Groz-Beckert
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| legal form | Limited partnership |
| founding | 1852 |
| Seat | Albstadt , Baden-Württemberg , Germany |
| management | Hans-Jürgen Haug (spokesman), Eric Schöller and Markus Settegast |
| Number of employees | KG: 2.287 (2019) Group: 9.225 (2019) |
| sales | Group: EUR 670 million (2019) |
| Website | www.groz-beckert.com |
The Groz-Beckert KG is part of the Groz-Beckert Group, based in Albstadt - Ebingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Groz-Beckert is the world market leader for industrial machine needles, precision parts and precision tools as well as for systems and services for the production and joining of textile surfaces.
The company was founded in 1852 and is still family-owned today. As of December 31, 2019, the Groz-Beckert Group had over 9,000 employees worldwide, 2,287 of them at the headquarters in Albstadt. Groz-Beckert is the largest employer in the Zollernalb district . The group generated sales of 670 million euros in the 2019 financial year.
history
In 1852 Theodor Groz opened a shop for toys and haberdashery with an attached needlework workshop in Ebingen, a current district of Albstadt. In the same year he produced knitting needles for hosiery for the first time. In 1871 Ernst Beckert founded the company of the same name "Ernst Beckert" for needle production in Eibenberg, near Chemnitz. In 1884 Ernst Beckert relocated his needle factory to Chemnitz .
As early as 1888, Theodor Groz & Söhne founded a company-owned factory health insurance fund for employees, the forerunner of today's BKK Groz-Beckert.
In 1937 the two companies merged. This laid the foundation for today's group. During this time Walther Groz took over the management of the company. Today, in addition to the headquarters in Albstadt, there are other production sites worldwide (Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Portugal, India, China, Vietnam, USA) and sales companies (Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Spain, Great Britain, Turkey, Mexico, USA, India, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore).
The company was founded from 1996 to 2018 by Dr. Thomas Lindner (* 1951), a descendant of one of the founders. He has been chairman of the supervisory board of Groz-Beckert since 2019. Lindner was also President of the VDMA from 2010 to 2013 .
range
Groz-Beckert is a manufacturer of industrial machine needles and system parts for the mesh, clothing, leather, shoe, felt, carding and carpet industries (gauge parts tufting). The product range also offers loom accessories such as healds , heald frames, warp thread monitors and lamellas. These products were first sold under the name "Grob by Groz-Beckert", but are now listed as "Groz-Beckert". The product range now also includes machines for weaving preparation. With the Customized Precision Components (CPC) product area, formerly Ceramic Punching Components, Groz-Beckert has opened up a new field of application in the field of precision mechanics. The products are hard metal tools, punches and dies for special machines as well as micro-precision parts. Since the end of 2006, cylinders and dials have also been produced for circular knitting machines (formerly SMC). Plastic ball bearings and components as well as high-quality plastic technology products are manufactured and sold under the name “SMG” .
The brands "Eisbär by Groz-Beckert", "Schmeing", "Knotex" and "Grob by Groz-Beckert" also belonged to the group. These are now listed under “Groz-Beckert”. The following products are produced:
- Knitting machine parts (knitting machine needles, knitting machine needles, system parts, cylinders, dials)
- Weaving machine parts (healds, heald frames, warp thread monitors, lamellas, machines for weaving preparation)
- Felting machine parts (products for the nonwovens industry, felting needles , structuring needles , jet strips for hydroentanglement )
- Carpet machine parts (carpet machine needles, modules, grippers, knives, reed fingers)
- Products for the carding process (clothing and accessories for the spinning and nonwovens industry, assembly service, roll repair, commissioning service)
- Sewing machine parts (sewing machine needles, shoe machine needles, needles for household sewing machines, INH quality management)
- Other products (Customized Precision Components (CPC), plastic parts (SMG))
Research and Development
In 2010 the company opened the Technology and Development Center (TEZ) at its headquarters in Albstadt. Laboratories, training center, developer offices and seminar rooms as well as a machine park for all important textile manufacturing processes are concentrated on around 25,000 square meters of floor space.
Social
In September 2013, the Groz-Beckert Health and Education Center (GEBIZ) opened at the headquarters in Albstadt. In addition to the "Kita and Malesfelsen Primary School", the GEBIZ also has the "Malesfelsen Vitality Center" for employees and those insured at BKK Groz-Beckert. It has a prevention and training area with an attached wellness and relaxation room. There is also a public physiotherapy practice in the vital center. Groz-Beckert invested a total of around 17.5 million euros in the project.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Management. (Website) Groz-Beckert KG, January 2, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d data and facts. (Website) Groz-Beckert KG, July 10, 2020, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Karsten Langer: Lindner family: The needle pioneers. In: Manager Magazin . August 5, 2004, accessed January 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Health and Education Center (Gebiz). (Website) Groz-Beckert KG, January 2, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2019 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '35.3 " N , 9 ° 1' 20.1" E