Franz Kessler (Company)
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1923 |
| Seat | Bad Buchau , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany |
| management | Julius Herwanger |
| Number of employees | around 800 (2017) |
| sales | 130 million EUR (2017) |
| Branch | Machine tools |
| Website | www.kessler-group.biz |
The Franz Kessler GmbH is a medium-sized company of the Kessler Group from Bad Buchau at Federsee . Kessler has specialized in components for machine tools and produces not only motor spindles, but also directly driven fork milling heads and rotary swivel tables.
The company was one of the first manufacturers of motor spindles and has contributed to the development of this type of product. In addition to the series products, the company develops motors, spindles and swivel axes in small series for precise and highly dynamic applications and performance requirements. In addition to rotary tables and classic electric motors, Kessler also manufactures motor spindles for turning, milling and grinding machines . The product portfolio now serves various industries, processes and applications.
history
The mechanical engineer Franz Kessler founded a company in Chemnitz in 1923 that dealt with the then emerging electric drive technology. In the beginning, the company produced DC motors for machine tools and textile machines . In machine tool construction, Kessler was able to earn a good reputation by equipping grinding machines with DC motors and the associated converters , thus gaining customers nationwide. During the Allied air raids on Chemnitz in 1944, Kessler's premises were so badly damaged that the company had to be relocated to Grüna near Chemnitz. After the Second World War, Franz Kessler moved to Buchau in Upper Swabia , where he founded another company on January 2, 1950 at the age of 60 - the Kessler-Motoren-Werk. It was there that Franz Kessler began developing and producing machine tool drives.
Production sites
The factory in Bad Buchau, which has been enlarged several times and last expanded in 2008 to include a logistics center, now forms the main factory with around 800 employees. Kessler energy GmbH also has a plant in Skopje , North Macedonia .
Of the approximately 900 employees, 470 are employed in production and assembly .
Products
- Motor spindles
- Asynchronous and synchronous motors with up to 120 kW power
- Complete round axis units
- Swivel units
- Turntables and rotating and swiveling tables
Foundation, endowment
On March 10, 1978 Elfriede Petschel died, who had continued to run the company after the death of her father Franz Kessler. Before that, she had ordered the foundation of the Franz Kessler charitable foundation in her will, to which she bequeathed her entire estate. It specified the charitable purpose with the aim of protecting, educating and supporting mentally and physically disabled children and young people in Germany.
Awards
- 1994: Dr. Rudolf Eberle Innovation Prize from the State of Baden-Württemberg for the development of a motor spindle for tool and mold making .
- In 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010 KESSLER was named Supplier of the Year by DMG Mori Seiki AG (formerly Gildemeister) .
- 2002: Dr. Rudolf Eberle Innovation Prize from the State of Baden-Württemberg for the development of a motor spindle in synchronous technology .
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 39.8 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 30.4" E