August Hildebrandt

Christoph Braun, Head of Sales, August Hildebrandt GmbH, of Germany, says, â€�Founded in 1868, August Hildebrandt GmbH is the largest wooden cable drum producer in Europe. With our 7 branches located in Germany and France and our 150 employees, we produced a turnover of € 34 million in 2007. We used round about 55,000 m³ of wood and 2400t of steel, and we produced 200,000 wooden drums and 600,000 plywood drums. Following our rules of tradition, innovation, progress and the increasing turnover each year, the company purchased a new production line for flanges at the end of 2007. This new fully automatically CNC production is now the fastest and most precision line in the world. With this line we increased our production capacity up to 45%. August Hildebrandt GmbH is concentrated in the production of wooden cable drums with flange diameter 700 to 4500mm with a maximum loading capacity of 35 tons and plywood cable drums with flange diameter ranging from 300 to 1500mm. All of these drums can be used as multiway, export/shipping or internal drums relative to the customerÂ's requirements. Especially with the large drums up to 4500mm flange diameter and 35 tons of loading capacity, the company offers up to 45% cheaper alternative to steel drums. The August Hildebrandt GmbH has more than 10 years of experience with these large drums along with a long list of references with satisfied customers all around the world. Further, the company provides customers with technical assistance, individual solutions and a broad area of expertise. The flexibility of production and design enables us to produce the drums according to your specification. Furthermore, we can assist you in developing new constructions relative to your needs to save costs. We offer different solutions like iron tyre, cable exit hole, ramps, heat treatment (ISPM 15), pressure impregnation, painting, marking and many more. August Hildebrandt guarantees a high quality product certificated with the DIN ISO 9001 and DIN ISO 14001. All of the facts mentioned above, along with the long tradition of August Hildebrandt GmbH qualifies us to a solid business partner for the cable, wire, tube and belt producing industry. August Hildebrandt GmbH is pleased to realize solutions for you and look forward to relationships with actual and new clients.