Schmidt Kranz Group

Passionate, efficient and entrepreneurial, we deliver technological solutions for the next generation. Schmidt Kranz Group is a family-owned group of mid-sized companies with over 140 years of experience in a diversified portfolio of selected industries and services. Our main areas of business include underground mining and tunneling, mineral processing and recycling, high pressure technology and automation. Leveraging on this expertise, we are at the forefront of developing technologies for hydrogen applications, such as electrolysis systems for on-site green hydrogen generation to logistics, complete hydrogen refueling stations and test stands, all from a single source. The company’s roots are in Germany with a broad international footprint, running legal entities in over 25 countries. STRATEGY We strive to increase revenue and profit in our core segments by building and developing a competent and dynamic team of leaders. This team is united by a strong belief and focus on the development of human resources, the potential of digitalization, the importance of after-sales support and services and the opportunities of globalization. APPROACH As a family-owned business, Schmidt Kranz Group has a long-term Investment focus and aims to grow its businesses in a profitable and sustainable way. Schmidt Kranz Group engages in fully-owned subsidiaries as well as majority and minority shareholdings, encouraging co-ownership of management. The Group also joins forces with business partners wherever beneficial to our activities. The group is organized as a lean business. We support our companies in strategy, business development and financing matters and provide guidance for our core strategic initiatives, keeping day-to-day involvement in our operational entities to a minimum. The holding company invests directly into new technologies and Business opportunities that have a higher risk profile or are not directly related to our existing businesses.