Our development up to the present day
S-M-S schreiner machine service serves the mattress and upholstery industry, mainly with pocket and Zig Zag spring manufacturing machines.
We supply a large number of furniture and mattress manufacturers in the USA, Europe and Asia. In addition to the machines mentioned, we also have special wire bending machines and foam cutting machines in our programme.
Our spare parts service and our business with other machines for the production of mattresses and upholstered furniture is constantly expanding.
In the fight against Covid 19, we have added machines for the production of respirators to our product portfolio. In addition, we are able to import respirators.
In 2018, Mike Schreiner, son of Klaus and Laraine, joined the company, having previously gained experience at one of Europe’s largest pet food manufacturers.
In 2011, their son Max Schreiner joined the company. He left in 2017 to run a company in the US for 2 years, returning in 2019.
Laraine & Klaus Schreiner
In 2010, the machine department was outsourced and the company S-M-S schreiner machine service was founded by Klaus Schreiner and his wife Laraine.
In 2004, Klaus Schreiner decided to expand the product line to include pocket spring machines built by the Chinese manufacturer Lian Rou, one of the most advanced.
After the death of Siegfried Schreiner in 2003, his 3 sons Klaus, Rudolf and Georg continued the family business CT Continental Ticking GmbH.
In 2000, Max Schreiner KG switched representation from Spühl to Frank L. Wells and began selling Wells Zig Zag machines to upholstery and mattress manufacturers. In 2009, Frank L. Wells and the Zig Zag machines were sold to Toolrite Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Developments in the 80s & 90s
- 1997 Expansion of the storage and production facilities of CT Continental Ticking GmbH
- 1990 Expansion of the storage and production facilities of CT Continental Ticking GmbH
- 1985 Klaus Schreiner also became a member of the advisory board of the Cologne trade fair interzum
- As Siegfried Schreiner’s youngest son, Georg Schreiner joined the company in 1985
- Foundation of SDV Informationssystem GmbH 1985
- Foundation of Aspring GmbH 1982
Developments in the 70s
- Foundation of Unisoft GmbH in 1979
- Rudolf Schreiner, Siegfried’s second son, joined the company in 1978.
- Foundation of Meco GmbH & Co.KG 1973
- Foundation of SDV Schreiner Datenverarbeitung GmbH 1972 SDV Datenverarbeitung GmbH was founded by Siegfried Schreiner and Egon Hendrix, a software engineer.
- 1972 was the year in which CT Continental Ticking GmbH was transformed from a sales organisation to a production company in order to ensure the quality of the products offered to the industry.
Klaus Schreiner
Klaus Schreiner, son of Siegfried and Hildegard Schreiner, joined Max Schreiner KG in 1972, which was renamed Max Schreiner GmbH & Co.KG shortly afterwards, and only left to complete his studies from 1975 to 1979.
Developments in the 60s
In 1968, the company’s bookkeeping had reached its limits. A computer was purchased, but programmes were not available. No problem for Siegfried Schreiner. He hired a programmer who created the necessary programmes for the then Max Schreiner KG and its partner companies.
Foundation of the company Formex Plastik GmbH in 1968
Formex Plastik GmbH was founded by Siegfried Schreiner together with 2 partners, Josef Peters and Heinrich Weynhofen, to produce plastic handles and foldable transport boxes. Soon other products for the mattress industry such as bed feet for upholstered beds were manufactured.
Foundation of the company Formex Plastik GmbH 1968
Formex Plastik GmbH was founded by Siegfried Schreiner together with 2 partners, Josef Peters and Heinrich Weynhofen, to produce plastic handles and foldable transport boxes. Soon other products for the mattress industry such as bed feet for upholstered beds were manufactured.
Foundation of the company CT Continental Ticking GmbH 1966
CT Continental Ticking was founded by Siegfried Schreiner together with two partners, Anton Cramer and Fritz Tangerding, as a sales organisation to bring first-class European products to the world.
In the following years, Siegfried Schreiner built up a worldwide sales organisation. Since then, CT has been distributing Continental Ticking, Siegfried Schreiner’s trademark, with more than 50 branches and representatives all over the world.
“They receive the technical impulses from Kevelaer and contribute to industrialisation also in the Third World.” (Siegfried Schreiner at the 70th anniversary in 1998)
Weaving, quilting & sewing, that’s the craft of CT Continental Ticking
Foundation of Recticel Germany 1965
Developments in the 50s
interzum is the world’s leading trade fair for furniture production and interior design. This is where the most important business is done and where the impulses for the global furniture supply industry are set.
In May 1959, Max Schreiner KG took part in the 1st interzum trade fair in Cologne. Since that time, we have not missed a single exhibition. Siegfried Schreiner was a member of the advisory board of the Cologne trade fair interzum until 2002.
Around 1958, the Max Schreiner company changed to Max Schreiner KG. The mattress industry bought inlets in a width of 115 cm and 145 cm, which left a lot of waste depending on the mattress width. Siegfried Schreiner had inlets produced in a width of 204 cm, which allowed the industry to match the width of the inlet to the length of the mattress and not waste so much material. This production is still going on today.
In 1957, Siegfried Schreiner laid the foundation stone for a weaving mill that produced ribbons and textiles for mattress production. Siegfried Schreiner continued this exhibition in the company’s factory over the next few years, bringing the supply industry together. This exhibition developed as the cornerstone for the Cologne trade fair interzum.
This first exhibition took place in the factory in the centre of Kevelaer and showed various machines for the improved production of mattresses and upholstery. Siegfried Schreiner decided to invite his business partners to Kevelaer to present the machines built by the company as well as the machines Max Schreiner traded in.
Imaginative – Determined – Successful
Siegfried Schreiner
Siegfried Schreiner was brought into the management by his father in 1948. He established connections and links to production sites in all parts of the world. In addition to retail and wholesale, he also carried out representations and in-house production in many countries and made the Schreiner group of companies one of the world’s largest suppliers to the mattress, upholstery and quilt industry.
The Schreiner company took on the representation of companies such as Spühl (for spring machines) and P. Fanghanel & Co. LTD. London (for woven tape edge machines). Siegfried Schreiner sold the first spring machines for Spühl to the USA in 1956.
Foundation of the Max Schreiner company
Max Schreiner
Max Schreiner laid the foundation for today’s S-M-S Schreiner Machine Service in 1928. Between the world wars, the company was unable to establish the global connections that characterise us today. But after the reconstruction, Max Schreiner dared to make a new start at the age of 70. He developed and patented a new filling machine for grass, straw and hay. This machine was launched on the market in the mid-1950s.
