TRUST BLUEPFERD – The Brand

The brand of your trust

PFERD is the leading brand for the development, production and support, as well as the distribution of tool solutions for surface finishing and material cutting.

In keeping with a tradition that dates back more than 200 years, PFERD operates as an independent, internationally oriented family-owned company in the long term.

PFERD tools offer the user maximum benefit and cost-effectiveness. Its unlimited commitment to premium quality, its reliability as a supplier, and its responsible use of resources all make PFERD a dependable and reliable trading partner that operates with sustainability in mind.

All those involved in PFERD play their part in securing PFERD's position as an internationally valued premium brand. Thanks to their personal involvement, people across the whole world trust Blue and choose PFERD.

BrandThe PFERD brand

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Quality since

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RangeThe range

A solution for every application

The product range includes more than 7,500 tools for different applications, from coarse to mirror-polished, and for cutting. PFERD tools are used each and every day in many different sectors.

Innovations in the PFERD range include impressive solutions that are not only popular with end-users, but also among retailers: PFERD innovations are unique selling propositions!

A team of experienced product managers is responsible for ensuring that the range is constantly updated and improved. If required, PFERD can develop a tailor-made solution just for you, always aimed at attaining the highest levels of cost-effectiveness for you.

■Cutting■Grinding■Milling■Filing■Brushing■Polishing

■Cleaning■Derusting■Deburring■Matt finishing

■Chemical and processing industries

■Fitting and container construction

■Steelworks■Foundries■Tool and mould construction■Pipeline construction

■Dockyards■Automotive industry■Steel construction, locksmiths■Aviation and aerospace, gas

turbine construction and repair

■Machine engineering

For a broad spectrum of applicationsIn use in many industries

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Range

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FormulaThe right mix for your success

Workers of the world trust Blue and choose PFERD. The combination of individual consultation and innovative high-performance tools, together with the worker's experience on site, consistently guarantee the optimal result for every task.

Consultancy services, such as on the improvement of ergonomics at work, are increasingly gaining importance. A meticulous problem analysis and the precise tuning of all process parameters form the foundation for a safe, economic and ergonomic working process.

The PFERD formulaInnovative high-performance tools+ Individual, targeted consultation+ Correct selection of tool drive+ Worker's experience

= The optimal economic result

The PFERD formula

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Formula

"Together with the PFERD advisor, we analyzed our applications, tested several tool solutions and finally selected the most cost-effective tools – with PFERD, we always feel well-advised!"

"Safety and working comfort are at the heart of what we do – The ergonomically optimized tools by PFERD really convinced us!"

"Even my grandfather placed a great deal of

importance on quality, and that's why he chose

PFERD tools. We have been relying on the

performance of PFERD tools for over 50 years."

"When we need to carry out cost- effective

grinding or cutting, we only use PFERD tools. The

durability of the tools themselves, coupled with

the time saved, truly convinced me!"

"At PFERD, we can obtain all tools we need for cutting and surface finishing from a single source, with consistently high and reliable quality. That's why I trust Blue!"

"Using the right PFERD tool, we could experience the full potential of our drives. I never thought that was possible!"

VALUEPFERDVALUE®

PFERDERGONOMICS® and PFERDEFFICIENCY®

The optimization of work processes through the use of powerful premium tools and tool drives has a positive effect on the cost-effectiveness of your operations. In the long term, to be cost-effective is to be sustainable.

Results from the PFERD test laboratories as well as from the product tests by independent testing institutes prove: PFERD tools offer measurable added value.

As part of PFERDERGONOMICS®, PFERD offers ergonomically optimized tools and tool drives that contribute to greater safety and working comfort, and thus to health protection.

As part of PFERDEFFICIENCY®, PFERD offers innovative, high-performance tool solutions and tool drives with outstanding added value. They achieve perfect results in the shortest possible time, save energy and/or generate less costly waste. In addition, they sustain the performance of the user and thus contribute to higher productivity.

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PFERDEFFICIENCY®PFERDERGONOMICS®

PFERDVALUE®

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ServiceSupport, training, information

Optimizing working processes requires profound knowledge of the relationships between tools, materials and drives. The PFERD sales representatives and technical advisors, along with the PFERD TOOL MOBIL, have been deployed worldwide to help you find the best solution for your application – together with your retailer, individually and on site.

The PFERDAKADEMIE provides consultants and users from all parts of the globe with a highly specialised and practical knowledge from the world of grinding and cutting. A gradually ascending series of blocks of seminars will enable you to become a PFERD tool specialist.

With the Tool Manual, PFERD offers more than just a catalogue. Thanks to the tool navigation, which is easy to understand and structured logically, along with in-depth technical knowledge on more than 600 pages, the 22nd edition will certainly not fail to impress. It helps you to always find the fast way to the best tool.

You will also find all the important information you require in order to select the most appropriate tool at your local retailer's PFERD TOOL CENTER.

The optimal service package

The most important PFERD tool: The Tool Manual

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Service

PFERD services for the retail trade

Cooperation with the retail trade is an essential basis for the success of the PFERD brand. Maintaining and expanding this relationship is a central part of our long-term strategy.

