F.A. Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of industrial machine knives, rasper blades, saw blades, and precision cutting components used in the starch processing industry. The firm specialises in manufacturing high-performance tooling for potato starch, tapioca starch, and other root crop processing applications.
It offers rasper blades for the starch sector, potato saw blades, tapioca saw blades, clamping bars for rasper blades, QR blades, drum dryer knives, scraper knives, customised machine knives, and regrinding services. These devices are sold to starch manufacturers, potato processors, food ingredient makers, and industrial processing equipment manufacturers that require precision-engineered cutting tools for effective raw material processing and starch extraction.
Franz Arnold Schmidt founded F.A. Schmidt in 1845, making it one of Germany's oldest makers of industrial machine knives. The firm began by manufacturing steel tools, saws, and knives in Morsbach, Remscheid, a town with a long history of precise engineering and metalworking.
Throughout its history, the firm has been family-owned, passing down through numerous generations of the Schmidt family before leadership was transferred to Markus Feldhoff, who continues to run the company while retaining its family ownership and engineering background. For over 180 years, F.A. Schmidt has blended traditional craftsmanship with contemporary production methods to provide precise tools to clients all over the world.
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