Today it counts 8 subsidiaries worldwide and 45 agencies to serve more than 4000 customers all over the world. The company traces its name back to its founder Werner Peters, who in 1956, together with the two other PCB pioneers Fritz Stahl (Ruwel, now Unimicron) and Hermann Seul (Isola), heralded the beginning of PCB production in Europe with the first serially produced PCBs in Germany. By taking over the Niederrheinische Lackfabrik in Krefeld in 1970 and focusing it on special coatings for electronics, he marked the beginning of the company's success story in this important niche segment. The development of the first non-bleeding solder resists and the invention of peelable solder resists were milestones in electronics production. For the first time, it was possible to achieve finer and particularly clean structures in the solder mask thanks to these non-bleeding solder resists. Peter's customers and partners from the automotive industry, aerospace, industrial electronics, medical technology and LED applications still appreciate the highest quality and best service today.
The people in the company
What does that mean exactly and what does it look like behind the scenes at Peters, a family-run business based in Kempen that operates worldwide? Who are its movers and shakers? What do they offer their customers? People and stories behind the chemical company that manufactures and develops much more than solutions for electronics. Peters offers perspectives, has visions and solutions and, with its research and development team, is a guarantor for new and further development of innovative products. Peters offers seminars, workshops, insight into state-of-the-art technology, climate control labs and 3-D/ink jet labs, promotion of young talents and a modern workplace. We want to look right there with our stories and tell of a medium-sized family company acting worldwide. We want to make success transparent and complicated things more understandable.
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Twice a month, we would like to address topics in the blog that might be interesting for our readers, i.e. you. We will link the articles in the social media and would like you to share. If you get involved, share, like, comment, to tell more people about Peter's doing and being. We are currently active on LinkedIn, Xing, Facebook, and YouTube, and also have a direct line to the Asian channel WeChat.
With our future articles, we want to inform, entertain and encourage exchange in a world that is increasingly virtual and digitally connected. Blog sections are a great way to tell these very stories and to connect with each other and show you how a small business can make a big impact. In management seminars, you will learn about positioning, the fact that you can look for a niche in the market and be very successful exactly there. Perhaps this is a building block that writes the Peters success story. It's about a niche market, about conformal coatings, casting compounds, solder resist for printed circuit boards in electronics. And this is mainly where electronic components have to withstand special requirements. The challenges include large temperature variations, extreme climatic conditions and outdoor lighting technology, for example.
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Additional chapters
Let us surprise you and follow us via our newsletter or our social networks. The next report will be an interview with CEO Ralf Schwartz taking up a stance on "Where do we stand today - where do we want to go". Since the Peters Group -Coating Innovations for Electronics - is committed to promoting young talents, the company has been cooperating with the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences for many years in guiding young people on their career path. This way, you can find out how Peters is currently benefiting from state-of-the-art AI technology in coatings analysis by following an interview with Dr Christian Schmitz who is on the path to his professorship career, completing three practical years at Peters Research.
We hope we have aroused your curiosity and look forward to finding many loyal readers who will gain added value from our texts.
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