With this cooperation, we aim at consolidating and increasing our joint performance in the long run. Cooperation based on mutual trust, a fair dialogue and a clear commitment to each other strengthen this relationship.

The long-term trustful partnership between the retail trade and the PFERD brand guarantees an optimum service package for our mutual customers in the industrial and craft sectors.

PFERD services for the retail trade at a glance

■ Exclusive sales and customer service■ Powerful logistics network■ Active application and sales support■ Integrated and practice-oriented further training and qualification■ Targeted advertising and sales promotion measures

Cooperation The long-term cooperation

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Cooperation

Klaus-H. RodenDivision manager

Max Schön AG “I trust blue because I associate the quality and reliability of the PFERD brand with the slogan. We serve demanding customers from industry and crafts who rely on professional, durable and innovative tools. PFERD products meet these requirements and help our customers to solve the tasks at hand. Our relationship of trusting cooperation with PFERD goes back decades and is characterised by give and take.”

Josef BröcklingManaging AssociateUllner u. Ullner GmbH

"I trust blue because we and I are convinced of the high quality of their products. By offering PFERD products to our customers, we offer them effective solutions and above all added value in many different product areas!”

“I trust blue because we make particularly high demands on our sales range and the associated service.”

Axel DitzingerManaging Director

Werner Ditzinger GmbH

“The cooperation between our two companies

has grown over the decades. We are a PFERD

partner and retailer with conviction. Our core

customer group, the industry, does not simply

need grinding tools but demands solutions to

complex applications – the PFERD brand stands

for this with the spirit of innovation. PFERD – a

brand we trust!”

Olaf Lingnau

Managing Director

Blumenbecker Industriebedarf GmbH

Meino Noordenbos CEO

Biesheuvel Groep B.V.

Jan KrückemeyerManaging DirectorReinhard Krückemeyer GmbH & Co.KG

“I trust blue because PFERD has been the brand to

trust for outstanding quality for around 200 years.

Biesheuvel Techniek has been a PFERD partner

since 1946. The PFERD range offers a continuous

stream of innovations. This is a great advantage

for our always up-to-date range for our Dutch

customers from industry and skilled trades. The

technical specialists from PFERD and Biesheuvel

Techniek will be happy to demonstrate the latest

innovations incorporated in the new TRUST BLUE

range, on your own premises if required.”

“I trust blue because we appreciate high-grade products, first-class service and reliability, and because my grandfather was able to rely on PFERD as far back as 50 years ago.”

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LogisticsAlways at your side

With a comprehensive network of over 20 subsidiaries worldwide and more than 100 international trading partner representatives, PFERD maintains a wide presence. At a place near you.

PFERD's in-house sales representatives are on hand to assist you. They are dedicated to providing an expert response to your request and to dealing with your order efficiently. Establishing a close dialogue with you forms the key to mutual success.

Your product will be on its way to you within 24 hours. PFERD relies upon a global logistics network with its own warehouses, and upon the right partners on a global scale. The complete range is in stock at all times.

Whether via in the PFERD web shop, EDIFACT or nexMart – you will be able to order PFERD tools at any time, wherever you are located. PFERD makes all the data required for your inventory management systems available to you in the desired format, including Proficl@ss and eCl@ss.

Service and logistics

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Logistics

Our commitment to safety and service

PFERD's high quality standards are the foundation for innovative, highperformance products. Research and development, our own machine and plant construction, as well as the continuous testing and further development of the quality and safety standards in our own laboratories guarantee high PFERD quality. In addition to the high quality standards, occupational safety and health as well as ergonomics play a prominent role.

PFERD quality management is certified according to ISO 9001.

As long-standing member of the "Organisation for the Safety of Abrasives (oSa)", PFERD offers the highest possible levels of safety for the user by constantly monitoring manufacturing, along with standard-compliant production and labelling of all products, in all PFERD production facilities worldwide.

QualityThe PFERD quality

PFERD production facilitiesMarienheide and Hermeskeil, Germany Vitoria-Gasteiz and Araia, Spain Spartan, South Africa Milwaukee, USA

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worldwidePFERD worldwide

Canada PFERD CANADA INC. 5570 McAdam Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1P1 Phone + 1 - 905 - 501 - 1555 Fax + 1 - 905 - 501 - 1554 sales@pferdcanada.ca

USA PFERD INC. 9201 W. Heather Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53224 Phone + 1 - 262 - 2 55 - 32 00 Fax + 1 - 262 - 2 55 - 28 40 sales@pferdusa.com

Mexico PFERD-FANDELI, S.A. de C.V. Av. Presidente Juárez Núm. 225 Col. San Jerónimo Tepetlacalco Tlalnepantla, Estado de México C. P. 54090 - México Phone + 52 - 55 - 53 66 - 14 00 Fax + 52 - 55 - 53 66 - 14 44 servicio@fandeli.com.mx

Brazil PFERD-Rüggeberg do Brasil Ltda. BR 277 no. 4.654 km 2 - CIC 82305-200 Curitiba - PR Phone + 55 - 41 - 30 71 82 22 Fax + 55 - 41 - 30 71 82 00 pferd@pferd.com.br

