Pioneering spirit means having ideas and making decisions with courage and willingness to take risks. If a company has been successful on the market for decades, has established itself internationally and is growing steadily, then the pioneering spirit has found its fulfillment. Hermann Schwelling is a pioneer.

He founded Hermann Schwelling Maschinenbau, known as HSM, over 45 years ago. The founder started his company with the idea of ​​reducing the volume of recyclables. He developed balers to recycle paper, cardboard, film, PET and many other materials as bales of recyclable materials. They reduce the volume of valuable materials by up to 95%. From the first baling press in 1972 with a pressing force of 6 tons, an extensive product range of baling presses up to 150 tons pressing force with the most modern technology was created. At the same time, HSM has developed shredders for paper and data carriers such as CDs, credit cards and hard drives, thus covering the complete cycle of shredders and presses.

Thanks to the great commitment of its employees, HSM has become a market-leading company for products and services in environmental technology and office technology. Almost 900 employees and over 100 service and sales bases all over the world are involved in the HSM network and serve thousands of customers worldwide.

As a family business, with the founder Hermann Schwelling as the main shareholder, HSM is independent. All company shares are held in the entrepreneurial family, which enables the company to make decisions quickly and pursue long-term goals. The partners are: Hermann Schwelling, Christina Schwelling, Harald Schwelling and Sylvia Rimmele.