KIEFEL GmbH
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| KIEFEL GmbH | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | Freilassing, Germany |
| Website | www.kiefel.com |
KIEFEL GmbH designs and manufactures machines for the processing of plastic film materials and offers core expertise in the field of forming and joining technologies. KIEFEL services customers in the automotive, appliance, medical and packaging industry.
The company headquarter is located in Freilassing, Germany and runs its own network of sales and service centres in the USA, France, Netherlands, Russia, Brazil, China, Indonesia and India, and is represented by sales partners in more than 60 countries worldwide.
KIEFEL GmbH is a member of the German Brückner Group, a worldwide leading supplier of plastics machinery.
Products / Technology
Solutions for:
- Automotive
- Appliance
- Packaging
- Medical
- Service
History
- 1945 – founded by Paul Kiefel
- 1951 – first HF welding machines
- 1955 – foundation of the Paul Kiefel GmbH in Freilassing
- Renolit Group became a shareholder
- 1962 – first thermoforming machines
- 1995 foundation of Kiefel Technologies, Inc. Service and manufacturing in USA
- 1998 – first servo-motric driven pressure forming machines
- 2002 – lauching of KMD speedformer
- 2003 – Kiefel starts with design and manufacturing of cup forming machines
- 2007 – Brückner takes over 100% of Kiefel AG
- 2008 - Kiefel Russia founded and opening of Kiefel China Office
- 2009 – Kiefel Brazil founded
- 2010 – Kiefel Indonesia and Kiefel India Offices opened
- 2012 – New Technology Center and Campus in Freilassing opened
- 2014 - Kiefel GmbH aquires the Czech company SWA s.r.o.
- 2016 Kiefel GmbH aquires the dutch company Bosch Sprang BV and the Austrian company Mould & Matic Solutions GmbH
