Milestones of the 100 year history of SMS
After Richard Samesreuther had received a patent in 1912 on the "process for copper welding" together with Carl Canzler, he founded his own company in Butzbach in 1919. This was the beginning of a 100-year success story. Its milestones in extracts are shown below.
1919
Foundation of Samesreuther & Co. GmbH in Butzbach, Germany
1923
Manufacturing of the first fully welded train fire boxes out of copper.
1936
Samesreuther is established as a manufacturer for the chemical industry -
with patented SAMKA jacketed and half pipe vessels.
1944
Patent for thin film evaporators.
1952
Licence for SAMBAY wiped film evaporator.
1956
Development of LUWA thin film rectificator.
1957
Licence for ROTAFILM short path evaporator.
1959
Manufacturing of the first vertical thin film dryer.
1960
Licence for SAKO horizontal conical thin film evaporator.
1964
Merger with Müller-Schuss KG to establish the SMS Samesreuther Müller Schuss GmbH.
1969
Manufacturing of the first horizontal thin film dryer.
1970
Manufacturing of first FILMTRUDER thin film processor for highly viscous materials.
1972
Acquisition of SMS Samesreuther Müller Schuss GmbH by LUWA AG, Switzerland.
LUWA-SMS GmbH is founded.
1983
Foundation of Buss-SMS GmbH after procurement of the LUWA shares by the Buss AG, Switzerland.
1997
Transfer of the REACTOTHERM technology from KraussMaffei.
2002
Licence for REASIL and REACOM large volume processors.
2003
Management buy-out of Buss-SMS GmbH.
Takeover of the thermal separation technology of Canzler GmbH, Düren to form Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH.
2005
Development of HYVAP horizontal thin film evaporator in hygienic design.
2009
Licence for CFT combi fluidization technology.
2019
100th anniversary.
The founders of Buss-SMS-Canzler:
