SCHUNK
SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG is a multinational manufacturing company, based principally in Germany and in the United States. The company operates in more than 50 countries with wholly owned subsidiaries, including manufacturing locations in Germany, USA, Italy and Switzerland[1] as well as distribution partners all over the world.
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| Type | Corporation |
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| Founded | Lauffen/Neckar, Germany (1945) |
| Headquarters | Lauffen/Neckar, Germany |
Key people | Managing Directors: Heinz-Dieter Schunk Henrik A. Schunk Kristina I. Schunk President SCHUNK USA: Milton Guerry Vice President SCHUNK USA: Ron Wright |
| Products | Toolholding, Workholding & Automation |
Number of employees | over 2800 worldwide |
| Website | schunk |
Company profile
SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG of Lauffen/Neckar is a German family-owned company. The company was founded in 1945 by Friedrich Schunk as a mechanical workshop and has developed under the leadership of Heinz-Dieter Schunk to a supplier for gripping and clamping systems.[2] Today, the company is run by the third generation siblings Henrik A. Schunk and Kristina I. Schunk. The complete program of gripping systems comprises more than 4,000 components.[3] The main customers are all manufacturing companies with assembly, handling and metal-cutting processes. The customer base includes mechanical engineering, robotics, automation and assembly handling companies, and many automotive brands and their suppliers.
Products
- Lathe chucks and chuck jaws
- Stationary workholding
- Magnetic workholding devices
- Toolholding systems
- Special hydraulic expansion technology
- Pneumatic gripping systems (also wireless with EnOcean-technology)
- Rotary pneumaticmodules
- Magnetic handling devices
- Robot accessories
- Linear modules
- Mechatronic modules
- Special automation
- Industry solutions
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