MAJA 60 years booklet

60 years
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik
WELCOME!
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very big birthday is a turning point. A good time to pause for a moment.
To breathe, to look back. To remember companions and supporters, ways
and meanders, obstacles and challenges. And the numerous little and big
moments of the past which all in all make our own history.
Let us review 60 exciting years of MAJA and setup new milestones for a successful future together with all of you, our partners, guests and friends!
Kind regards
Your MAJA management
Reinhard Schill
(President)
Joachim Schill
(President)
Joachim Schelb
(Procurator Attorney & Global Sales Director)
Das MAJA-Team
much happened...
60 years MAJA-Maschinenfabrik
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
Das MAJA-Team
milestones of a success story
1963: The first fine ice
machine (EA) comes on
the market.
1974: The first safe-derinding
machine SKS 351 conquers the
world market.
1955: Registration of MAJA-Maschinenfabrik
in the trade register of Kehl on 15th July by the
company founder Hermann Schill sen.
1959: For the first time,
MAJA participates in the IFFA
tradeshow in Frankfurt.
1967: First extensions of the
production facilities, followed
by a new administration building and others in the eighties.
1958: International breakthrough with
1977: The first membrane skinning
the presentation of the first derinding
machine (SPE 58) world-wide
1925: Start of the business by Hermann Schill senior.
He founded the company “OMAG-Hermann Schill KG” and
puzzled on machines of all kinds in Offenburg, ranging from
dishwashers and French fries machines up to sawdust
stoves.
1941: Hermann Schill purchased plots, a residential
building and 3 barracks buildings of a former army base
in Goldscheuer.
1950: Start of the production of meat processing
machines, like circular bone saws, knife grinding
machines and machines for crushing of ice blocks.
1982: Extension of warehouse
and packing. department
machine (EMA 350/500) is developed for
the French market.
1971: After the death of the founder
Herman Schill senior, his sons Alfred,
Hermann and Julius assume the management of the company.
production program of 1950
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2008: Introduction of the „green“ flake ice
1994: Inauguration of the new administration building
machine range for operation with environmentfriendly refrigerant CO2 / R744.
with offices, conference and training rooms.
Meanwhile, the premises cover an area of 28.000 m²,
with a built-up area of about 9.000 m².
1998: With the introduction of the fresh meat
portioning system FPS 40, MAJA enters the market
of weight-controlled slicing and thus opens up another
business segment.
2000: Foundation of
the subsidiary
MAJA Food-Technology Inc.
in Omaha/Nebraska, USA
1997: The brothers Reinhard
and Joachim Schill, the third generation, assume the management.
.
2004: The FP 100 is launched
as an IFFA highlight for
industrial portion control slicing.
2003: Foundation of the
subsidiary MAJA S.A.R.L. with
today’s location in Entzheim near
Strasbourg, France.
General Manager: Jürgen Hörter
2010: Completely new development
of the flake ice machines according to
MAJA‘s HY-GEN sanitation principle.
2010: Introduction of the first delta
robot in hygienic design.
2007: Introduction of the
AS silo range for storage and
automatic extraction of up to
5 tons of MAJA Flake Ice.
2002: Foundation of the subsidiary MAJAtronic GmbH in Kehl-Goldscheuer,
specialized in the development of automation solutions for the food industry.
General Manager: Hartmut Ilch
2005: Market introduction of the OEM robotics, brand name autonox24.
Das MAJA-Team
2013: Market introduction of several
MAJA innovations and show highlights
MAJA-OPS:
Operator protection system
for manual derinders /
membrane skinners
2010: Presentation of the new
BXM-LOIN, the MAJA defatting
line for pork loins and bacon
Nugget Ice Machines:
A new ice machine type allowing
the production of an additional
type of ice is launched.
FPE 155: Industrial fresh
meat portioning line
2012: Ken Cook joins the company
as General Manager of MAJA <
Food- Technology Inc. in Omaha/NE.
2015: Festival weekend at the
occasion of the 60th anniversary of
the company.
2012: The smallest
HY-GEN flake ice machines
are honored with the Federal
Award for excellent innovative
efforts for the trade.
2011: Joachim Schelb
joins the company as
procurator attorney and
Global Sales Director.
Spring 2016: Inauguration of the
new production hall with technical
showroom and offices for the engineering / development departments.
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
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60 years MAJA-Maschinenfabrik
o shape the future which is ahead of us, we need to
look back into the past, where everything began 60
years ago.
