Since 1958, Mawick has been constantly focussed on the
development of plastic injection moulding technology
The beginning
In 1958, Josef Mawick laid the foundations for the company as we know it today and together with his wife Gertrud they shaped 'Josef Mawick Plastic Injection Moulding' for decades, with their determination and innovative prowess.
Since the first investment in a manually operated injection moulding machine, the company has continually developed into what it is today: an innovative and highly capable partner to businesses across the plastics industry.
1960-1970
Two years after it was founded, the company, then still under the name 'Josef Mawick Kunststoff-Fabrikation', set out on an impressive path of expansion on its present-day site. First, Josef and his wife bought a plot of open land measuring 2,500m2 in Werl-Sönnern, on which they built a production hall and a family home.
Soon it was clear, that due to their flourishing business relationship with major battery manufacturers, the production facility's size and capacity needed to be increased. Mawick invested in manpower and machinery from an early stage.
In as far back as 1962, for instance, by taking on the company's first full-time toolmaker, the foundations were laid for today's in-house tool shop.
In 1968, Josef Mawick bought the first 400-tonne injection moulding machine and a year later the first 'apprentice' began his apprenticeship as a toolmaker. Now as then, the company puts great stock in training its own specialists in every area, from production to business administration. And over the long term this strategy pays off – for our customers, the company and above all for our staff.
1970-1980
After just 20 years, the Mawick family business already had a workforce of over 170 employees, had strengthened its successful business links with Varta, Bosch, Hoppecke, Puky and other high-profile manufacturers and had a production facility covering around 6,000m².
1980-1990
In the early 1980s, Josef Mawick began a further phase of expansion in the business through new investment in production and development. With the construction of a 5,000m2 production hall this became clear for all to see. As the pressure of competition in the plastics industry increased, the company successfully faced up to this with the automation of production processes and the provision of services such as component assembly, finishing, conditioning and logistics.
In this way Mawick was able to win new customers and build up its customer base. With the start of computer-aided design (CAD) a revolution in product development began, which brought forth ever more complex shapes and plastic products.
Mawick invested again – in a computer-aided development and design department, positioned directly upstream of the tool shop.
1990-2000
The business took up the complex challenges that were now being faced, especially by suppliers of the automotive industry. Josef Mawick recognised the importance of certification and quality control and that these would be key to future-proofing the family business and invested again. The company built a new production hall, a crane facility, a finished goods warehouse and a tool store and became certified to DIN ISO 9001 and ISO TS 16949.
When son Klaus joined the company way back in 1995, succession planning was thus already sorted out and the successful continuation of the family business secured.
2000-2010
The rapid development and implementation of new product ideas and production possibilities in plastics technology were an opportunity for Mawick to demonstrate its innovative prowess and capabilities and to master these new challenges. Thus, in 200,1 a high-rack storage facility, capable of holding 8,600 pallets, and a new administration wing were brought into operation, followed in 2006 by a 1,500-tonne injection moulding machine.
In 2008, the family business looked back with pride on a 50-year long success story. Together with numerous employees, customers and their families, the Mawick family celebrated their business anniversary at the company premises.
Mawick today
In the second decade of the 21st century, Mawick is continuing unwavering on its path as a full-service provider in plastic injection moulding and underpinning its capabilities and service quality in impressive fashion as a John Deere Company 'Partner-Level Supplier'. Mawick has won the John Deere Award three times in succession for its outstanding product quality, excellent delivery service and passionate dedication.
With the company slogan 'Passionate about plastics', which has been established since the start of 2014, an outwardly visible phase of awareness-building has begun, aimed at emphasising the company's core competencies and areas of focus, and at positioning it positively in relation to competitors.
The future challenges in the plastics sector will be met by Mawick with the same determination and innovative prowess that the recently deceased company founder Josef Mawick (d. 2014) put into practice throughout his life's work.
