Double design success: After winning the International Design Award in silver, the "Textile Lightweight Console" exhibit wins another prestigious prize, the European Product Design Award.
2021
By buying up Loewe's EMS division, Dr. Schneider will be able to develop and also produce electronic parts in Kronach in the future. The symbiosis of plastics and electronics will result in integrated electronic assemblies.
2020
The new technology and process center at the Kronach-Neuses site incorporates the entire industrialization process. Jig construction, new and repair tool construction and technical center are united in one building.
2019
Intelligent systems and connected modules are playing a major role in the mobility of tomorrow. The innovative department Electrical Engineering and Electronics (E/E) in the Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe is creating new solutions every day.
2018
90 years of Dr. Schneider – among the many highlights in the year of our anniversary are the opening of the new Management and Project Center at the Neuses site and the new production hall at our plant in Poland. We also celebrated breaking ground for our T&P-Centers.
2017
Highlight of the year 2016 is the opening of our new Research & Development Center for around 200 employees and the groundbreaking of our Management and Project Center at the Kronach-Neuses site.
2016
Breaking ground for the Research & Development Center, opening the IT Competence Center and the lunch hall at HQ in Kronach-Neuses and the development of the broadband air vent – these are the milestones in 2015.
2015
The merging of the sites in Radomierz (Poland), the opening of the new plant in Russell Springs (USA) and the injection molding production going operational in Liaoyang (China) are the international highlights in 2014. Plus, we start the 4-K multi-components injection molding production and UV paint system. Also a technological highlight is the development of the MuCell technology.
2014
Milestone of the year 2013: Doubling of the production space at the Polish plant in Radomierz.
2013
The Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe opens its new plant in Liaoyang/China. Technological milestones of the year 2012: multi-component injection molding, hot stamping and IMD .
2012
New competences in the area of black high gloss and Multilayer technology.
2011
The Competence Center for surface finishing receives a new highlight: The automated paint facility goes operational.
2009
The incorporation of the Dr. Schneider Automotive Trading Co. Ltd., in Shanghai/China is a milestone in the year 2008. Plus, a groundbreaking innovation goes into series production: the electric swivel air vent with prospectus mode is installed in the Jaguar XF for the first time.
2008
One of the technological highlights of the year 2007: the tank module.
2007
International milestone: opening of the new plant in Radomierz/Poland.
2006
Opening of an office in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.
2005
The Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe introduces a new technology: fabric back injection molding.
2003
The Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe is put in the capable hands of the third generation of the family.
2001
At the turn of the millennium, the company start its door frame production. Plus, the Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe founds a plant in the USA.
2000
The Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe opens an office in São Paulo/Brazil.
1996
The process of internationalization is moving ahead. In 1995 another plant is opened in Jelenia Gora/Poland. Technological highlight of the year: film back injection molding.
1995
Milestone of the year 1990: After the border between the two Germanys is opened, Dr. Schneider opens a plant in Judenbach/Thuringia.
1990
The new high-shelf warehouse at the main plant in Kronach-Neuses is opened.
1989
The first paint application facility of the Group goes operational in 1987.
1987
The newly erected production plant is opened in Tschirn in the north-eastern county of Kronach.
1986
The success story continues: the injection molding production is expanded in 1985.
1985
The Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe produces its first premium air vents.
1982
Technological highlight: the first patent “Air deflection profiles for air vents" under the patent number DE7720545U is filed.
1977
The internationalization of the company is making headway. The plant in Valencia/Spain is opened in 1973 as the first foreign site.
1973
The branch plant is opened in Nordhalben in the north-eastern county of Kronach.
1970
Another milestone follows in 1959: The company leaves the former "Tengelmannhaus" in Kronau's Rosenau and moves in the recently finished main plant in Kronach-Neuses.
1959
The move into the car industry lays the foundation for the later success of the Dr. Schneider Unternehmensgruppe. Dr. Schneider produces an ash-tray to be integrated into the dashboard for Daimler and Ford.
1956
Another milestone has been set: Dr. Franz Schneider becomes Head of Management. The production of cigars is discontinued.
1955
Establishment of the injection molding production.
1940
Franz Schneider Sen. puts his company on a second pillar with the processing of Bakelite – this is the birth of plastic production at Dr. Schneider.
1936
Franz Schneider establishes the company and lays the foundation for a company history that is very unique - from cigar maker to a globally sought-after supplier for the automotive industry.
1927
