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The Craemer Group is an internationally active family company specialised in metal forming, plastics processing and tool making. Their headquarters is the Craemer GmbH founded in 1912 and located in the German town of Herzebrock-Clarholz. In 2023, the group achieved a total operating performance of around 355 million Euros with around 1,100 employees.

The German headquarters comprises production facilities in all three business activities. At the beginning of 2023, a new plastic injection moulding plant geared towards sustainable energy went into operation in the Aurea Industrial Park (Oelde, Germany) to expand capacity. The group’s production facilities also include a metal plant in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia (Craemer Slovakia, s.r.o.) and in Attendorn, Germany (Craemer Attendorn GmbH & Co. KG) as well as a plastics injection moulding facility with two production plants in Telford, Great Britain (Craemer UK Ltd). For the sales of its plastic programme, the Group has an independent sales office each in Lesquin, Lille metropolitan area (Craemer France Sarl), in Denmark, (Craemer Nordic ApS), in Florida (Craemer US Corporation) and a representative office in Poland. 

In Metal Forming, Craemer develops, constructs and manufactures precision-stamped and large parts mainly for the automotive industry. These include seat structure components, doors, instrument panels, bows for convertible tops, chassis parts as well as components for seat belt systems such as all-metal deflectors or guide rails for seat belt height adjusters. The focus of Plastics Processing (since 1958) lies in the development, production and marketing of durable logistics and waste disposal solutions. The portfolio includes plastic pallets, large load carriers, plastic containers and wheeled waste bins. Under the Palcontrol brand, Craemer offers “intelligent plastic pallets and containers” providing complete solutions based on RFID technology to further optimise logistics processes. 

The tools required for production are manufactured by Craemer Group’s in-house Tool Making facility. These include progressive and transfer tools for metal production and injection moulds for plastics processing. At headquarters, a technology centre with research and development and construction serves all divisions, as well as a product development office in Delft, the Netherlands (BPO International B.V.). Today, Craemer Group is one of Europe's leading manufacturers in all their product areas and is a global market leader with their plastic pallet range.