Business segments
Our foundations. Your benefit.
SIEMPELKAMP Transport Systems (formerly STROTHMANN Machines & Handling) has been a force of innovation in transport and handling systems ever since the company’s foundation in 1976. In this time, the company developed from a pure component supplier to a plant manufacturing company and gained experience in a wide range of industries and segments. Over 100 employees dedicate themselves to implementing sophisticated solutions for our customers around the world in four business segments:
Success factors
Facts and figures
Global presence
With subsidiaries and sales partners on a total of four continents, we offer a range of comprehensive services around the world: from consulting to commissioning and maintenance.

Our core competencies. Your benefits.
Our innovation factory:
We reinvest a large percentage of our turnover in development
- We are a forward-thinking business: We focus on development even independently of customer requests.
- Our aim: the early identification of new technologies
- Our promise: consistent further development of our technologies




Strothmann has become SIEMPELKAMP Transport Systems
Intelligent engineering for future generations

SIEMPELKAMP Transport Systems
Strothmann has been a 100% subsidiary of the SIEMPELKAMP Group for 25 years. From now on, this affiliation is also reflected in the name: Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH has been operating under the name SIEMPELKAMP Transport Systems GmbH since May 2025.
The SIEMPELKAMP group
G. SIEMPELKAMP GmbH & Co. KG is the holding company of a group of affiliated companies consisting of the business units machine and plant engineering, foundry technology and service. Customers from SIEMPELKAMP Transport Systems benefit from our group membership. For instance, due to stability and access to additional capacities and resources: employees, development, production, service.
Memberships in international associations

MHI: Association for material handling, logistics and supply chain association
MHI is the nation‘s largest material handling, logistics and supply chain association. The association works to provide manufacturing and supply chain professionals with the latest knowledge and best market access. Its more than 975 members and 18 industry groups drive research and solution sourcing to advance innovation.
Learn more: www.mhi.org

A3: Association for Advancing Automation
A3 is North America’s largest automation trade association representing more than 1,300 organizations involved in robotics, artificial intelligence, machine vision & imaging, motion control & motors and related automation technologies.
Learn more: www.automate.org