The company began developing and manufacturing drill chucks over 100 years ago. This line of business, among others, is currently ensuring full order books, despite fierce competition from the Far East. The investments of over EUR 6 million are now paying off. Röhm is currently expanding drill chuck production to 21 weekly shifts, thereby increasing annual output by 30 percent. Röhm is looking for qualified employees for 24 new jobs.

Despite a severe slump in sales due to the automotive crisis in 2019 and the coronavirus pandemic, the company from Sontheim an der Brenz was able to generate a profit of over 4% in the past financial year. "This is of course unsatisfactory in a normal financial year, but in view of the current critical global situation in mechanical engineering, it is a very respectable success," says Gerhard Glanz, Managing Director and CEO of the group of companies.

In particular, the drill chuck, which has often been declared dead and which Röhm has been producing in Germany for more than a century and which is otherwise only manufactured by Chinese competitors, is enjoying a brilliant upswing. "We have managed to prove to the power tool manufacturers of this world that Made in Germany still meets exceptional quality standards and can therefore cost a few cents more," says Glanz, not without pride.

It is precisely this production area in Sontheim, in which Röhm has invested more than 6 million euros over the last 3 years, that is now urgently looking for employees for the switch to 21 weekly shifts. The company is looking to recruit a total of 24 new employees with immediate effect in order to increase annual production by 30 percent. The corresponding customer orders are already in place.

"As a company bound by collective agreements, we offer very attractive wages and fair conditions, so we hope to be able to expand our great team with new great colleagues in the short term," says Röhm confidently. As many companies, especially in the industrial sector, have had to cut staff due to the crisis, this does not seem to be an impossible plan. Cutting machine operators, industrial mechanics, logisticians and employees for the in-house hardening shop are being sought.

Röhm does not want to be seen as a crisis winner. "With a lot of diligence, hard work and a bit of luck, we have managed to come through this crisis unscathed. It was really tough and our success is the reward for two years of hard work," emphasizes the company. In July of this year, the last division will also be taken out of short-time working and the company will be working at 100% capacity again, in some cases even with additional overtime.