About us
Company profile
The tradition in the cutting tools productions
For more than 70 years we have been producing cutting tools of guaranteed quality for:
- hole and chamfer processing
- external and internal thread cutting
- reaming, milling and gear cutting
- Special tools by requirement
History
1946 - Founded tool-making company in Bulgaria, named Bolshevik
1980 - About 5 500 labourers work in the main plant in Gabrovo and all over the country. In the thread cutting department about 400 labourers.
1996 - Purchasing by Plansee TIZIT, Austria
1999 - Establishing of GWG (of English -Thread cutting tools)
2001 - GWG is purchased by RS Werkzeuge GmbH
General Manager becomes Eng. Reinhard Schwamberger
2004 - Founded second plant in Tryavna
Company statistic
About 400 labourers work in the company GWG
About 15.000 m² production area
About 5 000 000 tools by year
About 500 tons steel by year
About 90 % production for export
A tool shop in Gabrovo
A tool shop in Gabrovo services our Bulgarian customers, through selling at place, reception of orders and supplying of cutting tools to exact indicated address.
Contacts:
GEWINDEWERKZEUGE GABROVO GmbH
157 Stoletov Blvd.
BG-5301 Gabrovo
Bulgaria
Tel.: +359 66 814 409; +359 66 814 407
Fax: +359 66 801 652; +359 66 801 654
E-mail: bgsales@gwg-gabrovo.com or office@gwg-gabrovo.com
Our product range
The Product range of the company include:
TAPS:
Hand taps and Machine taps for metric, pipe, Unified, Whitworth and for armoured tube thread
DIES:
Circular dies and Hexagon die nutes for metric, pipe, Unified, Whitworth and for armoured tube thread
DRILLS:
- Spiral drills for metal, metal sheets and wood
- Step drills
- Tube and sheet drills
- Drill-milling cutters
- Spiral drills extra long
- Spiral drills for NC - machines
- Center drills
SINK-TOOLS:
Countersinks, Counterbores
MILLS:
End mills and Mill cutters
GEAR CUTTERS:
- Involute gear cutters
- Hob cutters
- Gear shaped cutters
REAMERS
SPECIAL TOOLS BY DRAWING OR SAMPLE OF THE CUSTOMER
USED STEEL:
- HSS, HSS-Co 5%, HSS-Co 8%, HSS-Co10%
- ASP
STEEL SUPPLIERS:
- Germany
- France
- Austria
- Russia
Technical equipment
Specialized machines from Germany, USA, Schwitzerland for:
- grinding of flutes of the cutting tools
- grinding of threads
- square grinding
- chamfering
Thermal treatment - vacum furnaces for tempering
- Vacuum furnace IPSEN
- Vacuum furnaces SCHMETZ
Quality and control
The company is certified by the International Quality Standard ISO 9001 by SGS Bulgaria. 
Modern laboratory for metallographic analysis
System of measuring devices
Management
Manager
Dr. Claudia Schwamberger
Procurator
DI Zhivko Zhivkov
Procurator
DI Stefan Petrov