Schmalz Vacuum Technology Ltd. was founded end of 2006 in Cambridge

Cambridge

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...

. Schmalz Vacuum Technology Ltd. is part of the international Schmalz Group. Its holding company J. Schmalz GmbH

J. Schmalz GmbH

J. Schmalz GmbH was founded as a razor blade factory in 1910 in Glatten in the Black Forest. Over the years, the company’s products changed from razor blades to transport equipment and finally to vacuum components, vacuum handling systems, vacuum gripping and clamping systems.The company is a...

 is based in Glatten

Glatten

Glatten is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Schmalz is the world's leading partner for vacuum technology in automation, handling and clamping applications. The company provides a wide range of vacuum products, that include vacuum components and gripping systems, ergonomic vacuum lifting equipment and vacuum clamping systems.

In August 2008 Schmalz moved from the original facility in Cambridge to a larger location in Mississauga.