Argentina PFERD Latinoamerica S.R.L. Pacheco de Melo 2095 Piso 6 B 1126 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Phone + 54 - 9 11 - 40 41 41 28 contacto@pferdla.com

Columbia PFERD PANAMERICANA SAS Carrera 11 # 93A-53 Oficina 304 Torre de la 93 Bogotá, D.C. – Colombia Phone + 57 - 1 - 795 8388 contacto@pferdla.com

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Germany August Rüggeberg GmbH & Co. KG PFERD-Werkzeuge Hauptstraße 13 51709 Marienheide Phone + 49 (0) 22 64 - 90 Fax + 49 (0) 22 64 - 9400 vertrieb-deutschland@pferd.com www.pferd.com

Belgium bvba PFERD-Rüggeberg sprl Waterranonkelstraat 2 a Rue de la Grenouillette 1130 Brussel - Bruxelles Phone + 32 - 2 - 2 47 05 90 Fax + 32 - 2 - 2 16 30 54 info@pferd.be

France PFERD-Rüggeberg France S.A.R.L. Zone d’Activités Economiques 2, Avenue de la Concorde Ernolsheim-sur-Bruche 67129 Molsheim Cédex Phone + 33 - 3 88 - 49 72 50 Fax + 33 - 3 88 - 38 70 17 info@pferd.fr

United Kingdom PFERD LTD. 4 Westleigh Hall, Wakefield Road Denby Dale West Yorkshire HD8 8QJ Phone + 44 - 14 84 - 86 61 49 Fax + 44 - 14 84 - 86 59 38 info.uk@pferd.com

Italy PFERD-Italia s.r.l. Via Walter Tobagi 13 20068 Peschiera Borromeo (MI) Phone + 39 - 02 - 55 30 24 86 Fax + 39 - 02 - 55 30 25 18 info@pferd.it

The Netherlands PFERD-Rüggeberg B.V. Hekven 15 bis., Postbus 2070 4824 AD/4800 CB Breda Phone + 31 - 76 - 5 93 70 90 Fax + 31 - 76 - 5 42 10 33 info@pferd.nl

Austria PFERD-Rüggeberg GmbH Prinz-Eugen-Straße 17 4020 Linz Phone + 43 - 7 32 - 79 64 11-0 Fax + 43 - 7 32 - 79 64 22 info@pferd-rueggeberg.at

Poland PFERD-VSM Sp.z o.o. ul. Polna 1A 62-025 Kostrzyn Wlkp. Phone + 48 - 61 - 8 97 04 80 Fax + 48 - 61 - 8 97 04 90 pferdvsm@pferdvsm.pl

Spain PFERD-Rüggeberg S.A. C/Júndiz, 18 Pol. Ind. Júndiz 01015 Vitoria-Gasteiz Phone + 34 - 945 184 400 Fax + 34 - 945 184 418 pferd@pferd.es

Sweden PFERD-VSM AB Radiovägen 3B 181 55 Lidingö Phone + 46 - 8 - 564 72 300 Fax + 46 - 8 - 564 72 301 info@pferd-vsm.se

Switzerland PFERD-VITEX (Schweiz) AG Werkzeuge und Schleifmittel Zürichstrasse 38b Postfach 22 8306 Brüttisellen Phone + 41 - 44 - 805 28 28 Fax + 41 - 44 - 805 28 00 info@pferd-vitex.ch

Turkey PFERD Aşındırıcı Takımlar Ltd. Şti. Marmara Geri Dönüşümcüler Koop. Defne Sokak No: 22 Çayırova / Kocaeli Phone + 90 - 262 658 99 90 Fax + 90 - 262 658 00 23 info@pferd.com.tr

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South Africa PFERD-South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. 32 Derrick Road P.O. Box 588 Kempton Park, 1620 Spartan, Kempton Park Phone + 27 - 11 - 2 30 40 00 Fax + 27 - 11 - 3 94 12 32 info@pferd.co.za

Singapore PFERD-ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. Block 26, Sin Ming Lane, # 04-121 Singapore 573971 Phone + 65 - 93 87 70 82 Fax + 65 - 62 80 85 77 info@pferd.com.sg

Korea PFERD Korea Limited Songjeong-dong, KT Noksan Bldg. #029 1st Floor, 12-23 Noksansandan 335-ro, Gangseo-gu 618-819 Busan Phone + 82 - 51 831 3067 Fax + 82 - 51 831 3066 korea@pferd.com

Australia PFERD-Australia Pty. Ltd. 1-3 Conifer Crescent Dingley, Vic. 3172 Phone + 61 - 3 - 95 65 32 00 Fax + 61 - 3 - 95 65 32 99 sales@pferd.com.au

China PFERD-TOOLS TRADING SHANGHAI CO., LTD. Wei Bai Xin Bldg # 7th, Floor, Room 703 1688 Kong Jiang Road No. Yang Pu District 200092 Shanghai Phone + 86 - 21 - 51 15 70 99 Fax + 86 - 21 - 51 15 70 66 info@pferd.cn

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