Appreciation is important to us - both in our relationships with customers and with our dedicated employees. Through a culture of respect, we strive for long-term success based on trust and respectful collaboration.
Quality Made in Germany
We place great emphasis on quality, both in selecting our raw materials and in manufacturing our brushes. We produce our brooms and brushes in Kappelrodeck, on the edge of the Black Forest, using modern machinery, some of which we have developed ourselves.
Tradition & Reliability
As a fourth generation family business, we are proud to have passed on and developed the family business and expertise from generation to generation. By combining customer focus and innovation with long-term thinking, we create a combination of tradition, progress and reliability.
Corporate History
More than 120 Years Piassavawerke Hermann Wimmer e.K.: 1903 - 2024
Over 120 years of experience have made Piassavawerke Hermann Wimmer specialists in the development and manufacture of sweeping rollers, disc brooms and other brooms and brushes. The products are well known for their high level of quality. In addition to standard brushes for all types of sweeping machines, technical brushes, brushes for sewage treatment plants and custom products are also manufactured. The collection of curiosities includes brushes for finishing hurdles on dog training grounds, scrubbing brushes for donkeys and horses and cow brushes for the well-being and increased milk yield of dairy cattle.
Fourth Generation Family Business
In 1903, Hermann Wimmer founded Piassavawerke Hermann Wimmer in Rüsselsheim. After a car factory was built there, the Piassavawerke suffered from a shortage of labour. This forced the founder to relocate his business. The brush manufacturer moved his business to his birthplace of Kappelrodeck, where it soon flourished.
After the death of Hermann Wimmer at the age of 83, his son-in-law Kurt Roß took over the company in 1958. Together with Hermann Wimmer, he had managed the company for many years. The sons of Hansi Wimmer-Roß and Kurt Roß, Günter and Hans-Peter Roß, joined the brush production in 1963 and 1967 respectively after completing their studies and took over the management of the company in 1968 after the death of Kurt Roß.
After the sudden death of Hans-Peter Ross in 1976, Günter Ross became the sole owner and managing director of Piassavawerke. In 2002, he handed over the company to his son Andreas Ross.
Production Methods
From manual labour, which was the only production method when the company was founded, the company has developed into a large machine park with refined production processes for the wide range of special brushes. Most of the brushes are produced on modern machines, some of which were developed in-house.
The possibilities of technologisation, mechanisation and computerisation of the workplace have always been taken up by Hermann Wimmer and tested for their integration into the production processes. For example, at times a steam engine was used to generate electricity for the company and in 1969 Wimmer was the first company in the Achertal valley to use electronic data processing to optimise administration. However, manual labour was not completely eliminated from the company. Even today, there are still operations that cannot be performed efficiently by machines. For example, the steel wires of the disc brooms are inserted into the disc broom bodies by hand by dedicated women.
The Wimmer Team - 100 years of Piassavawerke Hermann Wimmer: A cheerful and committed team works for the best products and your satisfaction.
We have been manufacturing and developing high quality brooms and brushes for a wide range of applications for over 120 years
GoGreen-Story – Our Story is Consistency
Hermann Wimmer Piassavawerke e.K. – Bürstenfabrik – does not have a really creative or innovative concept to reduce our CO2 footprint around our trade fair appearance. However, we have implemented many of the well-known measures to reduce our environmental impact with great commitment and consistency.
After taking a look at our rubbish bin as we set up, during the show and as we tidied up after the show, we asked ourselves: Is buying these products worth the impact of throwing them away?
What exactly are the effects of our behavior: Consumption of resources, money spent on purchase and disposal, wasted CO2 emissions? Is it not the responsibility of all of us to do our bit to reduce CO2? What can we do now?
As a result, we have banned disposable products such as the stand itself, carpets, crockery and beverage packaging from our stand. We no longer use portion packs for coffee, milk or sugar and separate the waste for recycling as far as possible. Our brochures are emailed, offered via QR codes or printed on environmentally friendly paper.
We have tried to systematically and consistently make small changes in many places to get one step closer to carbon neutrality. The following nitpicking list may illustrate our efforts:
1. Modularity and Reusability
Reusability & longevity
The walls of the exhibition stand consist of flexible modules - suitable for any trade fair
High-quality carpet tiles that have been used at many trade fairs for many years
Gluing the tiles efficiently to the floor saves waste and protects the tiles
Efficiency
Stand set-up possible with only 2 persons
No forklift truck required for assembly and dismantling
Functionality
Transport crates are used as furnishings for the back room
Ecological benefits
Long service life of the stand elements and carpet tiles
Variety purity of the components of the stand elements
2. Climate Impact and Emissions
Climate-friendly characteristics
There is strength in friendly restraint - avoiding what is not necessary - no process means no emissions
Durability of the stand elements and equipment: Stand modules and carpets
3. Stand Equipment
Sustainable equipment
Multiple use of the exhibits - e.g. our brush mannequin and forklift bar stand
Brochures / information material
Double-sided printing of information material - where possible
Chlorine-free bleached paper for information material and brochures printed on environmentally friendly paper
QR codes for information material - no unnecessary printing of brochures
E-brochures sent by e-mail after the trade fair
Energy efficiency
All spotlights on the wall elements and trusses are fitted with energy-saving LED lamps
Cleaning
Dishwashing detergent and vinegar as cleaning agents are efficient and sustainable
A quick brush out of dirt is often enough
Waste Management:
1st priority: Prevention 2nd priority: Separation for recycling
No disposable carpets
No disposable cutlery
Waste separation into:
Paper
Plastic
Glass
Compost goes into the garden at home
Residual waste - if there is any left ove
Disposal at home, because separate collection with recycling is ensured
4. Catering
Ecological and sustainable
Fairtrade organic coffee in a kilo pack - that means no pods, capsules or portion packs for the rubbish bin
Coffee grounds are collected in a large jar without adding any foreign matter and composted at home
Organic milk in litre packs
Sugar from sugar shaker
Beverages from returnable glass bottles
Pure drinking water from the carafe - the best regional Munich tap water served in beautiful glasses
Glass and porcelain tableware - this does not mean doing away with disposable tableware, but offering pleasant, high-quality tableware
5. Mobility
Use ecological transport where possible
Reference to the MVV ticket on the admission ticket in the invitation letter for guests and employees
Daily arrival of trade fair staff by non-motorised scooter and local public transport obligatory
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