About us
Our most valuable asset: our team
Since the foundation of 1st Mould GmbH in 2005, our team has grown steadily and consists exclusively of highly motivated employees. The commercial department is the direct contact for your enquiries and orders. Your projects are realized by our designers, CNC millers and tool mechanics. They work hand in hand with the staff in the injection moulding department. Finally, our colleagues from the finishing department and the quality control department ensure that your parts leave our premises in perfect condition. All our employees and our temporary staff stand for the high quality of our services.
Company chronicle
2024
REWE TEAM CHALLENGE 2024 - 1st Mould was at the start again on June 12 - at Saxony's biggest running event.
1st Mould opens its doors on June 4 for the 1st in-house exhibition “Incoming orders - and then?”.
On June 1, Sebastian Giebisch is also appointed Managing Director and takes on important management tasks together with Managing Director Bärbel Wünsche.
In November, 1st Mould presented itself at the formnext trade fair in Frankfurt am Main.
1st Mould under new management... in July 2023, Managing Director Bärbel Wünsche takes the helm with the support of the two authorized signatories Christian Sperling (Technical Manager) and Sebastian Giebisch and leads the team to new shores.
2023
2022
In June, an additional PV system is connected to the grid, so that production and the company fleet are supplied with green solar power.
Our sports team competes again in the 5 km run of the REWE TEAM CHALLENGE Dresden on 25 May.
Rapid.Tech in Erfurt opened its doors again from 17 to 19 May 2022. Live on site 1st Mould met regular customers, welcomed new customers and informed about current news from our production.
Acquisition of another automatic injection moulding machine for particularly small plastic injection moulded parts from 0.1 to 6 g
Two more automatic high-bay warehouses and pallet racks create more storage capacity for moulds and plastic.
Expansion of our photovoltaic system
2021
2020
Our E-fleet gets an addition.
3 more CNC high-speed milling machines strengthen our machine park.
At the end of June, we go to the Canoe Park Markleeberg for team training.
With the International Supplier Fair Leipzig in February, the Moulding Expo Stuttgart in May and the Rapid.Tech Erfurt in June, this year's trade fair trio is complete.
On 29 May we will take part in the 5 km run of the REWE TEAM CHALLENGE Dresden for the first time.
This year it's going to be sporty. On 12 April we will be getting professional support. Adi - known from "Mach mit, mach's nach, mach's besser" - will get us going at the first 1st Mould Sportfest.
2019
2018
Occupational health management is important to us. That's why a health and prevention coach has been strengthening our team since October.
1st Mould receives the second prize at the 2018 business award ceremony - donated by the DNN and the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden.
Additional automatic high-bay warehouses create even more space for our customers' moulds since September.
In August, our new photovoltaic system goes online.
Three days on land, on water and in the air. Through efficient and goal-oriented cooperation at our team training in June, we once again master the most diverse challenges. This year in the F60 visitor mine in Lichterfeld.
The Rapid.Tech trade fair celebrates its 15th anniversary from 5 to 7 June in Erfurt. One more reason to join in!
Another e-bike takes our employees from A to B.
At the end of November, the 7th UnternehmerRunde Pirna meets in our building.
On 29 June we officially inaugurate the new company building with our guests.
For the second time the Moulding Expo in Stuttgart opens its doors from 30 May to 2 June. Once again a successful event - in our opinion.
With our first appearance at the International Subcontracting Fair in Leipzig from 7 to 10 March, we are starting our presentation at this year's fair.
The time has come. Since 1 February we have been creating at our new location in Pirna. Another 4 new CNC milling centres and 3 injection moulding machines strengthen our machinery.
2017
2016
Our new building continues to take shape.
A day of German-Soviet friendship - a special kind of further training on 26 August in Königsbrücker Heide.
Three days of Rapid.Tech trade fair in Erfurt. From 14 to 16 June we are again successfully present.
The shell is finished. On 3 June we celebrate our traditional topping-out ceremony with a topping-out crown, a carpenter's speech and a feast afterwards.
Groundbreaking ceremony for our new building on 8 March
We start 2016 with a kick-off event of the rural kind. On a historic four-sided farm in Markersdorf, we put our team strength to the test.
Our e-fleet is expanded by two more electric Smarts - for the sake of the environment.
Our team grows by 11 employees.
In August, the purchase of land heralds the construction of the new production site in the industrial estate 'An der Elbe'.
Since August, we have been supporting the first reception centre for refugees in Heidenau with a monthly donation via the association Aktion Zivilcourage e.V. Pirna.
This year, too, we will not miss the chance to be there directly for our customers and those who want to become customers at the Rapid.Tech in Erfurt on 10 and 11 May.
10 years 1st Mould!!! On the occasion of the company anniversary we sail with the 3-mast schooner Hendrika Bartelds across the Baltic Sea to Denmark.
On 5 May the Moulding Expo (International Trade Fair for Tool, Model and Mould Making) celebrates its premiere in Stuttgart. 1st Mould is there from the beginning.
Kick-off event in the VIP lounge of the Dynamo Stadium Dresden.
2015
2014
For the tenth year in a row, 1st Mould stands for innovation in Saxony at the world fair Euromold from 25 - 28 November.
Rapid.Tech on 14 and 15 May in Erfurt is again a resounding success for our company.
The first electric vehicles for the company fleet are purchased - a Smart and a Renault Twizy.
From 3 - 6 December, the company again successfully faces international comparison at the Euromold trade fair in Frankfurt/Main.
2013
2012
Trade fair appearance at Euromold in Frankfurt/Main from 27 - 30 November.
Creation of 4 additional jobs, restructuring of the finish and quality assurance department.
8 and 9 May successful trade fair appearance at Rapid.Tech in Erfurt.
Press article in the business magazine "WIRTSCHAFT heute" March/April 2012 issue: "Customer wishes in focus".
Publication in the business section of the Sächsische Zeitung, 31 January 2012: "Die Kunststoff-Feuerwehr" (The plastics fire brigade)
Nomination of our managing director for the "Entrepreneur of the Year" award
Also this year we successfully present ourselves at the Euromold in Frankfurt/Main, the industry meeting place for mould and tool makers
The steadily increasing orders require the creation of new workplaces. The team now includes 28 employees.
Acquisition of two new CNC machining centres
2011
2010
In December, we welcome our customers personally at the Euromold in Hall 8 at Stand O42.
By creating additional jobs, the company now employs 16 people (including four temporary workers).
New business fields are opened up. Injection moulds for prototypes made of silicone enable an expansion of the customer base (with special injection moulding machines).
2009
2008
To meet the growing demand, the machinery is expanded to seven CNC machining centres and three injection moulding machines.
The establishment of additional workplaces for project managers and toolmakers allows the team to grow to twelve employees.
Due to the employment of new project managers, the previous rooms became too small and the company moved into modern offices one floor above the workshops.
With nine employees, 1st Mould now also supplies customers from abroad.
2007
2006
Four more employees are hired and the company moves into the workshop rooms at the new location in Heidenau.
The company 1st Mould, based in Ullersdorf, is founded by three partners.
Max Stauß, managing director, starts, later with one employee, the production of prototypes, pre- and small series parts made of plastic.