History

GROUP SCHUMACHER is a global player in AG business.
Having a mid-sized company structure and being independent, GROUP SCHUMACHER is specialized in components and systems for harvesting machines. Based on three traditional German companies and brands, GROUP SCHUMACHER offers it’s products and services worldwide.

1958 |

Gustav Schumacher buys a Claas Europa combine harvester, a self-propelled machine that makes him a pioneer in self-propelled combining in his Westerwald home region in Germany, which is still home to GROUP SCHUMACHER

1965 |

Gustav Schumacher receives his first patent for his quick-fit crop lifter invention

1968 |

Gustav and Günter Schumacher set up a sales organization for their grain lifter and Gebr. Schumacher GmbH company.
The product range is expanded to include cutting system mechanisms

1978 |

EWM is founded – Eichelhardter Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH.
The move expands the product range to include drive system

1994 |

The sons Fred Schumacher and Heinz-Günter Schumacher take over the management of the companies

1995 |

The sales company SCHUMACHER
Company LC is founded in Durant, Iowa, USA

1997 |

The company receives the DLG Innovation Award in silver for its UDK hydraulic coupler

2000 |

Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbH in Wermelskirchen, a well-established company that was founded in 1827 in Solingen, is integrated in the group, thereby extending the product range to include knotter systems.

2001 |

The SCHUMACHER Industrial Ltda. sales organization is founded in Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2003 |

The SCHUMACHER Industrial Ltda. sales organization is founded in Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2004 |

The OOO SCHUMACHER sales organization in Russia is founded in Promyschlennaya, Kemerovo. In 2010, it expands into a new sales office in Starominskaya, Krasnodar.

2007 |

The company receives the DLG Innovation Award in silver for its KombiGrip reel tines

2009 |

EWM . Eichelhardter Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH receives the TOP JOB award.

2010 |

Gebr. Schumacher GmbH is awarded the Great Prize of Medium Sized Enterprises by the Oskar Patzelt Foundation

2012 |

The SCHUMACHER.plus sales organization is founded at the Eichelhardt and Wermelskirchen sites

2015 |

Malu Dreyer, President of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, visits the company

2015 |

The company receives the DLG Innovation Award in silver for the eHarvest cutter bar and its RS 9000 double loop knotter

2016 |

The Perfect Harvest App is developed. The app assists operators in determining the level of wear on the cutter bar and in optimizing the settings

2018 |

Gebr. Schumacher GmbH celebrates its 50th anniversary.
EWM . Eichelhardter Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Rasspe Systemtechnik GmbH celebrates its 191st anniversary