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik in Goldscheuer, in the South-West of Germany, is one of those companies whose success could be right out of the textbook. Permanent innovations and the right instinct for the opening
of new markets marked its development. A small,
regional firm thus grew up to become a company
whose products today are used around the whole world.
The cornerstone for the company was laid in 1925.
Hermann Schill senior founded the company “OMAGHermann Schill KG in Offenburg and puzzled on
machines of all kinds - the range covered dishwashers
and French fries machines up to sawdust stoves.
The chance for a real restart
In 1941, he relocated the production to today’s premises. In Goldscheuer, Hermann Schill acquired plots, a
residential building and 3 barracks buildings of a former
army base. Due to the influences of the war and the resulting economic situation, the company was temporarily closed and could not produce. In 1950, there was
a realignment – and the chance for a real restart. The
previous production range was stopped and the production of meat processing machines started. Nearly at
the same time, Hermann Schill successfully brought 3
different machines on the market – circular bone saws,
knife grinding machines and machines for crushing
of block ice which was mainly used in breweries for
cooling and in butcher shops. So the visionary and inventor
Herman Schill gained insight into the needs of the
butchers, guessing that the turn for his innovations
would come.
The hour of birth of MAJA-Maschinenfabrik
In 1955, the company MAJA-Maschinenfabrik was finally
founded by Herman Schill senior, the grandfather of
the present owners, and registered in the trade register of Kehl - the hour of birth of today’s internationally
acting company. The period of the so-called economic
miracle in Germany accelerated the development of the
company. The food sector boomed and the meat producing trade was in need of innovations. So the year 1958
brought the desired international breakthrough with
the presentation of the first derinding machine in the
world, which was soon extended to a whole family of automatic machines. The position on the German market
could be consolidated by supply contracts with DAGEMA
e.G., a purchasing association for butchery equipment.
The company developed continuously. In 1959, MAJA exhibited for the first time at IFFA in Frankfurt.
Continuous adjustments to new requirements
Continually, the production range was adjusted to the
requirements of the market. In 1963, the so-called “fine
ice machines” and „aggregates“ completed the versatile product-line. Consequently, the production space had
to be extended again – after previous extensions in 1957
and 1961 – and a new production hall with administration
building was erected in 1967.
In 1971, Hermann Schill, the founder of the company,
passed away, and his three sons continued to manage
the company. Alfred, Julius and Hermann Schill junior
assumed responsibility as managing partners and they
shared the business units engineering, purchase and
commercial affairs.
Das MAJA-Team
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik develops to become a German
special-purpose machine manufacturer
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik, specialized in flake ice machines and derinding machines, exported at that time to
more than 100 countries in the world. In 1974, the first
safe derinding machine from MAJA conquered the world
market.
Mid of the seventies, with the two sons and the daughter of Alfred Schill the third generation entered the
company. Since 1976, Reinhard Schill has been in charge of
commercial affairs. His brother Joachim joined him
in 1987 for the business unit engineering, their sister
Ursula Schill managed the export and mainly took care
of the markets in Far East. From 1992 until 2011,
Berthold Gassmann, as procurator attorney resp.
co-partner, took care of the world-wide distribution of
MAJA machines. In 2011, Joachim Schelb joined the
company as procurator attorney and director of the
global sales of MAJA machines.
Adjustment of the infrastructure
Again and again, it was necessary to adjust the facilities.
In 1982, the warehouse and packing department were extended, 12 years later, a new administrative building with
offices, conference and meeting rooms was built and the
metal processing department was expanded.
Since 1997, the company has been under the direction
of the managing partners Reinhard and Joachim Schill.
The year 1998 is another milestone in the strategic orientation of the company. With the introduction of the Fresh
Meat Portioning System FPS 40, MAJA enters the market
of weight-controlled slicing of fresh meat and thus opens
up another business segment.
Six years later, the follow-up model FP 100 was
launched at IFFA 2004. Still today, this machine type is
unbeatable with regard to weight precision, appreciated by meat processing plants in the whole world for
producing thousands of fresh meat portions every day.
But also in the field of ice production, MAJA was able to
launch innovative products all the time: In 2007, the AS
silo range was introduced with nine models for storage
and automatic extraction of up to 5 tons of flake ice for
easing the handling of big ice quantities.
One of the most sustainable MAJA innovations was presented to the market in 2008: Flake ice machines which
are operated with CO2 / R744, one of the most ecological
refrigerants and very common today, especially in supermarket refrigeration.
