The name fischer stands for fastening technology and construction kits, as well as process consulting and electronic systems. The fischer brand is committed to offering customers the best solution and the best product. To this end, the company also utilises artificial intelligence, digitalisation and robotics. Extensive initiatives in the areas of education, health and social affairs set standards for the personal development of employees and for future generations. The company now generates over 75 percent of its turnover outside Germany and stands for global growth and innovative solutions.
Inspiring customers and employees and creating space for thinking and acting entrepreneurially on one’s own responsibility. These are the key factors for the success of the family-owned company based in Waldachtal-Tumlingen. The owner, chairman of the holding company and chairman of the advisory board of the company, which was founded in 1948, is Prof. Klaus Fischer. Alexander Bässler is the CEO.
It was already in 1987 that the company values were developed together with the employees and summarised in a mission statement. It defines the corporate goal and the values of fischer, which apply to everyone in the company down to the present day: innovative, reliable and accountable. The group works worldwide in a results-oriented manner for the benefit of its customers and users while focusing on avoiding waste and increasing added value. The fischer ProcessSystem was developed from the mission statement and the Japanese philosophy of KAIZEN, which stands for continuous change for the better.
To this day, the family-owned company is characterised by its innovative strength, which has repeatedly led to the development of not only new products but also new business areas. The fixing systems division offers products, system solutions and services along the entire value chain in the construction industry. fischer is continuously advancing the research and application of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and digitalisation in the construction industry. The best example of this is the fischer BauBot construction robot. The company uses new tools and opportunities for AI applications to achieve mutual success with its customers through continuous process optimisation, innovative ways of controlling value creation and pioneering solutions on the market.
In the 2024 financial year, the family-owned company from Waldachtal in the northern Black Forest achieved gross sales of 1.11 billion euros. Once again, fischer fixing systems contributed more than 80 per cent of this turnover, which was above average for all four divisions, which also include fischertechnik, fischer Consulting and fischer Electronic Solutions. China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Vietnam. fischer employs a total of 4,700 people worldwide (as of the end of 2024) and is represented in around 120 countries with its own subsidiaries or sales partners.
The fischer Group of Companies is aware of its ecological, economic and social responsibility. fischer has been operating a professional sustainability management since 2015.
Sustainability is managed holistically within the company, resulting in lean processes, speed and efficiency. Since 2018, fischer has been measuring its Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF). It now does so in all three areas and for the entire globally active Group of Companies. The company then derives effective measures to reduce and avoid CO₂ emissions, primarily through innovation, technological progress and process improvements. The company passes on its knowledge and experience through the fischer Sustaina-bilityCampus and trains future sustainability managers.
The company has received the German Sustainability Award in the ‘Large Companies’ category and numerous other awards for its commitment to sustainability.
