History of Donald Fuchs Machinery

Welcome to Donald Fuchs

We provide top class specialised machinery to the woodworking and carpentry industry. Our service team consists of a team manager, 8 highly skilled technicians and a spare parts department. We pride ourselves in working closely with our customers on maintenance and any queries that they have, solving them quickly and efficiently.

Donald Fuchs is the sole agents in South Africa for the Homag Group which consists of Weeke, Brandt, Butfering, Holzma, Bargstedt, Friz and Ligmatech as well as various other machines.

Altendorf – the success story

In 2006 Altendorf celebrated its centenary. The company's success story is also the story of the sliding table saw itself. Invented in 1906 by Wilhelm Altendorf, the sons of the company's founder, Kurt and Willy Altendorf, decided in 1956 to concentrate solely on manufacturing sliding table saws featuring the "Altendorf system". Thus Altendorf became a specialist, and the stage was set for its sliding table saws to begin their conquest of the world. Over 120,000 of these sliding table saws have been used

Bütfering Sanding Technology

The six decades of innovative developments to take place from the first "BÜTFERING" of 1946 to the present day high-tech products have been characterised by numerous patents and awards. From the beginning, Bütfering was built on the solid foundation of a progressive family company which was embedded in the HOMAG Group AG structures and was therefore a part of the global market leadership, and this continues today. This incorporates customer-orientated performance, continuity, credibility and competence, which are all ensured by highly qualified and motivated employees.

Homag Innovative Highlights

History of HOMAG

- 1962 World's first edge banding machine using the hot-cold technique.
- 1967 First combined sizing and edge banding machine.
- 1974 First double-end tenoner with NC axes and punch tape control system.
- 1977 Softforming with PVAc.
- 1980 Quickmelt process for edge banding of shaped components.
- 1982 First plant with production control and fully automatic resetting using identity numbers.

Holzma

History of HOLZMA

- 1966 Erwin Jenkner starts with the sales and the design of special machinery. The name HOLZMA stands for innovative drilling, recessing and inserting machines for door, window and furniture fittings.
- 1967 Inhouse manufacture of CNC pressure beam saws in the factory in Gechingen.
- 1969 With a masters degree of mechanical engineering, Detlef Jenkner joins the company.

WEEKE purchased by Homag group

In May 1986 WEEKE was integrated into the Homag Group. This meant that WEEKE took over the important task in the special range of drilling, routing and assembly technology. During the next 3 years, WEEKE doubled its turnover. Due to the Worldwide Sales System in the Homag Group - WEEKE customers in more than 30 countries now benefit from the service provided by WEEKE.

Source: http://www.weeke.com/cms/Company/Company+Development