Continental Field Systems (CFS) was founded in Schaumberg IL, in 1975,
by Dieter Christoph and Siegfried Schultz under the name Continental
Field Machining (CFM). They had met while working together at Commercial
Machine and thought they had a better way of doing things. At that
period in the power market, there was very little competition with most
work being performed by the OEM’s (Original equipment Manufacturer).
Business was good and when Southern Company indicated that they would be
a major supporter, Dieter moved to Savannah and set up a second office
here. (1979) For a while the two offices worked together using the Mason
Dixon line as a division in that the "North" office and the "South"
office had territories. Eventually this became an issue and the two men
separated the business. Continental Field Machine "South" became
Continental Field Systems, Inc. Siegfried (Ziggy) maintained Continental
Field Machine as his company’s name. |
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During this time frame, CFS solidified its position by formalizing its
welding program. CFS invested heavily in equipment and talent. CFS
acquired several "stamps". These are basically certificates that allow
you to weld on components that are governed by "codes" hence the terms
"code shop", "code welding", and "code stamps". CFS has an "R", "S",
"U", and an "NR". The NR allows us to weld on nuclear components. At the
time we received our NR stamp there were on about 20 companies in the
world with this stamp.
In 1997, Dieter passed away and his son Erich took up the reigns. Since
then CFS has almost tripled in volume (sales) and quadrupled in
facilities. Erich led the development in many of the new automatic
machines, instituted a full fledge QC department, and implemented a
training program for all of the newer machinists.
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