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From a craftsman`s establishment to a global company

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1938 start manufacturing in series of the first buffing machine

1942 building of tire stitcher, model "Standard"

1946 development of tire mounting machine, 6-claw system

1951 manufacturing in series of tire mounting machine, 2-claw
        system

1956 manufacturing in series of buffing machine "RM56" for
        several tire sizes 

1962 start manufacturing in series of various tire mounting
        machines, 4-claw system

1982 manufacturing of the first fully automatic bulge tester for car
        tires

1986 COLLMANN became a member of the J. P. Sauer & Sohn
        group of companies

1989 manufacturing of the first tire X-Ray machine with two
        X-Ray systems (twin arrangement)

1994 purchase of the company Spezialmaschinenbau Steffel
        (SMS)

1997 delivery of the 8000th power wheel nut spanner

1997 development of a tire X-Ray machine with digital image
        analysis

2003 ISO 9001 – 2000 certification

2008 COLLMANN became a member of the VMI group

2009 delivery of the total new designed X-Ray system VerTiX

2009 COLLMANN became a member of the Automotive
        Participations Ltd.

During this period also other developments were made such as inspectation machines, spreading units, tube testing devices and further accessories.
COLLMANN manufactures a large program of tire service machines, mounting machines, buffing and building machines for tire retreading as well as measuring machines, grinding machines and
X-Ray machines for the quality control of new tires.
Beginning of buffing
X-Ray system VerTiX
Buffing machine 0144