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We have been successful on the market as a carbide manufacturer since 1967
Our strength lies in the manufacturing of special carbide parts (preforms) according to drawings.
Through short paths and streamlined structures in the company, we produce and deliver your parts considerably faster than our market participants – and at competitive prices!
If required, our in-house grinding technology is able to carry out virtually any finish processing for you.

ASTOR has been producing and selling blades and knives for food processing machines since 1994.
Our production range comprises knives for internationally well-known, but also for no-name or very new machines. Since ASTOR came into being, its team, which is numbering more than 100 today, has obtained many special skills in the fields of blade fabrication and processing of high-alloyed steels and a lot of customers at home and abroad appreciate its products, customer service, short delivery times and technical advice.

Founded in 1908 the Cologne family owned company Gebr. Schmachtenberg GmbH has added to the production range in the recycling sector the supply of hammer pins.
The company with its tradition and more than 100 years presence ln the market has from the very start concentrated on the development of their products. Schmachtenberg blades and guideways do not only offer quality but are also products of an innovative treatment of steel. In addition to the wellknown blades for scrap shears and other crushing machines with accessories Gebr. Schmachtenberg GmbH offers now also hammer pins. The first tests in Europe with 2.000 - 6.000 PS shredders have fully justified the offered quality. These hammer pins are not in the low cost range. It has been intended to use high quality steel grades in the production offering a longer life time and a higher resistance to wear and thus distinguish them from the competitors.