20.02.12 As reported before our Irish cooperation partner for infrared heating technology, Ceramicx Ireland, regularly publishes a magazine named "Heatworks"... [read more]
06.02.12 The exhibition will take place from 02. April to 05. April 2012. Freek will be present on the booth of our partner company Thermetic Products Inc. during the whole period to show their products on the American market... [read more]
17.11.11 Our Irish cooperation partner for infrared heating technology, Ceramicx Ireland, regularly publishes a magazine named "Heatworks". It reports about backgrounds and new developments regarding infrared technology. Furthermore, case studies are discussed and news of resp. about distributors are published. [read more]
09.03.11 On 23. February 2011 the fourth report of the expert committee Research and Innovation (www.e-fi.de) has been handed over to the German Federal Government. Freek is one of two company examples which show that it makes sense to include small and medium-sized companies into innovation- and sponsor related policy considerations as well. For even without doing fundamental, applied or experimental research, these companies achieve considerable innovation success and thus hold economically important productivity potentials. [read more]
08.03.11 It is nice to plan holidays and to look forward to some days off. We would like to share this with you! In 2011 we will "build" three bridges: 3. June (after Ascension Day), 24. June (after Corpus Christi) and 31. October (before All Saints' Day). Our company will be closed on these days. [read more]
11.01.11 Switch over to turbo mode following K show. The 2010 sales target was again exceeded by a wide margin, despite its directors having made two further upward adjustments to the defined goals and objectives. The effects of the K show were so unpredictably strong that, in the end, sales figures even exceeded the record achieved in 2008. [read more]
10.01.11 A premiere: in April 2011, Freek will be present at the Hannover Messe for the first time. Together with our cooperation partners, the Fraunhofer IWU in Dresden and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, we will be there for you in hall 2, stand D18 during these days. [read more]
14.12.10 There could not have been a more suitable setting for the strategic expansion of their cooperation in the electric cartridge heaters sector. On the very day of the 20th anniversary of Euroheat s.r.l. the CEOs and representatives of both companies signed the expanded cooperation agreement pdf cooperation agreement. The agreement means that, with the support of Euroheat, Freek will immediately begin construction on two production lines - one for the complete production of square cartridge heaters and one for the final assembly of cylindrical cartridge heaters. [read more]
19.06.10 Father and sons look back to a history of success: When 60 years existence of Freek has been appreciated yesterday evening, a successful transfer from one generation to the other could be celebrated as well. Senior Wilhelm Kaiser briefly had to fight tears. Visibly emotional he became by the words of his sons: "Dear Willi, you are and always will be our example." Both sons, today managing directors of the company, appreciated their father especially as he gave them freedom to reorganise the company which produces and deals with electric heating elements for the industry and household appliances: "You let us go ways which have been completely different from yours. Ways which have been right for our times, as your ways had been right for your times." [read more]
16.03.10 As every year we will use convenient holidays to close the company for bridge days. This will be the case on 14. May, Friday after Ascension Day, and on 4. June, Friday after Corpus Christi. On 18. June we can only offer a limited service for our customers as we will celebrate Freek's 60. anniversary. [read more]
20.03.10 In order to live up to our dictum of a cooperative intercourse with our suppliers, we have again awarded the inofficial title "Supplier of the Year". In a neither secret nor objective ballot our partner Holroyd Components Ltd. in England has been elected for the year 2009. [read more]
01.09.09 The German-based producer of heating elements announced in the run up to this year's Fakuma (Hall A2 2206) further innovative all in solutions for nozzle heating. Progress for the plastic processing made Freek with its legally protected SMA clamping systems "ThermoLock" and "ThermoDrive", which use shape memory alloy. The last details are dealt with in strategic cooperation with producers, processors, users and research institutes. A further development highlight of the German think tank is an own "brass system", which is one step ahead regarding heat distribution, assembly and removal. [read more]
