Company

Salmatec GmbH, initially known as “Salzhausener Maschinenbautechnik SALMATEC GmbH,” was founded in 1972 in its place of origin in Salzhausen by Werner Müller and Hans-Günter Petersen. Their goal was to deliver the world’s best dies using innovative manufacturing solutions.

After a short time, customers began expressing their desire for robust pelletizing machines to Salmatec. This led to the creation of our “Maxima” pelletizing press series.

The first Maxima was installed in 1974 at Raiffeisen Hamburg, now HaBeMa.
It is still in operation today.

In 1982, we received a major order from the Hamburg-based company Krohn & Co. to deliver 75 Maxima 580s to Bangkok, Thailand—the first big step toward our current global position.

In the early 1990s, we began developing pelletizing solutions for the waste industry. In doing so, we established a long-standing partnership with Japanese plant manufacturer MIIKE Iron Works that continues to this day.

In 1995, we jointly installed the first RPF pelletizing press in Japan—today, there are over 150 machines that are having a lasting impact on the Japanese recycling industry.

At the turn of the millennium, the two founders, Werner Müller and Hans-Günter Petersen, retired. Management of the company was taken over by Christian Müller, Bernd Petersen, and André Müller, who had already been part of Salmatec for over ten years and had played a pioneering role in shaping the company’s strategy.

In 2004, the newly constructed production hall at the Salzhausen site was inaugurated.
Salmatec machines were continuously developed further
in order to meet the ever-growing demands of the industry.

Increasing business and technical development
required additional expansion.

Originally, Salmatec was located on the outskirts of Salzhausen.
Over the decades, however, the town grew around the
site, making further expansion in Salzhausen
no longer possible.

An opportunity arose to acquire the property, including
the existing commercial buildings of the former Hünert company
in Gödenstorf. The first part of the move took place in 2009,
when the steel construction and administration departments
moved into the new premises. Shortly afterwards, the mechanical engineering department
followed suit.

In 2015, a 25,000 m² section of the newly developed industrial park directly adjacent to our site in Gödenstorf was purchased in Oelstorf.

This was to be used for expansion and ultimately to consolidate our locations. First, the central warehouse, the new social building, and the production hall were built in 2018 and 2019. The central warehouse forms the new logistics hub of the company, from which not only worldwide shipments to customers but also deliveries to internal departments are made. Step by step, the previously decentralized sub-warehouses were moved to the central warehouse.

The dissolution of the former mechanical engineering warehouse in the front building in Gödenstorf freed up space there. This enabled the next part of the move to take place, with the rotor construction and crusher construction departments moving into this hall.

On March 28, 2025, Production Hall 6 in Gödenstorf was officially opened with around 500 guests in attendance.

This milestone not only marks the complete consolidation of our locations, but also reaffirms our position as a state-of-the-art production facility.