less needle breakage – less thread breakage – less skipped stitches

Chrome-plated sewing needles from SCHMETZ are now also available for the hobby sector. With their chrome plating our needles not only look higher class but are also better protected from wear.

Be it people, products or places – we tend to be guided by outward appearances. We use what’s on the outside to draw conclusions about what’s on the inside, which often means we are too quick to judge.

And what is on the outside can influence what we buy, though we sometimes need to take a closer look here too to truly realize “the inner value”.

With the slogan “You only get SCHMETZ on the inside if you see SCHMETZ on the outside”, we hope to make it easier for you to make the right choice from the wide range of sewing machine needles available. Because only when the name SCHMETZ appears on the packaging can you rest assured that you are buying a genuine SCHMETZ needle.

Since 1851, our goal and ambition has been to make sure that customers intentionally choose SCHMETZ.

Professional quality is now also available for home use: SCHMETZ household sewing needles are now chrome-plated and therefore meet the standard of industrial sewing needles. A quality that has long proven itself in studios and tailor shops worldwide is now also available from SCHMETZ for the hobby sector.

What has been a standard for industrial sewing needles for a long time, is now available from SCHMETZ also for the hobby sector: chrome-plated sewing needles. For even more fun with your sewing projects thanks to the wear-optimized coating.

We're online – SCHMETZ can now be found also on Instagram.

Besides exciting updates on our online magazine SmagZ, on " schmetz_official " you will discover helpful hints and tricks about sewing as well as lots of insights into the SCHMETZ brand and its products. Don't miss it when we start our first Sewing-Challenge or when we draw little surprise gifts for our community! See you soon on Instagram. #schmetzgoesinstagram

Herzogenrath, Germany: On May 19, 2020, Schmetz Verwaltungs- und Vertriebs GmbH, Herzogenrath informed its 35 employees of the planned closing of the company. The decision was made as part of necessary simplification measures within the organizational corporate structure of the SCHMETZ Group.

SCHMETZ produces and distributes sewing machine needles for industrial and household segments and has been a 100% subsidiary of the

Groz-Beckert Group since 2017. The SCHMETZ Herzogenrath site is the current seat of the Administration department as well as the areas of Information and Application Technology, Purchasing, Finance, Sales, Storage, and Distribution. The sewing machine needles are manufactured in India. The Schmetz Innovations Center GmbH, located in Stolberg, is not affected by this measure.

The planned company closure is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2021. Until then, the operative activities of the Schmetz Verwaltungs- und Vertriebs GmbH will be transferred successively from Herzogenrath to Albstadt. From then on, the SCHMETZ brand, with its extensive product range, will be managed and further developed globally from Albstadt.

The planned closing of the Schmetz Verwaltungs- und Vertriebs GmbH in Herzogenrath will include a social plan for affected employees. SCHMETZ management have already begun talks with the works council to draw up the social plan and to balance interests.

About SCHMETZ

SCHMETZ is a subsidiary of the Groz-Beckert Group and produces high-quality sewing machine needles for industry and the household segment. The company has a strong tradition and was founded in Herzogenrath, Germany, in 1851. It now has around 700 employees worldwide. In fiscal year 2019, SCHMETZ generated an overall turnover of around 28 million euro. The worldwide presence of the company is guaranteed through numerous sales partners and a tight dealer network on all continents.

Herzogenrath, Germany: In the field of industrial sewing machine needles, certain needle systems from SCHMETZ are gradually being switched to a new packaging system. These can be identified by the blue plastic packaging typical for SCHMETZ, the SCHMETZ lettering and the SCHMETZ logo in the form of a watermark:

The practical 10-unit module enables you to remove individual industrial sewing machine needles quickly and easily. After opening the flap, you can remove the desired quantity of needles. Because the packaging is slightly transparent, you can see the remaining quantity per 10-unit module and therefore have an overview of your needle stock.

The practical connecting grid enables several 10-unit modules to be stacked one above the other. This allows the packs to be stored without difficulty.

This is the standard packaging unit. It consists of ten 10-unit modules, shrink-wrapped in a transparent film. The film can be opened comfortably thanks to the integrated sleeve.

The largest possible delivery unit comes in a stable, blue-white box. Each box contains five 100-unit packs, which together form a packaging unit of 500 industrial sewing machine needles. A label is applied on the front of every box. This ensures that the right needle can be found quickly among the different boxes in the warehouse.