterer WD GmbH (EWD) to Gebr. Linck Maschinenfabrik Gatterlinck GmbH & Co KG. At the side of the Linck Holzverarbeitungstechnik GmbH is EWD now well positioned for the new challenges of the global market for sawing technology. Gebr. Linck Maschinenfabrik Gatterlinck GmbH & Co KG holds 100% of the shares of Linck Holzverarbeitungstechnik GmbH, Oberkirch and Esterer WD GmbH, Altötting. |
History Esterer AG
1862 | Establishment of the company Esterer by Josef Esterer in Altötting as a workshop and foundry, also carrying out repair work on agricultural equipment and manufacture of parts for mills and sawmills. |
1873 | Specializing in saw mills, threshing and steam engines. Son Andreas Esterer takes over the management. |
1900 | Transformation into public limited company. 290 staff members. |
1946 | Restructuring due to the war. |
1959 | Stopping the lokomobile construction and 1970 the agricultural machinery manufacturing. The free operating capacity was used to produce the sawmill systems. |
1982 | Organizationally and legally the foundry was hived off from the Esterer AG and subsequently trades as Esterer Gießerei GmbH. |
1984 | Edging system 'Optimes' was introduced |
1985 | Introduction of Esterer band sawing program |
1990 | Maximilian Esterer joins the Esterer AG |
1991 | Esterer Gießerei Werk Wurzen GmbH becomes another daughter of Esterer company |
1992 | 130-year anniversary |
1996 | 'Esterer AG' founds together with the 'Wurster and Dietz GmbH & Co.', Tübingen, the joint venture "Esterer WD GmbH & Co.' |
History of Wurster Dietz GmbH
1867 | Establishment of "Wurster Seiler' by Julius Wurster and Karl Seiler in Tübingen |
1877 | Construction of frame saws for generation of timber and planks. Repairs of steam engines, mills, breweries, etc. |
1911 | Foundry is built. |
1916 | Company is renamed into "Wurster Dietz '. Sawmill burns down. |
1923 | Boxing nailing machines are introduced. |
1930 | Introduction of hydraulics to the sawmill industry. |
1940 | Production of propeller milling machines. |
1950 | Reconstruction of the company and restart of the production after 2 World War. |
1964 | The swing frame 'GDZ' is introduced to the market. |
1968 | Launch of 'full swing frame GDZGE' |
1976 | First automatic hemmer. |
1978 | Launch of the first WD-post-cutting circular saw |
1980 | The first WD-chipper is introduced to the market. |
1981 | The first WD profiling units follow. |
1985 | Introduction of the first flexible chipping line. |
1992 | 125th anniversary. |
1996 | Together with the Altöttinger 'Esterer AG' establishment of the joint venture 'Esterer WD GmbH & Co.' |
Product Groups
- Band saws
- Edging systems
- Circular saws & profiling systems
- Frames
- Mechanization