We have always made the most of the advantages offered by our situation as an owner-operated company run by the fourth generation of our family: long-term planning, firm decisions and the constant transfer of expertise. Below is a list of some of the milestones in our company history.
1934
Founded as the Mack & Schneider horse-shoe stud factory by Gottlob Mack (blacksmith) and Heinrich Schneider (factory owner)
1945
Reinhold Bachofer (Heinrich Schneider's son-in-law) is the 2nd generation to take over the management
1950s / '60s
Production of horse-shoe studs, spikes, sanitary fittings
1964
Start of injection moulding
1968
Introduction of the first water valve made of brass
1978
Hubert and Wolfgang Bachofer become the 3rd generation of managers
1990
Development of the first flushing cistern valve made entirely of plastic
1994
Start of production at the new site in Mengersgereuth-Hämmern (Thuringia)
2001
Development and launch of the first electrically driven water valve for the automotive sector
2014
Expansion of the Filderstadt site, state-of-the-art production with its own test room for full-scale performance testings
Management by Steffen, Tobias and Vanessa Bachofer in the 4th generation
2016
Launch of thermal valves controlled by means of shape memory technology
