Stage-by-stage expansion at the GROB plant in Mindelheim Present

Dear colleagues, Dear business partners and friends of Grob, „Congratulations on your birthday, Dr. Grob!“ of up to 25% going forward. The target of breaking the sales „sound barrier“ of a billion euros in 2013 is getting ever closer. Christian Grob, Margret Grob, Dr. H.C. Burkhart Grob (from left to right) GROB has been on a steady upward trend since last year. Our specialized expertise and ultra efficiency combined with a positive economic environment are driving growth. During the last 12 months, our company has once again made huge strides forward in important fields – starting from what...

GROB technology news GROB launches technology offensive in the face of changing market demands New compact linear gantry with high dynamics The loading and unloading of the part changer takes place on GROB‘s newlydeveloped linear gantry. It is much more compact and smaller than previous solutions. The height of the X-beam above the floor is just under 3.20m, considerably lower than before. One new development is the vertical mounting of the carriage and the loading arm on large runners beneath the X-beam. The already tried and tested technology of the loading arm with parallel kinematics has...

GROB Production Squaring the circle? assembly, machine assembly, commissioning and also in all peripheral departments, such as logistics, production planning and control, purchasing). New working time patterns will, of course, have to be introduced to the machining department, i.e. an additional night shift on Friday as well as an expansion of shift patterns for all machines. Hall 8 – completed in 2009 and at the heart of the GROB production process If we are to accommodate our customers‘ demanding requirements and also manufacture products of the very highest quality, the operational processes...

GROB medical welfare Occupational health moves to ultra-modern premises GROB training DAK health insurers sponsor healthcare day in the training department GROB‘s training department devotes a lot of time to occupational health issues, especially those concerning young people. The last healthcare day organized by GROB training department took place in February of 2010. It was sponsored by DAK Mindelheim, a health insurance company, and the local traffic police. The day focused on the risks associated with alcohol. Medical provision at GROB – the most up-to-date of its kind in the region Nicole...

Workplace safety at GROB All eyes on site audits GROB IN CHINA 100 days in Dalian Building sites Baustellen AUDIT Arbeitssicherheit Workplace safety This year the staff running the Occupational Health Management System have been carrying out site audits, paying special attention to „workplace safety“. This is a particularly important issue, because on our external sites, we are concerned not just for the safety of our own workers, but also for the safety of employees working for outside companies and for our customers. Against the background of a rapidly developing awareness of safety issues...

GROB Sales Global Sales going in a new direction New engine generations, new drive assemblies and new transmissions from nearly all automotive manufacturers have led to an above average increase in the worldwide demand for production facilities. This development came as no surprise to GROB. For a long time – and precisely for this reason – our global sales have been heading in a new direction. What was becoming clear at the start of 2010, i.e. the development of new engines, drive assemblies – partly hybrids – and new generations of transmission systems, became a reality in 2011. Since the summer...

GROB Group The GROB Group strives for rapid growth in North and South America The North American automotive industry is emerging from the financial crisis and order books in Brazil are filling up with some valuable, automotive-related orders. GROB plants in Bluffton and Sao Paulo are clearly in good shape for the forthcoming turnaround and they expect to achieve a secure level of production output by the end of 2012. The crisis in the North American and South American automotive industry is finally over. The recovery did not come to North America until the fall of 2010; South America had to wait...

We‘re here for you - all around the world GROB RUSSLAND Moscow, Russia GROB MACHINE TOOLS Wellesbourne, Great Britain GROB-WERKE Mindelheim, Germany GROB MACHINE TOOLS Beijing, China GROB SYSTEMS Bluffton, Ohio, USA GROB MACHINE TOOLS Dalian, China GROB KOREA Seoul, South Korea GROB MACHINE TOOLS Shanghai, China GROB MEXICO Querétaro, Mexico GROB MACHINE TOOLS Hyderabad, India B. GROB DO BRASIL São Paulo, Brazil Mindelheim plant Bluffton plant Dalian plant GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG Mindelheim, Germany Tel.: +49 8261 996-0 Fax: +49 8261 996-268 E-Mail: [email protected] B. GROB DO BRASIL S.A....