Süddeutsche Waggon Fabrik was founded.
Production start for railway coaches.
VHS Video Recording – MAN SWF
Pictures say more than a thousand words and on an old VHS cassette we found in our archives the SWF feeling and skills were already tangible. Numerous examples prove that our industrially manufactured standard components interact perfectly and merge into tailor-made individual solutions for everybody. This was true in the past and will be true tomorrow. SWF – makes it easy.
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Timeline
1921
1926
Company renamed Süddeutsche Waggon- und Förderanlagen.
Production start for rope winches to handle railway vehicles. Market entry in the crane and hoist industry.
1926
1931
Takeover of Schüle, a specialist for hoist technologies based in Feldkirchen, Germany.
Market expansion in the field of electric hoists and hoist technologies. Stronger focus on the market for crane and hoist technologies.
1953
Company renamed Süddeutsche Winden- und Förderanlagenfabrik von Bechtolsheim & Stein KG.
Rebuilding and growth in the aftermath of WWII. Sole focus on industrial cranes and hoists. SWF positioned as a specialist in the crane industry.
1953
1973
Integration of SWF, as a specialist for industrial cranes and hoists, in the MAN Group.
Development and manufacturing of hoists and industrial cranes under the MAN brand from the early 1970’s to the late 1990’s.
1986
Merger with MAN Wolffkran.
Company renamed MAN GHH Krantechnik GmbH.
1986
1990
Merger of MAN GHH Krantechnik GmbH, Mehne and MAN Lagersystem-Technik under the new name MAN GHH Logistics GmbH.
1997
Takeover by KCI Plc, the leader on the international crane market. SWF Krantechnik GmbH operates as an independent company on the global market for crane and hoists.
SWF Krantechnik has served as a technological pioneer and has continually launched innovative new products and developments in the market since the end of the 1990’s.
1997
2001
Headquarters relocated to Mannheim, Germany.
Continual expansion as the market leader with annual revenue growth.
2010
Founding of SWF Hoist (Shanghai) Company Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
2010
2012
Renaming of SWF Hoist (Shanghai) Company Ltd. to SWF Krantechnik Co. Ltd.
2021
The next century begins.
2021