The year 2010 came along with a real quantum leap
regarding ice sanitation: The complete redevelopment of the flake ice machines in accordance with the
HY-GEN sanitation principle, designed by MAJA! It allows
the quick and easy cleaning of all machine parts entering
into contact with water. Cleaning can be made either by
hand, or also fully automatically thanks to the patented
evaporator cleaning system MAJA-SCS – highly innovative technology for improved sanitary conditions, which
were honored in 2012 with the “Federal Award for excellent innovative efforts for the trade”.
Foundation of the three subsidiaries
In the era of globalization, the market place Germany /
Europe could not be viewed uncoupled from the world
market. Therefore, the subsidiary MAJA Food Technology
Inc. was founded in 2000 in Omaha, Nebraska, in the US.
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2013, again an IFFA year, was full of extraordinary innovations: Manual derinding and skinning machines can
now be equipped with MAJA-OPS, a special operator
protection system, which helps to increase the safety
conditions at work. The fresh meat portioning line FPE
155 is presented to the worldmarket and the first lines
are taken into operation in the meat industry. With the
new nugget ice machines, MAJA can offer henceforward
an alternative type of ice besides the since decades wellproven flake ice. That means: Conquest of additional
business sectors!
MAJA understands very well the technology of the future
Today, MAJA is among the market leaders of the sector.
There is a simple, but very consequently realized formula
for success behind it. Every product solution for example
is developed in direct dialogue with the customer, resulting in demand-oriented developments guaranteeing a
quick opening-up of the market.
Another example is the high product quality. Basically,
only high-class materials and state-of-the-art machinery are used, being permanently adjusted to the latest
technologies.
This reflects in considerable investments every year.
These efforts pay for the customer in daily work by profiting from the reliability, the simple handling, the precise
work and the economical use of a MAJA machine. And
most important: The name MAJA is a guarantee for an
extraordinarily high safety standard.
MAJA – TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE ■
BUSINESS SECTIONS
derinding
defatting
membrane skinning
skinning
slicing
automation
flake ice
nugget ice
Three years later followed the subsidiary MAJA S.A.R.L.
with today’s location in Entzheim near Strasbourg,
France.
The adjustment to technological progress never stopped.
The foundation of MAJAtronic GmbH at Goldscheuer
followed this development in 2002. The company is under
the direction of Hartmut Ilch and develops and manufactures systems automating complete work processes by
robotics. In 2010, the first Delta Robot in hygienic design
could be presented to the market.
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Fruit & vegetables
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Chemistry & medicine
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Wellness & SPA
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Leisure (E.g. ski slopes)
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MORE MAJA-technology
for the future
Joachim Schelb, procurator attorney and global sales
director about the chances of automation in meat processing.
The MAJA HD Delta Robot is the reliable core piece for
automation lines and the base of robot solutions made
by MAJA.
For six decades, MAJA has been renowned as being
specialized in ice machines, derinders and skinners as
well as meat portioning solutions. About 10 years ago,
MAJA decided to start working additonally on automation
solutions as this large field can offer a lot of challenges,
escpecially with regard to automation of particular processes in the meat industry.
However, not only each customer in the world has
individual requirements, but the product fresh meat
means for the automation engineers a certain challenge,
as meat is a natural product. All types of animals and
their cuts have different shapes and consistencies. That‘s
why automation solutions demand additonal efforts,
starting from the inspection of the objects up to the analysis of exact states. The necessary technical background
is very complex, but nonetheless the final solution must
be profitable.
MAJA sees the optimum solution for meeting the
demands of the food industry in flexible automation.
Together with the MAJA subsidiary MAJAtronic, we are
continuously pushing the development of automation
solutions for this sector, especially in the field of robotics.
The big advantage of process automation for the production plant can be seen in the economic aspect, but also
in the field of improved sanitary conditions, a subject of
great importance especially for the food and meat processing industry.
Why is it difficult, but also attractive to use robots and automation solutions for meat processing? It is difficult as
we often forget that the human worker is not only fast, but
he can use all his sensory skills to perform a task. When
developing a robot, we do not only „copy“ the human
arms. We also have to think about „eyes“ and „fingers“.
For a supplier of technical solutions, it does not matter if
we have to debone, to slice or to pack fresh meat - MAJA
is working on automation solutions allowing the industry
to improve several processes in an economic way.
Robot systems offer a lot of advantages. The proof is
their successful application in other sectors of industry.
