History

2010 Pro­duct and Orga­ni­za­tio­nal Deve­lop­ment: THOM expands its pro­duct ran­ge to inclu­de machi­nes deve­lo­ped for the free mar­ket. In addi­ti­on to cus­to­mi­zed spe­cial designs, vari­ants and stan­dard pro­duc­ts for the con­veyor tech­no­lo­gy sec­tor (sin­gle and multi‐line loa­ders) and fle­xi­ble packa­ging (Spout Inser­ter and Pouch Fil­ler) are now avail­ab­le. THOM now offers a very wide ran­ge of pro­duc­ts and initia­tes a divi­sio­nal struc­tu­re. Four indi­vi­dual­ly focu­sed busi­ness area are deve­lo­ped, which ope­ra­te in their mar­kets: Mecha­ni­cal engi­nee­ring, sys­tem engi­nee­ring, parts pro­duc­tion and struc­tu­ral and metal­works. With the estab­lish­ment of the Future Work­shop, Thom set the pro­fes­sio­nal foun­da­ti­on for the trai­ning of young skil­led workers.

2012: Sale of the old com­pa­ny loca­ti­on on Heinrich‐Hertz‐Straße and the erec­tion of a new buil­ding on Justus‐von‐Liebig‐Straße. After its com­ple­ti­on, the remai­ning employees move to the new loca­ti­on. The mer­ger is now com­ple­te. Thom now has 110 employees on Justus‐von‐Liebig‐Straße in Ver­den.

2014 Moder­ni­za­ti­on of Cut­ting and Chip Remo­val: THOM invests in various modern CNC Machi­ne Tools for Lathe Work and Mil­ling, in order to fur­ther increa­se the effi­ci­en­cy and pro­duc­tive capa­ci­ty of Cut­ting and Chip Remo­val. This is not only for the bene­fit of THOM’s own pro­jec­ts in Mecha­ni­cal and Sys­tem Engi­nee­ring, but also of custo­mers from the Com­pon­ents / Parts Manu­fac­tu­ring Sec­tor, for which THOM is acting as ​„exten­ded work bench“.

2015 Con­stant High Qua­li­ty in all fields: In Addi­ti­on to the regu­lar­ly rene­wed Cer­ti­fi­ca­tes for our Qua­li­ty Manage­ment Sys­tem accord­ing to DIN EN ISO 9001, THOM has been awar­ded fur­ther qua­li­ty cer­ti­fi­ca­tes, such as:-

- Qua­li­ty Seal ​„Sicher mit Sys­tem“ (Safe with Sys­tem) for exem­pla­ry Safe­ty at Work

- Cer­ti­fi­ca­te accord­ing to DIN EN 1090 (EXC2) for the pro­duc­tion of steel struc­tures in Buil­ding Con­struc­tion, con­forming to given stan­dards

- Cer­ti­fi­ca­te accord­ing to DIN EN ISO 3834–2 for the ful­filment of exten­si­ve Wel­ding Qua­li­ty Requi­re­ments.

One year later, THOM is again awar­ded the Cer­ti­fi­ca­te for Out­stan­ding Per­for­mance in Voca­tio­nal Trai­ning by the Braunschweig‐Lüneburg‐Stade Cham­ber of Han­di­c­rafts.

2017 Con­struc­tion of Work­shop Hall: Due to a con­stant level of inco­m­ing orders in Mecha­ni­cal and Sys­tem Engi­nee­ring, a new addi­tio­nal ​„Final Assem­bly Hall“ is con­struc­ted.

herbert-thom25/04/2019 Her­bert Thom dies sud­den­ly and unex­pec­ted. The Foun­der of the Com­pa­ny and, even as reti­red per­son, he always lis­tened readi­ly to the com­pa­ny and his employees. His death was and will remain a grieveous loss.

„Life is fini­te – but remem­bran­ce is infi­ni­te.“

2020 Coro­na: Despi­te of the Pan­de­mic, the Com­pa­ny and its Employees stay firm­ly tog­e­ther. Based upon the joint ela­bo­ra­ti­on and rea­li­za­ti­on of various mea­su­res, the chal­len­ge can be suc­cess­ful­ly mana­ged.

August 2023 take­over: The IBV Group has taken over the com­pa­ny and will con­ti­nue to run it in the usu­al form. In addi­ti­on to the pro­duct port­fo­lio of Thom, we have expe­ri­ence, espe­ci­al­ly in the field of packa­ging machi­nes, through our fur­ther par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in the com­pa­ny Affeldt Maschi­nen­bau GmbH, which we will use.