KEBA

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Keba AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1968
Seat Linz , Austria
management
  • Gerhard Luftensteiner, CEO
  • Franz Höller, CTO
Number of employees 1750
sales EUR 304 million
Branch Automation
Website www.keba.com

The Keba AG is an international company that develops automation solutions for industrial automation, banking and service automation as well as energy automation and produced. The Austrian company was founded in 1968 and is privately owned. More than 85% of the annual turnover of 304 million euros is generated abroad.

The KEBA Group's headquarters are in Linz (Austria) and the company has its own branches in China, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, South Korea, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Turkey and the USA.

Fields of activity

KEBA headquarters in Linz

In the field of industrial automation (automation technology), KEBA concentrates on automation solutions for

In the area of ​​banking automation

In the field of logistics automation

  • First and last mile transfer systems for postal and logistics companiesen ( parcel machine )
  • Intelligent transfer machines for sensitive objects (KEMAS)

In the field of energy automation

  • Solutions in the field of electromobility such as charging stations
  • Control and operating systems for alternative heating systems

In the field of lottery solutions

  • Automation solutions for lottery companies

Products

A KEBA wallbox used as a public charging station for electric vehicles

KEBA AG offers products in the following segments:

  • Controls for injection molding machines, machines and robots, programmable logic controllers (PLC), industrial PCs (KePlast, KeMotion, KeSystems, KeControl)
  • Controls for press brakes and sheet metal processing (Delem)
  • Mobile and stationary operating terminals, handheld operating devices, panels for machines and robots, mobile automation (KeMobile, KeTop)
  • ATMs, cash recyclers, account information terminals, account statement printers, transfer terminals, self-service systems for financial institutions (KePlus)
  • Entry control systems (KeBin)
  • Parcel machines (KePol) and transfer machines (KEMAS)
  • Lottery machines (KeWin)
  • Charging stations, charging stations, infrastructure for electromobility, load management for charging electric vehicles (KeContact, KeMove)
  • Controls and operating systems for alternative heating systems (KeEnergy)

With the takeover of the LTI Motion Group and Heinz Fiege GmbH, the KEBA Group's product portfolio has expanded. In the drive and automation technology, the companies LTI Motion GmbH and Fiege GmbH develop, produce and sell high-end drive technology from tool spindles to servo drive technology to magnetically mounted, high-speed complete systems.

history

The company was founded in 1968 by Gunther Krippner. In 1970 Karl Kletzmaier joined the company. In 1984 the focus was on the industrial, banking and sawmill automation business areas. In 1990, KEBA Deutschland GmbH was founded as a 100% subsidiary. In 1994 KEBA was certified according to ISO 9001. In 1998 KEBA US Corp was founded. In 1999 KEBA AG made ATS 1 billion sales for the first time. The focus was on industrial and banking automation. In the same year the legal form was converted into a stock corporation. In 2003, the company moved to the new company headquarters in Linz. A branch in China followed in 2004 and two further branches in China followed in 2005. In 2006 KEBA Automation SRL was opened in Romania . In the same year one also took a stake in agimatec GmbH.

In 2007 the joint venture CBPM-KEBA was founded in Beijing with the world's largest banknote printing company, the China Banknote Printing and Miniting Corporation. In 2008 the branch in Taiwan was opened. Further branches in Turkey, China and Italy followed in 2009. In the same year the field of energy automation with charging stations was started. In 2010 the area of ​​heating controls for alternative energies was developed. KEBA also opened a branch in Japan. In 2012 a branch was opened in South Korea. In 2013, KEBA acquired the majority stake in the Dutch automation company DELEM. In 2013 a second production site was opened in Linz, Austria . In 2016, KEBA acquired the majority in the specialist for transfer machines KEMAS, based in Oberlungwitz, Germany. In 2018, KEBA founded another branch in India.

At the end of 2018, KEBA AG took over LTI Motion and Heinz Fiege GmbH, technologically leading provider of drive solutions and spindle technology based in Lahnau and Röllbach / Germany.

Awards

  • Pegasus 2019 in silver (business award of OÖ Nachrichten)
  • German Design Award 2019 'Special Mention' in the 'Workshop and Tools' category for the KeMes protractor
  • Innovation Prize Land Upper Austria 2018 for the KeMes protractor
  • iF Product Design Award 2018 category product / industry for the KeMes A100 angle encoder
  • Red Dot Award: Product Design 2018 in the category "Industrial devices, machines and automation" for the KeMes angle encoder
  • Pegasus 2016 in crystal for the entrepreneurial life's work to KEBA co-founder Karl Kletzmaier
  • ineo Award 2014 Award from WKO Upper Austria for exemplary training companies
  • Robotic Award 2014 for the “directMove” T10 handheld control unit
  • Business Prize Upper Austria Pegasus (Business Prize) 2014 in bronze
  • Postal Technology Award 2013 as Supplier of the Year (KePol parcel machine)
  • IF Product Design Award 2010 for KeControl C3
  • Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the KePlast EasyMold software tool
  • Award of the FFG 2008
  • Best family company in Upper Austria 2008
  • IF Product Design Award 2008 for KePlus R6 / X6
  • IF Product Design Award 2007 for KeTop T50
  • Pegasus 2005 in gold (business award of OÖ Nachrichten)
  • Austrian State Prize for Quality 2004 (category large companies)
  • World Mail Award 2004 in gold (category: Innovation) for KePol Packstation
  • Upper Austrian state award for innovation 2003 in gold for Kemro K2 and Trumpf Bendmaster
  • Pegasus 2001 in bronze (business award of OÖ Nachrichten)
  • Upper Austrian State Prize for Innovation 2000 in Gold for Kemro K700
  • Pegasus 2000 in silver (business award from OÖ Nachrichten)
  • 1st place Austrian Knewledge Further Education Award 2000 Awarded by the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (category up to 500 employees)

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 3.2 ″  N , 14 ° 17 ′ 20.4 ″  E