Reishauer develops and manufactures high precision gear grinding machines, diamond dressing tools, and CBN tools for hard finishing of transmission gears. By acquiring 100 percent of the internationally active Felsomat Group, which is based in Königsbach-Stein (Germany), Reishauer strengthens its market presence and its competence in the area of the complete gear manufacturing chain. Both companies have been working together successfully for many years in developing standardized and customized automation solutions for Reishauer gear grinding machines, which Felsomat constructs and distributes throughout the world. Felsomat has about 230 employees and a recorded group revenue of over CHF 100 million in fiscal year 2009. The involved parties have agreed to observe secrecy about the purchase price.
In recent years, Felsomat Group has newly defined its range of services and consistently concentrated on the development of highly productive machine tools for the complete manufacture of the core components in the drive train. As a systems supplier, Felsomat offers the entire process-engineering for gear manufacturing. The production process is implemented together with the customer with in-house developed, modularly configurable turning and hobbing cells. The total processing time is customized and optimized by using flexible automation and logistics systems. Felsomat develops and manufactures a turning center for soft and hard machining, a hobbing machine with concurrent chamfering and deburring processes, and integrated automation and work piece logistics.
Felsomat Group—with its technological expertise in the gear cutting process—perfectly complements the business activities of Reishauer, whose technological competence is in the area of generating grinding and dressing technology. Together both companies target the global automotive industry and the automotive supplier industry. Recently, its requirements and specifications have changed significantly with the large transmission manufacturers looking for companies, which are able to offer turnkey future-oriented multifunctional production systems, as global systems suppliers of entire process chains, with the aim of: shortest lead times in the increasingly varied production; reduction of costs per piece due to sustainable highly efficient production systems; and a simultaneous increase in product quality and production flexibility.
Reishauer Group develops, produces, and globally markets high precision gear grinding machines and diamond dressing tools for the end finishing of transmission gears. Currently Reishauer Group employs 500 staff worldwide. The largest subsidiary, Reishauer AG, with headquarters in Wallisellen, Switzerland, develops and manufactures gear grinding machines and diamond and CBN tools. These are marketed, installed, and serviced by sales companies and service centers in the main markets Germany, the United States, Japan, China, and India. The main customer group is the globally interconnected automotive industry and its suppliers. This specialized gear manufacturing group ac-quires over three quarters of Reishauer machine systems for the integration into its manufacturing processes. Go online to [www.reishauer.com].
