1881
The success story of WEMA VOGTLAND starts with the foundation of the company J. C. & H. Dietrich in Plauen, a manufacturer of embroidery machines for the local textile industry.
1885
The cutlery company SIEPMANN is founded in Solingen by Emil Siepmann sen.
1947
The company Hermann Spicher GmbH is founded in Cologne.
1948
„Maschinenfabrik VOGTLAND“ - The company makes a fresh start after World War II
2004
SVQ GmbH is founded in Erkrath and takes over a fixture supplier MAFOR in Saarland.
2005
The "SVQ group" acquires the supplier of automation equipment Herrmann Spicher GmbH and renames the company to Spicher Automation GmbH.
2006
Acquisition of the company Siepmann by the „SVQ group“. The new Siepmann GmbH moves from Solingen to Erkrath.
Foundation of SVQ Slovakia s.r.o. as purchasing organisation for the sister companies and third parties and as service point of the Eastern European market.
2007
The companies SVQ, Siepmann and Spicher move to the new plant in Lebach with 7,000 sqm of manufacturing space.
2008
SVQ China Ltd. is founded in Shanghai. The company has 3,000 sqm of production and assemply space and builds clamping fixtures for the Asian market.
2009
Acquisition of WEMA Vogtland GmbH by the „SVQ group“. The company is renamed to WEMA VOGTLAND Technology GmbH.
2010
WEMA VOGTLAND America LLC the group's US subsidiary for machine tool retooling is founded in Belvidere, IL, USA.
2011
Reorganization of the businesses under the umbrella of the GLOBAL RETOOL GROUP GMBH with
headquarter in Lebach. Merger of the companies Siepmann GmbH and Spicher Automation GmbH with
SVQ GmbH.
Acquisition of SATEG GmbH.
2012
SVQ GmbH opens its subsidiary in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, an additional location for fixture design and sales
2014
The company SATEG GmbH expands its portfolio of products to include automatic parking systems.
The brand parQing® is born.
2015
GLOBAL RETOOL GROUP GmbH, Germany and Changchun Hexin Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Changchun, China establish the Joint Venture company Changchun GRG Intelligent Technology Equipment Co., Ltd. (GRG China) headqurtered in Changchun.
2016
WEMA VOGTLAND Technology GmbH opens its branch in Italy.
Acquisition of INGENIUM technology S.A., Remich, Luxemburg.
Relocation of WEMA VOGTLAND America LLC to New Hudson/MI.
2017
WEMA VOGTLAND America LLC is renamed to GLOBAL RETOOL GROUP America LLC.
2018
WEMA VOGTLAND Technology GmbH moves into a new building at Wielandstrasse 51 in Plauen.
The company celebrates its 70th anniversary.
2018
Foundation of Jiangsu WEMA YUEDA Smart Equipment Co., Ltd. in Yancheng, China
2019
Relocation of GLOBAL RETOOL GROUP America LLC to the new plant in Brighton, MI
2020
The location LASERplusSERVICE/LASERplusSYSTEMS is opened in Idar-Oberstein.
2020
Relocation of SATEG GmbH to Hans-Schardt-Str. 1.
2021
Merger of SATEG GmbH with SVQ GmbH
