COLLMANN was founded in Germany in 1936.
Company Timeline
- 1938 start manufacturing in series of the first buffing machine
- 1942 building of tire stitcher, model "Standard"
- 1946 development of tire mounting machine, 6-claw system
- 1951 manufacturing in series of tire mounting machine, 2-claw system
- 1956 manufacturing in series of buffing machine "RM56" for several tire sizes
- 1962 start manufacturing in series of various tire mounting machines, 4-claw system
- 1982 manufacturing of the first fully automatic bulge tester for car tires
- 1986 COLLMANN became a member of the J. P. Sauer & Sohn group of companies
- 1989 manufacturing of the first tire X-Ray machine with two X-Ray systems (twin arrangement)
- 1994 purchase of the company Spezialmaschinenbau Steffel (SMS)
- 1997 delivery of the 8000th power wheel nut spanner
- 1997 development of a tire X-Ray machine with digital image analysis
- 2003 ISO 9001 – 2000 certification
- 2009 delivery of the newly designed X-Ray system VerTiX
- 2010 COLLMANN became a member of the MicroPoise Measurement Systems
During this period also other developments were made such as inspection machines, spreading units, tube testing devices and further accessories. COLLMANN manufactures a large program of tire service machines, mounting machines, buffing and building machines for tire retreading as well as measuring machines, grinding machines and X-Ray machines for the quality control of new tires.