Because no challenge is too great.

Your partner for turnarounds

Rental tools

An extensive portfolio with individual solutions for every customer

Maintenance & repair

360° service: Maintenance, repair and inspection of all tools

Occupational safety & consumables

Personal protective equipment PPE and consumables.

Container service & container construction

Preparation, storage and maintenance of your individual containers

Good work.
The best turnarounds.

We have a tradition of working hard and sincerely - and we give our all, especially when things are not easy and cannot be planned. As your partner for turnarounds, we support you from planning to project completion.

What you can expect

01 Planning, calculation & quotation

Support in dimensioning tool and consumables requirements, taking into account country and operator-specific requirements

02 Detailed project planning & orders

Clarification of tool-specific detailed requirements and application-oriented planning & organization of transports

03 On-time delivery
& assembly

Provision of rental tools (incl. certificates and documentation), rental work clothing, consumables, PPE – supported by ims tool magazine software and ims coordinators on site if required

04 Departure shift

05 Dismantling

06 Industrial cleaning of heat exchangers

07 Assembly

08 Pressure test

09 Start-up shift

10 Directing work

In the core phase, which is critical to success and time, ims supports you with rental tools and a unique service.

Our tool experts are available for you 24/7 and offer technical support, carry out inspections and repairs on site. We offer flexible solutions for unforeseen challenges, supply you with consumables and cover additional requirements. We also organize a washing service for your work clothing.

11 Dismantling and return delivery

Preparation of tools for return transport and organization of transport

12 Service & repair

Timely inventory of rental tools, implementation of repairs and determination of tool losses

13 Post-calculation & project completion

Transparent cost statements and tool-specific project review (ims tool controlling)

Benefit from our expertise in tool solutions for turnarounds and concentrate fully on the challenges beyond the tools.

ims value proposition

We are your central point of contact for rental tools. We support your projects and turnarounds from the planning stage through to the supply of tools and consumables: individual and pre-assembled tool solutions, workwear including a washing service, gloves, overalls, respirators, grinding wheels, safety goggles, helmet systems and much more.
We are on site with you. Our magazine operators and tool coordinators are on site at your projects and turnarounds to provide you with quick and uncomplicated support for questions relating to tool use, management and maintenance, even in critical phases.
We solve challenges together. Our tool experts work with you to find flexible, short-term and creative solutions.

One group,
many possibilities.

Benefit from our network with safe protective equipment and fast transportation solutions.

Full-service partner for industrial rental tools

Specialist for personal protective equipment and consumables

Expert for Europe-wide transportation services

Schalke 04 and ims are not only linked by the region: both stand for honest work, tireless commitment and a high degree of passion.

We are proud to be a partner of FC Schalke 04, regardless of the division. Genuine partnerships, as we understand them, are characterized in particular by standing firmly together in challenging times in order to be able to celebrate success together again in the future. With this in mind, we wish FC Schalke 04 every success in the 2024/2025 season.

Good luck!