A History Driven by Commitment
“When I promise something it becomes personal. Because I've committed to it, it is now personal.” - Hannes Schachtner
It was a different time when Hannes Schachtner cut his teeth on the trade in Europe. His six years of apprenticeship in Europe, often for little or no pay, grounded him in Old World craftsmanship. Hannes learned that success is based on talent, loyalty, hard work and dedication. By the age of 20 he was considered one of the highest ranked spinners in trade competitions.
1953
Hannes Schachtner joins Hermann’s Metal Spinning (HMS) and within a few years is running it. His passion for the business grew, and in 1967 Hannes bought the company. He demanded from all those around him the same level of effort and passion that drove him to success.
1970
Hannes introduced presses to cut circles for the spinning lathes. He began the company’s expansion demanding the best equipment available, specifically E.W. Bliss presses.
HMS was so successful the company was able to build a facility specifically designed for metal spinning. HMS blossomed into three buildings with 25,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
The company grew in vision and direction as HMS increased its capabilities dramatically. Hannes and company realized that customers were becoming more demanding. He had built his company on integrity and service and delivering a quality product at a reasonable price. Now, he saw it was time to do more and the company evolved from metal spinning into other processes that took advantage of leading technologies. These new processes edged the company closer to one stop metal forming and offered other advantages.
Hannes added deep draw and stamping capabilities. HMS was now able to offer its customers more. The company grew on its ability to do things other metal forming companies couldn’t or wouldn’t do. The ability to produce a better can was critical to HMS growth and planning.
1980
During this period, Hannes Schachtner was was joined by none other than his son John Schachtner. John had previously been a student at Northern Arizona University, and subsequently been playing professional football with the Washington Redskins. HMS continued to grow and add services that took advantage of the computer explosion.
In the 80s HMS began working with computer generated templates and soon after, John sought to add a line of CNC driven spinning machines. The contribution of automation and intuitive craftsmanship gave the company a competitive edge that many conventional spinning businesses did not have at the time.
By the end of the 1980s John became operations director of the company. His vision, persistence, and dedication would contribute to HMS’s growing reputation, which brought in customers in a wide array of industries. John’s vision for automation combined with Hannes’s technical skill and ability paved the way for the modern era of what would become HANMAR.
2001
In 2001 Hermann’s Metal Spinning acquired Metalite Manufacturing in Pacoima, California. While the purchase was an ambitious step into the future for HMS’s legacy, Metalite Manufacturing had also been an enduring reputable entity in the metal-forming industry with its own unique and prestigious history of over 75 years in the manufacturing of metal-formed goods.
With Hannes now retired, John sought to develop the company into an elite manufacturing machine. He also was determined to maximize the company’s influence in the aerospace industry. The Metalite purchase not only brought on possibilities of higher volume deep draw, stamping, and larger press work, but also brought together two histories with a combined 100+ years of expertise and knowledge.
John now had the facilities, workforce, and tools to truly transform what his father had started into an elite manufacturing giant. The acquisition gave birth to Hanmar, the corporate entity for the two companies, and united two invaluable histories operating as one manufacturing force. Under John’s leadership in all operations, Hemann’s Metal Spinning and Metalite Mfg. would remain independent companies, operating with their own individual facilities until 2016.
2016
In an effort to maximize its manufacturing solutions, John sought to add a CNC machining department. Piece by piece and one machine at a time, Hanmar eventually created an industry class machine shop at the Metalite facilities.
As John began to reach his goal of re-shaping the company into his vision, he saw that to become the aerospace supplier that he envisioned, he needed to build an effective quality management system.
The year 2016 brought many changes to our corporation. To better serve our customers the Hermann’s Metal Spinning facility in Glendale was moved to the Metalite, Pacoima facility, giving the corporation a much more nimble footprint. The companies began operating as one under the name Hanmar LLC.
Present
Streamlined quality management and unified operations have enabled Hanmar to provide absolute value to its customers at the highest level of quality. To the present day, Hanmar operates under its rich tradition of metal forming expertise and growth, expanding its capabilities and operations to meet all our customers’ metal forming and manufacturing needs at the utmost level of quality.