13.08.09 This year the Fakuma invites visitors and exhibitors to Friedrichshafen for the 20. time. Naturally, we will also show our broad product range to our customers and interested persons on one of the biggest fairs of the plastic industry. [read more]
27.04.09 The NPE in Chicago is the largest exhibition in the USA for plastics industry. 2,000 exhibitors and 75,000 professionals from 120 countries will use the exhibition to make business deals and learn more about new technologies and suppliers. The NPE is the ideal platform for the global plastics industry to present the complete supply chain of the branch. [read more]
21.04.09 A tradition of which we are very fond, is to use the holidays in May and June for a long week-end. Also this year, our company is closed on 22. May and 12. June. Contrary to the year before, we will close for summer holidays in 2009. Office and production will not be manned in week 30 (20.-24.07.09). In order to guarantee our well-known service, we would like to point out that some of our partners will close later during the summer and thus it is possible that some products cannot be provided at short notice. In order to avoid bottlenecks it is advisable to plan ahead and thus sail around especially the month August. Of course, our team is available to answer any questions which should arise regarding this issue. [read more]
15.01.09 For the first time we have awarded the inofficial title "Supplier of the Year". Born from a hoax is the idea to praise especially dedicated suppliers to cooperate with Freek in a for both parties constructive and advancing way. [read more]
14.05.08 A tradition of which we are very fond, is to use the holidays in May and June for a long week-end. Also this year, our company is closed on 2. May and 23.May. [read more]
02.03.08 The management and employees at Freek congratulate their partner of many years, the company Euroheat s.r.l. in Turin on the successful relocation to new spacious premises at Corso Lombardia 50, 10099 San Mauro Torinese (TO). [read more]
30.11.07 Ein bemerkenswertes Projekt und ein "Meilensteintreffen" in Menden. Die Firma Freek von der Sudetenstraße macht über Mendens Grenzen hinaus von sich reden. Führung durch das Unternehmen und den 500-Quadratmeter-Neubau, der momentan gebaut wird: Das Unternehmen Friedrich Freek, das elektrische Heizelemente und Heizsysteme herstellt, führte gestern den Teilnehmern des LEAN-Implementation-Projektes das eigene Unternehmen vor. Beim Projekt geht es darum, Möglichkeiten zur Sicherung einfacher Arbeit in Westdeutschland zu sondieren und zu diskutieren. [read more]
29.11.07 Auf Einladung der Mendener Firma Friedrich Freek sind derzeit Vertreter der Universitäten Dortmund und Bochum sowie vier Industriebetrieben in der Hönnestadt. Beim "Meilensteintreffen" des Lean-Projekts, an dem Freek beteiligt ist, ging es in Räumen der Sparkasse Menden um die Frage, wie in Deutschland Arbeitsplätze für gering Qualifizierte geschaffen oder gehalten werden können. "Auch in der Fertigung von Freek gibt es ein Nebeneinander von LowTech und HighTech", erklärte Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Kaiser. Heute sehen sich die Wissenschaftler und Unternehmer die Firma an der Sudetenstraße an. [read more]
21.11.07 Die Erfolgsstory der Friedrich Freek GmbH an der Sudetenstraße geht weiter. Nachdem der Hersteller und Entwickler von Heizelementen in den letzten drei Jahren jeweils zweistellige Umsatzzuwächse verzeichnen konnte und Ende 2007 ein Volumen von rund sechs Millionen Euro erreicht, wird jetzt angebaut. "Das sind 500 Quadratmeter an zusätzlicher Produktionsfläche, die wir dringend brauchen", erklärt Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Kaiser, der das Unternehmen mit seinem Bruder Stefan leitet. Im März wird die 750 000 Euro teure Etage auf der heutigen Produktionshalle fertiggestellt sein. Bis Ende 2008 soll sie bis zu zehn neue Arbeitsplätze beherbergen. Die Belegschaft besteht dann aus rund 60 Mitarbeitern. [read more]
21.11.07 Es sind Drähte so dünn wie Bindfäden, in die man bei Firma Freek an der Sudetenstraße noch Heizungen mitsamt Keramik-Isolierungen einzieht. Wer diesen Draht als Laie sieht, kann nur staunen über dieses Wunderwerk der Miniaturisierung. Gebraucht werden die Kleinstheizungen in der Kunststoff- und Verpackungsindustrie. Denn hier entscheidet die Austrittstemperatur an der Düse über Art und Qualität des herausquellenden Kunststoffs, dabei zählt heute jedes Grad Celsius. Folglich muss auch jede Düse beheizt sein, und je mehr Düsen auf einem Werkzeug nebeneinander sitzen, umso effektiver arbeitet es. Also kommt`s darauf an, auch die Heizungen so klein wie irgend machbar zu bauen. [read more]
