#5 THE ISSUE FOR CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. FAMILY BUSINESSES AND PRODUCT FAMILIES THROUGH THE AGES. FOCUS STRONG CRAFT, HEALTHY FAMILY BUSINESSES AND GROWING PRODUCT GENERATIONS 04 TOOLS THE NEW CSC SYS 50 CORDLESS BENCH-MOUNTED CIRCULAR SAW IN A SYSTAINER FORMAT 12 TOOLS EACH MEMBER OF OUR PLUNGE-CUT SAW FAMILY HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL CHARACTER 24 DEDICATION THREE GENERATIONS WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER AT SCHWARZMANN FENSTER GMBH 38 LOOK INSIDE WHY FESTOOL IS GOING ITS OWN CORDLESS WAY 60

EDITORIAL Dear readers, In family businesses, more than anywhere else, there is a close connection between tradition and modernity. We have noticed this again and again when visiting customers – most recently, and for this edition of the magazine, at Schwarzmann Fenster GmbH in Schoppernau, Austria. Knowledge and expertise are passed on through the generations there, and changes are made from one generation to the next. The same can be said of our product families, which we are continuously further developing based on our DNA. We do this with the aim of ensuring that the next generation is always...

IMPRINT FESTOOL MAGAZINE #5 Publisher Festool GmbH Festool Editorial Lead Alma Colbazi-Rebmann Festool GmbH Import Partner Customer Service Wertstrasse 20 D-73240 Wendlingen Phone +49 (0)70 24/804-25400 [email protected] Editing RC Redaktionsbüro, Saarbrücken, Germany Dr Ralf Christofori Art Direction & Layout Yama Inc, Stuttgart/Berlin, Germany Ingo Ditges Translation STAR Deutschland GmbH, Sindelfingen, Germany Media services LOTS OF DOTS MediaGroup. AG, Mainz, Germany Cover photo Sven Cichowicz © 2023 Festool GmbH Subject to changes and errors. All images are non-binding. Produced...

04 Focus FAMILY BUSINESS In family businesses and product families alike, the next generation is always the best. 12 Tools UNIQUELY VERSATILE The new CSC SYS 50 cordless benchmounted circular saw is compact, mobile and extremely precise. 18 Projects & Work KING WITHOUT A CROWN Our visit to an uncrowned king of timber construction in Oxfordshire, England. 46 Expertise CLEAN AND HEALTHY WORK Effective dust extraction systems are not merely optional but essential. 48 Favourites FESTOOL SPOTLIGHTS We asked five professional woodworkers about their favourite Festool products. 54 Inspiration TALENT...

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Focus Family business From generation to generation, families of craftspeople nurture tradition and manage to continuously reinvent themselves. We at Festool, still a family-run company, support them with this – and learn from them. So that you are always one step ahead of the changing times. Text: Ralf Christofori | Photography: Sven Cichowicz, Torben Jäger, Simon-Paul Schempershofe, Roger Nellsj

Focus Family business 1. Healthy family businesses. Family businesses create values that are hard to quantify, but cannot be valued enough. elevance is not a question of size. Whether large or small – family businesses are a supporting pillar of all national economies. They make up about 60 per cent of all companies in Europe. It would be impossible to determine their value creation in each industry. But this much is certain: In wood construction, family businesses create long-lasting and sustainable tangible and intangible values. Of course, the changing times are not a sure-fire success. Not...

Family businesses make up an average of 40–50 % of all jobs in the private sector in Europe. “WHEN I TOOK THE FAMILY BUSINESS OVER FROM MY FATHER, HE GAVE ME GUIDANCE, BUT GAVE ME SPACE TO WORK. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO FOR MY SON. THAT’S HOW WE HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP TRADITION WHILE MOVING Craft has always been family-oriented: Over 75% of all businesses are family businesses. WITH THE TIMES.” Claus Schwarzmann In Germany alone, around 1 million businesses count as craft busi

“OUR LONG FAMILY TRADITION IS AN OBLIGATION, BUT IT IS ALSO INCREDIBLY ENRICHING AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.” Barbara Austel “WE MAINTAIN OUR TRADITION, EVEN WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT. I ALSO TRY TO COMMUNICATE THIS ATTITUDE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION.” Andreas

Focus Family business 2. Strong craft. Barbara Austel and Andreas Beck speak about the strengths of woodworking and about maintaining tradition and moving into the future. FM: You both come from family businesses that will soon be celebrating their 100th anniversaries. How much tradition is in your work? BA: My grandfather, Gottlieb Stoll, founded the company Festo in 1925, together with Albert Fezer. His sons, Kurt and Wilfried, took over company management, and his daughter Gerda Maier-Stoll became owner of the Festool brand in 2000. Now I, Berta and Gottlieb Stoll’s granddaughter, am working...

Focus Family business 3. Constantly improving products. Our product families grow from generation to generation. And the following is true: the next generation is always the best. or us, customers are part of the extended Festool family. This has always been the case, and is perhaps true today more than ever before. When it comes to developing new products or product families, we work for you and with you. As we move towards the market launch, the differentiated and honest assessment of selected test businesses is invaluable. After all: if our customers are happy, then we’re happy too. “THE FACT...

↑ The KAPEX KSC 60 battery enables Marek Tischner from IMM AB in Svedala, Sweden, to make unbeatably precise cross cuts – with battery power all day long. ← Two of the latest generation of plunge-cut saws together with the AXF 45 from 1980 – the first plunge-cut saw from Festool (rear right). BATTERY POWER. Few developments have shaped our product generations so much in the last few decades as the battery technology. You can find out more about Festool’s journey towards battery power from page 60 of this magazine or online via this QR code: Scan the QR code to find ou