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 250 labourers work in the company GWG

About 15.000 m² production area

About 2 500 000 tools by year

About 365 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 66 801 649
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


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