The founding of the Japanese operation in May 1954 laid the groundwork for offering customers and partners consultations and services in-country and in the local language. Since then, not only has the market continually evolved, so too has the company.
Alongside the annual service anniversary celebration, the reunion of retired employees is another traditional event at Klingelnberg. Every three years, the Klingelnberg works council and Management Board invite all retired colleagues back for a reunion celebration. On 18 April 2024, Group Executive Board Members Christoph Küster (CFO), Philipp Kannengießer (COO), and Prasad Kizhakel (CSO) joined deputy chairman of the works council Ibrahim Er and Head of Human Resources Michael Schwarzer in welcoming the retired employees to this year’s get-together at the Hückeswagen, Gemany plant.
In keeping with tradition, machine manufacturer Klingelnberg has in 2023 once again honored its long-standing employees with an anniversary celebration. This year’s honorees included four colleagues celebrating 40 years with the company and 22 employees looking back on 25 years of service. Three employees are even marking a full 50 years of service. The corresponding celebrations are planned for early summer 2024.
AGMA’s Motion + Power Technology (MPT) Expo is a biennial trade show—running this year from October 17–19 at Huntington Place in Detroit—designed to serve the gear and power transmission industry, representing the full spectrum of professionals involved in the life of a gear, gearbox, or other power transmission device—from design to manufacturing, testing, heat treating, and more. You will find equipment and materials suppliers to make gears; gear and gear drive manufacturers; and every imaginable industry-adjacent supplier from software to tooling, lubrication to bearings, and much more.
On August 23, 2023, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission made a successful landing on the southern part of the moon near the crater Manzinus. We were able to catch up with Mushtaq
Jamal, vice president of engineering and business development at Bevel Gears India Pvt Ltd (BGI), to discuss BGI's role in this monumental achievement for India.
Machine manufacturer Klingelnberg is opening its doors and inviting all interested candidates to this year's "Nacht der Unternehmen" [A Night of Companies] open house. The "Nacht der Unternehmen" will bring employers and target audiences together on 12 May 2023, from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The event will be held at the company's headquarters on Peterstrasse in Hückeswagen and on Gustav-Adolf-Klingelnberg-Strasse in Winterhagen (Hückeswagen).
Serial production of large gears requires a high level of quality, excellence, and continuity in production. Emphasis is placed on maximum synergy between the grinding machine, the grinding process, and the grinding wheel. After several successful trials on various Klingelnberg Höfler Rapid grinding machines carried out by Krebs & Riedel with customers in their production facilities, Krebs & Riedel has received several large orders for grinding large gears from abroad and has introduced the new premium grinding wheels with high process reliability.
Now in its 35th year, Control International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance—the world’s premier professional event for all things industrial quality assurance—will open its doors in Stuttgart, Germany from 9–12 May 2023. Machine manufacturer Klingelnberg will once again be presenting its portfolio of products and services, but in a new hall this time. The company's exhibition kit in Hall 7, Booth 7307 will include the Klingelnberg Precision Measuring Center P 152 for mid-sized gears, as well as the Klingelnberg Precision Measuring Centers P 26 and P 40 with optical metrology and tried-and-tested universality of application in metrology.
Machine manufacturer Klingelnberg now ranks among the new members of Innovation Hub, Bergisches RheinLand. The company signed its membership contract on 17 February 2023, at the headquarters of Innovation Hub, Bergisches RheinLand in Gummersbach, Germany.
Gear Technology’s annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey polls gear manufacturers about the latest trends and opinions relating to the overall health
of the gear industry. As in years past, the survey was conducted anonymously, with invitations sent
by e-mail to gear industry companies—primarily in North America, but also including some respondents
from around the world. Nearly 200 individuals responded to the survey.