{"id":203754,"date":"2026-05-20T12:48:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essmann.com\/essmann-waagen-warum-wir-die-besten-sind\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:49:59","slug":"essmann-waagen-warum-wir-die-besten-sind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essmann.com\/en\/essmann-waagen-warum-wir-die-besten-sind\/","title":{"rendered":"ESSMANN scales: Why we are the best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes you only realize in retrospect how much courage you had at the beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

When the management of HE W\u00e4getechnik Horst E\u00dfmann GmbH passed from the 5th generation of the E\u00dfmann family to Dr.-Ing. Fabian Ehmke and Dr.-Ing. Gregor Gra\u00dfl in April 2021 and Ren\u00e9 Teichmann joined shortly afterwards, ESSMANN was a traditional family business with an impressive history<\/a> – but now also with a fairly small team. 15 people plus management. 15 people whose roots go back to 1860. And three new managing directors who had stepped up to lead this history into a new era. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

I also became part of this team in 2021. At the time, I thought it was brave of three young fathers to take over such an old company. I admit: I feared a lot of “We’ve always done it this way” and a culture shock between the old-established Waagenbau cracks and the new colleagues who wanted to bring in new ideas with a bang<\/strong>. It turned out differently.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Respect and eye level in the team<\/h2>\n\n

Respect<\/strong> was a top priority from the very beginning. Both the experience of the team members, some of whom had been working for ESSMANN for decades, and the expertise and energy of the newcomers were valued – and everyone was open and curious about<\/strong> each other. <\/p>\n\n

It is remarkable that several colleagues who had gone other ways in the meantime were won back<\/strong> by the new management. They not only brought back experience, but also trust, solidarity and a piece of ESSMANN history. <\/p>\n\n

Today, in May 2026, we are 49 people. 15 have become 49. A traditional scale manufacturer has become a group of companies<\/strong> that combines old strengths with new opportunities: Weighing technology, automation, software, store, service, calibration, yard management and a steadily growing presence in Germany. This is a real team effort. And sometimes our time-honored company feels<\/strong> like a dynamic start-up<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

Five years towards the future<\/h2>\n\n

So much has happened since 2021 that we sometimes forget to pause and celebrate what we have already achieved. Sometimes awards<\/strong> from the <\/path><\/svg><\/span>Proven Expert customer review portal<\/a><\/strong> or the <\/path><\/svg><\/span>Employee evaluation portal kununu<\/a><\/strong> in the mailbox. Or the information from the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and Creditreform that, according to their analysis, we are one of the <\/path><\/svg><\/span>100 fastest-growing medium-sized companies<\/a><\/strong> are among them. As a Rhinelander, I sometimes have to smile at the fact that such success stories are usually acknowledged briefly with a very North German “Oh, cool!”. And then they carry on – with the usual understatement, the right balance between risk-taking and a sense of proportion and an unshakeable optimism, even if times are not the easiest for the industry at the moment. <\/p>\n\n

And sometimes you only realize in retrospect how many individual steps have resulted in a new direction.<\/p>\n\n

This timeline is therefore more than just a list. It is proof of how consistently ESSMANN has grown since 2021 – not only in terms of minds, but also in terms of expertise, reach, structure and self-image. And it shows that behind every stage there are people who have pulled, learned, supported and shaped the company. <\/p>\n\n

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ESSMANN 2021 until today<\/h2>\n\n