Schweikart hightech Holzteile GmbH

We want to find out what makes workshops successful and what has shaped them into what they are today. What principles lead to success, what ideas are behind them? In this series, we visit various businesses: from carpentry and woodworking shops to educational institutions and industrial facilities.

Where did your workshop journey begin?

The story of the family business Schweikart began in Balingen in 1976, when Heinz Schweikart decided to become self-employed and took over a woodworking business that at the time supplied the powerful furniture industry of the Swabian Jura.

Rounding onrouter table Schweikart Holzteile

Rounding onrouter table the Schweikart workshop

How and why did your company evolve?

Throughout our 50-year company history, we have consistently managed, despite major market changes, to make the right decisions, to separate from the unimportant, and bravely pursue new successful paths without abandoning our core competencies. This development was only possible because we always had valuable customers and loyal partners by our side who challenged, supported, and enriched us. The company has always met these customer requests with a highly motivated and qualified team, continuously evolving in the process.

Company building interior at Schweikart Holzteile

A look into production at the Sulz location

What's your workshop's focus? What principles guide your company?

The company’s core expertise lies in modern, high-performance CNC machining centers. However, anyone who believes that this expertise lies solely in highly automated machines is mistaken. High machining efficiency is achieved when the runtime per part is also used for secondary operations during CNC machining. For example, it can make sense to perform radius machining, drilling, or grinding operations in parallel with CNC machining. The RUWI thus often serves as a secondary workstation alongside the CNC and is therefore part of the machining center.

router table an add-on to the CNC milling machine

Therouter table a secondary workstation on the CNC machine

What would you like to share with others?

Show your customers that it brings you great joy to work together on problem solutions, optimize products, and build trusting partnerships. Always keep an ear to the market so you recognize what changes are coming for your company. Don't see changes as a threat, but as an opportunity.

Quality control at Schweikart Holzteile