Hanmar LLC

A History Driven by Commitment

It’s not just the work of one man…

But his story and the history of the company, which are inextricably linked. Hannes Schachtner brought to Herman’s two main factors that continue to set the company apart - the willingness to meet any challenge, and the confidence to bring it off as promised.

It was a different time when Hannes Schachtner cut his teeth on the trade in Europe. His six years of apprenticeship in Europe, often for little or no pay, grounded him in Old World craftsmanship. Hannes learned that success is based on talent, loyalty, hard work and dedication. By the age of 20 he was considered one of the highest ranked spinners in trade competitions.

1953

1953 Hannes Schachtner joins Hermann’s and within a few years is running it. His passion for the business grew, and in 1967 Hannes bought the company. He demanded from all those around him the same level of effort and passion that drove him to success.

1970

Hannes introduced presses to cut circles for the spinning lathes. He began the company’s expansion demanding the best equipment available, specifically E.W. Bliss presses.

HMS was so successful the company was able to build a facility specifically designed for metal spinning. HMS blossomed into three buildings with 25,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

The company grew in vision and direction as HMS increased its capabilities dramatically. Hannes and company realized that customers were becoming more demanding. He had built his company on integrity and service and delivering a quality product at a reasonable price. Now, he saw it was time to do more and the company evolved from metal spinning into other processes that took advantage of leading technologies. These new processes edged the company closer to one stop metal forming and offered other advantages.

Hannes added deep draw and stamping capabilities. HMS was now able to offer its customers more. The company grew on its ability to do things other metal forming companies couldn’t or wouldn’t do. The ability to produce a better can was critical to HMS growth and planning.

1980

HMS continued to grow and add services that took advantage of the computer explosion. In the 80’s HMS worked with computer generated templates and added CNC machining capabilities. The contribution of automation and intuitive craftsmanship gave the company a real competitive edge.

1984

The integrity, vision, experience and grace of Old World craftsmanship has been passed on to the next generation at HMS. In 1984, John Schachtner joined the company full time after a thourough engineering education. He like others before him, learned from the bottom, as Hannes puts it- “we weed them out at the broom.” John learned everything about the business and is now the general manager.

2001

HMS acquired Metalite Manufacturing in Pacoima. This move opened the door to higher volume deep draw, stamping and larger press work. In fact, this acquisition has expanded the facilities by almost 3 times. It also allows for even greater expansion.

The commitment goes on.