21.11.07 Sich die Konkurrenten weltweit zu Verbündeten zu machen, wo es für alle Seiten sinnvoll und einträglich ist: Das war die Grundidee des 1997 gegründeten "Eucopet"-Verbundes von Heizelemente-Herstellern. Die Mendener Firma Friedrich Freek war hier von Anfang an dabei. Zwar ist Deutschland der wichtigste Standort der Kunststoffindustrie, vier der größten Heißkanal-Maschinenbauer sitzen im Sauerland, der Standort Menden ist und bleibt für Freek also ideal. Trotzdem: Das internationale Netzwerk ist daneben stetig gewachsen – "auch mit dem Internet, das uns in den letzten Jahren immer größere Möglichkeiten eingeräumt hat", wie Freek-Chef Wolfgang Kaiser erklärt. [read more]
27.10.07 Anlagen, die Kunststoff produzieren brauchen Wärme. Die stellt die Friedr. Freek GmbH mit ihren elektrischen Heizelementen zur Verfügung. Vor einigen Jahren hat das Unternehmen sogar die zu der Zeit weltweit kleinsten Heizelemente hergestellt (1,0 x 1,6 mm im Querschnitt). "Daraus ist mittlerweile ein Standard entstanden, aber wir waren damals die Ersten", betont Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Kaiser. [read more]
01.10.07 The principal focus of Freek's presentation at the show will be on innovative mounting systems for Hot-Micro-Coil heating elements. Among other lines, the company will be showing extremely flat mounting systems which are predestined for short cavity distances and narrow nozzles. After introduction of what is claimed to be the smalles commercially available Micro-Coil standard of 1.0 x 1.6 mm, the company will now again underscore its competence in heating miniaturisation. [read more]
01.10.07 News from Friedr. Freek GmbH the heating element specialist from Germany. Together with Euroheat s.r.l. and Ceramicx Ireland Ltd our EUCOPET-cooperation partners we are proud to present in hall 11, stand A01 a complete range of industrial heating elements and heating systems. [read more]
21.06.07 The series "Last minute apprenticeship" ended successfully. Many young people applied for the presented apprenticeships. Freek hired two of them. David Pelka is happy. Since yesterday he officially has an apprenticeship at Freek. During the past five weeks the WESTFALENPOST presented nine Menden-based companies which have been looking for trainees for this year. The response to this series has been huge. For David Pelka begins the serious part of life on 1. August. "I had written so many applications before I read the article in the WESTFALENPOST", says the 17-year-old, who has just passed the final exams at the "Hauptschule Bösperde". [read more]
09.05.07 Milling, filing and drilling – these tasks are part of the trainee's daily work. Understanding the process counts more than a good school report. No matter if in heating fans, in tumble dryers or in the plastics and packaging industry – Freek's electrical heating elements can be found in a variety of fields. One element is often not bigger than half a biro, however, inside the miniature coil it's the little things that cause big problems. The single parts have to be assembled and processed with great care. Apart from Freek, there are only a handful of competitors who produce heating elements in such small dimensions. [read more]
07.05.07 "We are bursting at the seams", states Wolfgang Kaiser, managing director of Friedrich Freek GmbH. "We need more capacity, after all every company should keep something in reserve for orders at short notice." Efforts to rent free areas in the company's neighbourhood in Menden failed. Therefore the Germany-based company decided to extend on their own site. [read more]
März 2007 Appropriate structures allow production of simple products in Germany. The current discussion about safeguarding jobs in Germany focuses high-tech-products; simple standard products (e. g. products in the sectors metal manufacturing and processing, paper and printing industry) are, according to the common perception, not producible at reasonable costs and will be shifted into low cost countries sooner or later. However, the example of Friedr. Freek GmbH shows that producing simple products can have a future even in Germany if the according organisational and personnel structures exist. [read more]
Deutsch
As reported before our Irish cooperation partner for infrared heating technology, Ceramicx Ireland, regularly publishes a magazine named "Heatworks"...
