is the year that an extraordinary success story begins with a patented cooler invention by Wilhelm Schmidt.
We take customized heat exchange solutions personally
API Schmidt-Bretten is a medium-sized enterprise with regional roots, where personal commitment is recognized and encouraged. At the same time, we are a globally active company within the international API Heat Transfer Group.
We are committed to a clear promise to our customers: We create the best solutions for each individually. Thanks to our broad product range, we can adapt to specific customer requests even at very short notice. Maximum flexibility, maximum competence, maximum reliability.
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employees in Bretten alone contribute all their skills and a wealth of experience to the benefit of our customers.
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continents – Europe, Asia and America – are the basis of the international API Group’s manufacturing capacities.
Strong roots so we can continue to grow
If you trace the historical development of API Schmidt-Bretten, it becomes clear that we are just as regional as we are international – a medium-sized company with regional roots and, at the same time, a globally active player within the international API Heat Transfer group.
Against this background, we have divided our historical development into two chapters: API Schmidt-Bretten and API Heat Transfer.
1879
Establishment of the Schmidt company in Bretten as a pioneer in the heat transfer industry
1884
Coventry Radiator (later Covrad Heat Transfer) is founded in Coventry, UK
1919
Serck Radiators Ltd. (later Serck Heat Transfer) is founded in Birmingham, UK
1947
American Precision Industries is founded in Buffalo, NY, USA
1953
Basco is founded in Buffalo, NY, USA as a manufacturer of shell and tube exchangers
1962
American Precision Industries acquires Basco; the two companies form today’s API Heat Transfer
1969
Thermal Transfer Products is founded in Racine, WI, USA
1971
Thermal Components, Inc. is founded in Montgomery, AL, USA
1972
General ThermoDynamics (later acquired by Thermal Components) is founded in Franklin, WI, USA
1984
Thermal Components is acquired by the ThermaSys Corporation
1987
Founding of ARUP (tubing manufacturer) in Dortmund, Germany
1996
API Heat Transfer opens the Airtech plant in Arcade, NY, USA
1997
ThermaSys acquires ARUP
1997
API Heat Transfer acquires Schmidt
1999
ThermaSys acquires Thermal Transfer Products
2004
API Heat Transfer enters the Asia-Pacific market with a manufacturing center in Suzhou, China
2006
The Suzhou plant doubles in size and begins manufacturing all product lines
2009
The Buffalo plant is expanded to offer additional manufacturing capabilities
2010
ThermaSys acquires the Covrad and Serck Heat Transfer companies
2011
ThermaSys acquires the Covrad and Serck Heat Transfer companies
2012
A second Airtech plant is opened in Arcade, NY, USA
2012
API Heat Transfer and ThermaSys Corporation merge
2014
Opening of a third production facility in Suzhou, China
