Klingspor (company)

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Klingspor AG
legal form Corporation
founding 1893
Seat Haiger , Germany
management Steffen New
Number of employees 2,600 (2014)
sales EUR 258 million (2014)
Branch Abrasives
Website www.klingspor.de
As of December 31, 2014

The Klingspor AG is one of the oldest abrasives manufacturers worldwide and employs approximately 2,600 people. The annual turnover is around 258 million euros. The family company Klingspor was founded in 1893 and transformed into a stock corporation on January 1, 2005. Klingspor AG is based in Haiger .

The headquarters of Klingspor AG in Haiger

history

First company building of the glue factory founded in 1893 in Siegen

In 1893 Johann Friedrich Klingspor founded a glue factory in Siegen. As the demand for glue waned, the company began manufacturing products from 1899 that required large quantities of glue to manufacture. These included, in particular, emery paper and abrasive cloth . In the course of this change, the company was renamed "Siegener Leimfabrik und Naxos Schmirgelwerke". The name refers to the Greek island of Naxos , from which a gray-brown mineral stone comes from, which is used for grinding and polishing.

From 1900 Klingspor sold ground emery . As the demand for emery paper grew rapidly, the production facilities were expanded after two years. A new grinder and a boiler house were built. A branch with a sales office was set up in Cologne in 1902. Since many areas of industry and trade, including the iron and steel industry, which was growing rapidly at the time, needed abrasives, Klingspor was able to establish itself in the abrasives market. In 1917 Carl Klingspor took over the management of the company from his uncle Carl Koecke and increased exports. On January 9, 1922, the general partnership Naxos-Schmirgelwerke, Klingspor & Co. was converted into a limited liability company.

In 1978 the first non-European subsidiary was founded in the USA, and in 1996 the first international production site was opened in Poland. Since the conversion of Klingspor GmbH into Klingspor AG in 2005, operational business operations have been carried out by the 100% subsidiary Klingspor Schleifsysteme GmbH & Co. KG. In 2014 the company began building the new logistics center in Haiger. This is to be opened in 2016. In 2015, a new diamond tool factory was opened in Lviv, western Ukraine .

In 2016 there were 39 sales and manufacturing locations worldwide.

Products

According to its own information, the company currently has more than 50,000 items in its range. This includes tools from the areas of grinding , cutting , milling , polishing and material removal. The products are suitable for processing metals, non-ferrous metals, stainless steel, wood and wood-based materials, lacquer and paint, mineral materials, glass and ceramics as well as plastic, rubber and leather.

The product range is divided into the following categories within the company: Abrasive rolls, abrasive belts, fiber discs, abrasive sheets, quick change discs, abrasive mops, abrasive mop discs, cutting discs, grinding discs, elastic abrasives, carbide cutters and diamond tools. The largest product group of coated abrasives includes abrasive paper and abrasive cloth, which are divided into rolls, strips, tapes and discs. In the area of separation are cutting discs and grinding discs marketed under the brand Kronenflex. About 60 different types are offered here. Abrasive mop discs are an alternative to classic grinding discs and have fan-shaped, radially arranged abrasive flaps with high grinding performance. Abrasive mop wheels are special fan wheels that adapt to the workpiece.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Klingspor AG: Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. Website of the Federal Gazette. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Entry HRB 5037 in the commercial register of the Wetzlar Local Court of December 22, 2004.
  3. ^ C. Klingspor GmbH: Klingspor grinding technology. 100 years of quality based on tradition. Haiger 1993. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Konstantin Mizopulos: Mining, metallurgy and saltworks of Greece. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 272, 1889, pp. 596-603.
  5. ^ C. Klingspor GmbH: Klingspor grinding technology. 100 years of quality based on tradition. Haiger 1993. pp. 8/9.
  6. ↑ C. Klingspor GmbH: Klingspor Schliff. 75 years of Klingspor. Haiger 1968. pp. 8/9.
  7. ↑ Ralf Triesch: A commitment to the region. In: Website of the Lahn-Dill newspaper group , October 17, 2014. Accessed March 17, 2016; rst, Klingspor Hochregal grows In: Website of the newspaper group Lahn-Dill , May 20, 2015. Retrieved on March 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ Klingspor AG: From dealer to manufacturer. Klingspor starts diamond program with products from its own production. Press release from May 2, 2015 In: Klingspor company website. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ Klingspor, company, range. Klingspor company website. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  10. ^ Klingspor, Enterprise, Applications. Klingspor company website. Retrieved March 17, 2016.