The exhibition will take place from 02. April to 05. April 2012. Freek will be present on the booth of our partner company Thermetic Products Inc. during the whole period to show their products on the American market...
Our Irish cooperation partner for infrared heating technology, Ceramicx Ireland, regularly publishes
a magazine named "Heatworks". It reports about backgrounds and new developments regarding infrared
technology. Furthermore, case studies are discussed and news of resp. about distributors are published.
On 23. February 2011 the fourth report of the expert committee Research and Innovation
(www.e-fi.de) has been handed over to the German Federal Government. Freek is one of two company examples which show that
it makes sense to include small and medium-sized companies into innovation- and sponsor related policy
considerations as well. For even without doing fundamental, applied or experimental research, these
companies achieve considerable innovation success and thus hold economically important productivity potentials.
It is nice to plan holidays and to look forward to some days off. We would like to share this with you!
Switch over to turbo mode following K show. The 2010 sales target was again exceeded by a wide margin, despite
its directors having made two further upward adjustments to the defined goals and objectives. The effects of
the K show were so unpredictably strong that, in the end, sales figures even exceeded the record achieved in 2008.
A premiere: in April 2011, Freek will be present at the Hannover Messe for the first time. Together with our
cooperation partners, the Fraunhofer IWU in Dresden and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
we will be there for you in hall 2, stand D18 during these days.
There could not have been a more suitable setting for the strategic expansion of their cooperation in the electric
cartridge heaters sector. On the very day of the 20th anniversary of Euroheat s.r.l. the CEOs and representatives
of both companies signed the expanded cooperation agreement pdf cooperation agreement. The agreement means that,
with the support of Euroheat, Freek will immediately begin construction on two production lines - one for the
complete production of square cartridge heaters and one for the final assembly of cylindrical cartridge heaters.
Father and sons look back to a history of success: When 60 years existence of Freek has been appreciated
yesterday evening, a successful transfer from one generation to the other could be celebrated as well.
Senior Wilhelm Kaiser briefly had to fight tears. Visibly emotional he became by the words of his sons:
"Dear Willi, you are and always will be our example." Both sons, today managing directors of the company,
appreciated their father especially as he gave them freedom to reorganise the company which produces and
deals with electric heating elements for the industry and household appliances: "You let us go ways which
have been completely different from yours. Ways which have been right for our times, as your ways had been
right for your times."
As every year we will use convenient holidays to close the company for bridge days. This will be
the case on 14. May, Friday after Ascension Day, and on 4. June, Friday after Corpus Christi.
On 18. June we can only offer a limited service for our customers as we will celebrate Freek's 60. anniversary.
In order to live up to our dictum of a cooperative intercourse with our suppliers, we have again awarded
the inofficial title "Supplier of the Year". In a neither secret nor objective ballot our partner Holroyd
Components Ltd. in England has been elected for the year 2009.
