history Where we come from, where we are today, ceramics, fiber auxiliaries, leather auxiliaries, chemicals trade, surfactants, IMPRINT | CONTACT | LINKS | SITEMAP | PRIVACY Home history Fiber auxiliaries Ceramic auxiliaries Leather auxiliaries Care specialties Textile auxiliaries Phosphonates Chemical trade Current measure up Job market Training / studies How to find us Group of companies Representations Terms and Conditions Return of packaging history Where we come from In 1894 Otto Zschimmer and Max Schwarz founded a chemical, paint and drug wholesaler in Chemnitz. The company developed quickly and happily. From 1909 onwards , the company's own production of chemical products was added to the wholesale business. Production facilities were located in Greiz-Dölau and Heinrichshall in Thuringia and in Grünberg Bohemia. In 1939 a chemical and tanning factory was acquired in Lahnstein am Rhein. After the war, it formed the basis for building the headquarters of today's group of companies. In 1960 the first subsidiary, ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ FRANCE, was founded as a trading house in Paris. This was followed by the establishment of foreign companies or the takeover of other companies, so that today ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ Holding GmbH & Co KG has 18 associated companies. Where we are today The main plant in Lahnstein employs around 500 people in the development, testing, manufacture and sale of special chemical products. More than two thirds of sales are generated abroad. ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ is present everywhere in the world where man-made fiber, leather, fur, surfactant, ceramic and textile industries have their centers. ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ MOHSDORF GmbH & Co KG was established in the summer of 1993 and today employs around 125 people. The move of the textile auxiliaries division from Lahnstein to Mohsdorf near Chemnitz was completed at the end of 1995 and complemented the existing phosphonates division. ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ has modern production facilities for the manufacture of a wide variety of chemical products, both using discontinuous and continuous processes. The most important chemical reactions are sulphonations, sulphations, sulphitations, ethoxylations, propoxylations, polymerizations, esterifications, condensation reactions and mixed operations for the production of solid and liquid formulations. Extensive facilities for wet chemical and instrumental analysis are used in modern laboratories for process support as well as for product development and application technology. Produktsicherheit und Umweltschutz haben bei ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ einen hohen Stellenwert. Vielfältige Einrichtungen sorgen für die Verringerung von Emissionen. Eine eigene biologische Kläranlage bietet die Gewähr für die Reinigung sämtlicher im Werk entstehenden Abwässer. Die Zentrale in Lahnstein, unsere nationalen und internationalen Tochterunternehmen und ein engmaschiges Netz von Vertretungen auf allen Kontinenten pflegen den Kontakt zu unseren Kunden mit Beratung und anwendungstechnischem Service vor Ort. Die Verfügbarkeit unserer Produkte auf den Märkten der Welt wird durch zahlreiche Zwischenlager sichergestellt. Ebenfalls ist die Anbindung von Lahnstein an Transport- und Verkehrswege wie Straße, Wasser und Schiene sehr günstig. Hinzu kommt die Nähe zu den Flughäfen Frankfurt, Köln/Bonn und Frankfurt/Hahn. ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ has been certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 since August 1993. back to the top