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"Expertise of more than 140 years
Machine and plant manufacture
stamping and forming technology
Historic views of the companies
Carl Kneusel (top)
and Paul Blell (bottom)
For more than 140 years, Raster-Zeulen-
roda has been an international leader in 
terms of high-capacity forming techno-
logy. Quality machines from Zeulenroda
have proven their value repeatedly and 
are setting standards in productivity and 
reliability. Today, almost 
60.000 
Raster 
Zeulenroda 
machines
 are
in service
worldwide. 
In 
1868
, the foundations for the con-
struction of sheet metal forming machines 
in Zeulenroda were laid in Carl Traugott 
Kneusels lamp factory. 
In 
1883
, Paul Blell set up a factory for 
lathes, also in Zeulenroda. His produc-
tion programme expanded increasingly 
and soon included boring mills, milling 
machines, planing machines and other 
machine tools. 
In 
1919
, the Adolf Lang factory was 
added to the engineering industry at 
this location. In this constellation, it was 
soon possible to satisfy the demands of 
the emerging industrial age.
In 
1955
, the three large mechanical 
engineering companies were fused and 
became the VEB Werkzeugmaschinen-
fabrik Zeulenroda, in short WEMA. 
Until 
1989
, the VEB WEMA Zeulen-
roda was one of the most important 
engineering companies in the former 
GDR which sold moulding presses and 
forming machines worldwide under the 
brand name WMW.
In 
1990
, the traditional enterprise was 
privatised and the Werkzeugmaschinen 
GmbH Zeulenroda was founded. 
With the adoption of the product 
range of RASTER, AGEO
H
 and WALTER-
Pressen, the Raster-Zeulenroda Werkzeug-
maschinen GmbH was founded in 
1994
.
Since the change of ownership in 
2008
, 
the company is managed by family 
 Doermann from Karlsruhe.
"