The German-based producer of heating elements announced in the run up to this year's Fakuma (Hall A2 2206)
further innovative all in solutions for nozzle heating. Progress for the plastic processing made Freek with its legally
protected SMA clamping systems "ThermoLock" and "ThermoDrive", which use shape memory alloy. The last details are dealt
with in strategic cooperation with producers, processors, users and research institutes. A further development highlight
of the German think tank is an own "brass system", which is one step ahead regarding heat distribution, assembly and removal.
The NPE in Chicago is the largest exhibition in the USA for plastics industry.
2,000 exhibitors and 75,000 professionals from 120 countries will use the exhibition to make business
deals and learn more about new technologies and suppliers. The NPE is the ideal platform for the global
plastics industry to present the complete supply chain of the branch.
A tradition of which we are very fond, is to use the holidays in May and June for a long week-end. Also this year, our
company is closed on 22. May and 12. June.
For the first time we have awarded the inofficial title "Supplier of the Year". Born from a hoax is
the idea to praise especially dedicated suppliers to cooperate with Freek in a for both parties
constructive and advancing way.
The management and employees at Freek congratulate their partner of many years, the company Euroheat s.r.l. in
Turin on the successful relocation to new spacious premises at Corso Lombardia 50, 10099 San Mauro Torinese (TO).
Ein bemerkenswertes Projekt und ein "Meilensteintreffen" in Menden. Die Firma Freek von der Sudetenstraße macht über Mendens Grenzen hinaus von sich reden.
Führung durch das Unternehmen und den 500-Quadratmeter-Neubau, der momentan gebaut wird: Das Unternehmen Friedrich Freek, das elektrische Heizelemente und
Heizsysteme herstellt, führte gestern den Teilnehmern des LEAN-Implementation-Projektes das eigene Unternehmen vor. Beim Projekt geht es darum,
Möglichkeiten zur Sicherung einfacher Arbeit in Westdeutschland zu sondieren und zu diskutieren.
Auf Einladung der Mendener Firma Friedrich Freek sind derzeit Vertreter der Universitäten Dortmund und Bochum sowie vier
Industriebetrieben in der Hönnestadt. Beim "Meilensteintreffen" des Lean-Projekts, an dem Freek beteiligt ist, ging es in
Räumen der Sparkasse Menden um die Frage, wie in Deutschland Arbeitsplätze für gering Qualifizierte geschaffen oder gehalten werden können.
"Auch in der Fertigung von Freek gibt es ein Nebeneinander von LowTech und HighTech", erklärte Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Kaiser.
Heute sehen sich die Wissenschaftler und Unternehmer die Firma an der Sudetenstraße an.
Die Erfolgsstory der Friedrich Freek GmbH an der Sudetenstraße geht weiter. Nachdem der Hersteller und Entwickler von
Heizelementen in den letzten drei Jahren jeweils zweistellige Umsatzzuwächse verzeichnen konnte und Ende 2007 ein Volumen
von rund sechs Millionen Euro erreicht, wird jetzt angebaut. "Das sind 500 Quadratmeter an zusätzlicher Produktionsfläche,
die wir dringend brauchen", erklärt Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Kaiser, der das Unternehmen mit seinem Bruder Stefan leitet.
Im März wird die 750 000 Euro teure Etage auf der heutigen Produktionshalle fertiggestellt sein. Bis Ende 2008 soll sie
bis zu zehn neue Arbeitsplätze beherbergen. Die Belegschaft besteht dann aus rund 60 Mitarbeitern.
Es sind Drähte so dünn wie Bindfäden, in die man bei Firma Freek an der Sudetenstraße noch Heizungen
mitsamt Keramik-Isolierungen einzieht. Wer diesen Draht als Laie sieht, kann nur staunen über dieses
Wunderwerk der Miniaturisierung. Gebraucht werden die Kleinstheizungen in der Kunststoff- und Verpackungsindustrie.
Denn hier entscheidet die Austrittstemperatur an der Düse über Art und Qualität des herausquellenden Kunststoffs,
dabei zählt heute jedes Grad Celsius. Folglich muss auch jede Düse beheizt sein, und je mehr Düsen auf einem
Werkzeug nebeneinander sitzen, umso effektiver arbeitet es. Also kommt`s darauf an, auch die Heizungen so klein wie irgend machbar zu bauen.