An additional plus factor for robots in the meat industry:
The factor men is no longer a potential source of contamination! For example, packaging solutions for fresh
meat avoiding human contact allow a prolonged product
shelf-life.
When the idea was born, the most important aim was to
create a robot mechanics which complies with all sanitation requirements of the highly sensitive food sector.
The MAJA solution does not only offer a high operational
availability which is the guarantee for a stable and continous production. But it also offers excellent cleaning
possibilities under the rough ambient conditions in meat
plants.
Automation is not only a chance, but also a must for the
sustainability and the future outlook of the sector. But:
Automation means investment and a lot of decision
makers think that such solutions are only reserved for
the big industry. But even for MAJA‘s traditonal butcher
customers, the automation of special tasks can lead to a
certain relief in their daily job.
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
Especially the butchers suffer from regional lack of
skilled staff and urgently need solutions to simplify their
traditional production procedures.
On the other side, the challenge for the industry is to produce first-class products in a safe and economic way and
to keep an eye on the global growth at the same time.
For this reason, investing in modern technology makes
sense for everybody. MAJA can offer already today suitable solutions for both of these target groups and will
continue to develop more and more TECHNOLOGY FOR
THE FUTURE ■
derindng
Defatting
membrane skinning
skinning
slicing
Automation
flake ice
nugget ice
Das MAJA-Team
in common...
... we take care that first-class quality machines are at our customers’ disposal
in more than 130 countries in the world.
MAJA-Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
Das MAJA-Team
Repairs Department
From the left: Harald Rückert, Dietmar Higel, Michael Hilberer,
Fernand Rimmelin, Mario Link
Head of department:
Dietmar Higel
THE MAJA-Team
Metal Processing
At the top from the left: Alexander Maassen,
Julian Käshammer, Nicolas Uremovic,
Dominik Berger
At the bottom from the left: Klaus Huber,
Meik Voelkl, Sven Möckel, Stefan Hetzel,
Meral Kirkor, Alexander Renz, Wolfgang
Osiander, Timo Lutz, Sahin Meral, Rudolf
Hoffmann, Heinrich Lysak, Edward Mrowiec,
Erhard Czerner, Damian Geiger
Not on the group picture: Jörg Hummel
Head of department: Wolfgang Osiander
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Das MAJA-Team
Mechanical Production
From the left
1st row: Jörg Fischer, Alex Matwejew, Heinrich Strack, Alexander Gaß, Witalij Wins,
Rafael Schefer, Wolfgang Gilzer, Florian Berl, Udo Metzger, Eduard Marquart
2nd row: Jens Finner, Raphael Klem, Andreas Semke, Manuel Zimmermann,
Matthias Guth, Harald Behar-Fimm, Kevin Lehmann, Jürgen Lehmann,
Artur Tubolcev, Alexander Mompas, Valerij Ratz
3rd row: Christian Nußbaum, Sergej Egorov, Michael Higel, Nico Rosenfeld,
Thierry Jacob, Rolf Lehmann, Klaus Eickermann, Andreas Reibel, Daniel Lang,
Oezcan Oezbay , Tim Boschert
Not on the group picture: Carlos Alvarez-Doallo, Max Schmidt, Guy Walspurger,
Sven Ziegler
Head of department: Alexander Gaß
THE MAJA-Team
Ice Machines Assembly
From the left: Arno Zimper, Wilhelm Goerzen, Katharina Zaksas, Alex Leinweber,
Thomas Walter, Daniel Arbogast, Andre Barke, Maik Hartke, Bruno Kummer,
Dominic End, Christian Schmidt
Not on the group picture: Georg Zimpfer, Marek Grzyb
Head of department: Thomas Walter (deputy head of department: Maik Hartke)
Das MAJA-Team
Slicer Assembly
From the left: Alexander Hetzel, Peter Boll, Christian Feger, Christoph Nopper,
Reiner Rith, Daniel Müller
Not on the group picture: Michael Lienhard, Wjatscheslaw Nickelwart
Head of department: Christoph Nopper
THE MAJA-Team
Meat Machines Assembly
Front from the left: Mike Sester, Johannes Schwab