Sich die Konkurrenten weltweit zu Verbündeten zu machen, wo es für alle Seiten sinnvoll und einträglich ist:
Das war die Grundidee des 1997 gegründeten "Eucopet"-Verbundes von Heizelemente-Herstellern. Die Mendener Firma
Friedrich Freek war hier von Anfang an dabei. Zwar ist Deutschland der wichtigste Standort der Kunststoffindustrie,
vier der größten Heißkanal-Maschinenbauer sitzen im Sauerland, der Standort Menden ist und bleibt für
Freek also ideal. Trotzdem: Das internationale Netzwerk ist daneben stetig gewachsen – "auch mit dem Internet,
das uns in den letzten Jahren immer größere Möglichkeiten eingeräumt hat", wie Freek-Chef Wolfgang Kaiser erklärt.
Anlagen, die Kunststoff produzieren brauchen Wärme. Die stellt die Friedr. Freek GmbH mit ihren elektrischen
Heizelementen zur Verfügung. Vor einigen Jahren hat das Unternehmen sogar die zu der Zeit weltweit
kleinsten Heizelemente hergestellt (1,0 x 1,6 mm im Querschnitt). "Daraus ist mittlerweile ein Standard
entstanden, aber wir waren damals die Ersten", betont Geschäftsführer Wolfgang Kaiser.
The principal focus of Freek's presentation at the show will be on innovative mounting systems for Hot-Micro-Coil
heating elements. Among other lines, the company will be showing extremely flat mounting systems which are
predestined for short cavity distances and narrow nozzles. After introduction of what is claimed to be the
smalles commercially available Micro-Coil standard of 1.0 x 1.6 mm, the company will now again underscore
its competence in heating miniaturisation.
News from Friedr. Freek GmbH the heating element specialist from Germany. Together with Euroheat s.r.l. and Ceramicx
Ireland Ltd our EUCOPET-cooperation partners we are proud to present in hall 11, stand A01 a complete range of
industrial heating elements and heating systems.
The series "Last minute apprenticeship" ended successfully. Many young people applied for the
presented apprenticeships. Freek hired two of them. David Pelka is happy. Since yesterday he officially has an
apprenticeship at Freek. During the past five weeks the WESTFALENPOST presented nine Menden-based companies
which have been looking for trainees for this year. The response to this series has been huge. For David Pelka
begins the serious part of life on 1. August. "I had written so many applications before I read the article in
the WESTFALENPOST", says the 17-year-old, who has just passed the final exams at the "Hauptschule Bösperde".
Milling, filing and drilling – these tasks are part of the trainee's daily work. Understanding the process counts
more than a good school report. No matter if in heating fans, in tumble dryers or in the plastics and packaging
industry – Freek's electrical heating elements can be found in a variety of fields. One element is often not
bigger than half a biro, however, inside the miniature coil it's the little things that cause big problems.
The single parts have to be assembled and processed with great care. Apart from Freek, there are only a
handful of competitors who produce heating elements in such small dimensions.
"We are bursting at the seams", states Wolfgang Kaiser, managing director of Friedrich Freek GmbH.
"We need more capacity, after all every company should keep something in reserve for orders at short notice."
Efforts to rent free areas in the company's neighbourhood in Menden failed. Therefore the Germany-based
company decided to extend on their own site.
Appropriate structures allow production of simple products in Germany. The current discussion about
safeguarding jobs in Germany focuses high-tech-products; simple standard products
(e. g. products in the sectors metal manufacturing and processing, paper and printing industry) are,
according to the common perception, not producible at reasonable costs and will be shifted into low cost
countries sooner or later. However, the example of Friedr. Freek GmbH shows that producing simple products
can have a future even in Germany if the according organisational and personnel structures exist.