Back from the left: Marc Jaekel, Amir Kousar, Matthias Wichmann, Karl-Heinz Rinkel,
Christian Bartmann, Wilhelm Heizmann, Alexander Eckert, Jimmiy Suleman, Stefan Hegedis
Head of department:
Christian Bartmann
Das MAJA-Team
warehouse
From the left: Ömer Alkan, Berthold Müller, Wilhelm Neumann, Ottmar Boos,
Hans Veid, Alexander Koch
Not on the group picture: Renate Immenschuh
Head of department:
Ottmar Boos
THE MAJA-Team
Process planning
Production manager & head of
department: Thomas Krämer
From the left: Ralf Brodowsky, Manfred Woitassek, Melina Breig , Ute Krause,
Bernhard Blazkow, Thomas Krämer, Christoph Nopper
Das MAJA-Team
Shipping Department
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From the left: Stéphane Feurer, Christoph Seigel, Isabelle Raschli, Ingrid Lauck,
Kurt Rosa, Karin Hintzen
Not on the group picture: Wolfgang Klotz
Head of department:
Wolfgang Klotz
Packing department: Stéphane Feurer, Christoph Seigel, Kurt Rosa
Dispatch office: Wolfgang Klotz, Isabelle Raschli, Ingrid Lauck, Karin Hintzen
The MAJA-Team
Sales Department
At the top from the left: Michael Hoyer, Christine Traut, Oliver Schäfer
At the bottom from the left: Lena Maier, Heinz Stoll, Eric Brunner, Elke Klecker,
Ralf Klein, Stefan Köbel, Daniel Ricker, Sabine Schutter, Markus Cantatori, Jürgen
Hörter, Farid Maqsudi
Not on the group picture: Maria Silies, Michael Lyko, Joachim Schelb,
Steffen Egenolf
Head of sales:
Joachim Schelb
Das MAJA-Team
electrical engineering
From the left: Stefan Traier, Florian Geiger, Jörg Parsiegla, Michael Wälde,
Curran D’Souza, Matthias Kopf, Ronny Priegnitz
Heads of department:
Stefan Traier, Michael Wälde
THE MAJA-Team
MAJAtronic
From the left: Markus Rohde, Natalie Schmidt, Michael Schutter, Hartmut Ilch, Roman
Weisenborn, Jan Luca Walther, Horst Hilger, Julien Schuhler, Robin Boos, Patrick Sax
Not on the picture: Clemens Ratajczak, Albert Neumann
General Manager: Hartmut Ilch
Head of production: Clemens Ratajczak
Head of engineering : Julien Schuhler
Head of assembling: Horst Hilger
Das MAJA-Team
R & D Ice machines
Dominic Mayer
From the left: Vladimir Batt, Nadine Zimpfer, Roland Fehrenbach, Walter Neubert,
Martin Mynarek, Andreas Walter
Apprentices technical product designer: Dominic Mayer, Moritz Bürkle
Head of department: Andreas Walter
Moritz Bürkle
the MAJA-Team
R & D Meat machines
From the left: Felix Kankel, Sven Müller, Benjamin Ulmer, Ahmet Fidan, Frank Lurker,
Mathias Steinborn, Dietmar Anti
Head of department: Dietmar Anti
Das MAJA-Team
Purchase Department
Sabine Langenbach – „the voice of MAJA“
From the left: Jasmin Lang, Klemens Basler, Elena Koch, Diana Ehret, Benedikt
Benz, Sabine Langenbach
Plant Manager and head of purchase department: Klemens Basler
Switchboard & reception: Sabine Langenbach
The MAJA-Team
After-Sales department
From the left: Manuela Ott, Patrick Günther, Armin Bahr, Karsten Börngen, Nico Wurth, Ralf Hennig, Hassan Mirza, Pascal Heimburger
Head of department:
Patrick Günther
Das MAJA-Team
Accounting / Controlling / HR
From the left: Ingrid Frankenhauser, Patrick Scherer, Petra Hilberer
Not on the group picture: Elke Hurst
Head of department:
Controlling – Patrick Scherer
Accounting – Petra Hilberer
HUMAN RESOURCES & IT – Bernd Schäfer
Bernd Schäfer
the MAJA-Team
Marketing
From the left: Marina Schill, Kathrin Massé, Reinhard Schill
Head of department: Reinhard Schill
Ausbildung & Studium
mechatronics technicians &
industrial mechanics
From the left: Phillipp Peter, Tobias Luhr, Marius Blank, Pascal Ossott,
Benjamin Klumpp
From the left: Alexander Egg, Alexander Hetzel, Timon Durban,
Tobias Martens, Dennis Knittel, Christian Egg
Apprentices & students
cooperative state university
students
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2
3
From the left: Jana Mußler, Ramona Wund, Michael Hoyer, Sven Flegler, Christoph Rohr
1: Roman Neumann, 2: Phillipp Kapser, 3: Sandra Althauser