GROB International 02/12
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DEAR COLLEAGUES, DEAR COLLEAGUES, dear business partners, friends of GROB, nary level of investment in our plants in São Paulo and Bluffton and, not least, the new Hall 9 in Mindelheim and the construction of the H10 logistics hall and the B5 office building. The total investment drive was worth well over 170 million US$. (Right to left) Dr. h.c. Burkhart Grob, Margret Grob, Christian Grob 2012 was one of the most successful years in the company‘s history and for now the high point of a five-year upswing. In the five years since 2007, our company has undergone fundamental change. Key...

GROB Technology Leading role in technological innovation extended At the International Exhibition for Metalworking (AMB) event in Stuttgart in September of this year, GROB showcased not just its newly-developed G550T mill-and-turn machine but also, for the first time, its intelligent spindle nose, both of which provided impressive proof of the company‘s claim to be in the vanguard of technological innovation. The response from the trade and the media was very positive. G550 + intelligent innovation = G550T The basis for the G550T is the tried-andtested G550 universal machine. To mill and...

GROB Production Major production shake-up in Mindelheim Order and shipping volumes doubling; a re-organization of almost all production areas in the shortest time possible, no interruptions to an expanding output and a 20 per cent increase in personnel. This was the challenging situation that the entire Mindelheim workforce faced at the end of last year. More than a Herculean task, which – it has to be said – was accomplished without a hitch. A new plant structure needs detailed planning In mid-2011, that was the position and those were the key facts and the main considerations behind...

Dec12 GROB Service Strong connections to the customer From field installations to after-sales marathons – service at GROB means much more than just the maintenance and repair of the sophisticated production lines and the state-of-theart universal machines worth more than 4 million euros that leave the four GROB plants every day. It‘s a task which demands a high level of technical knowledge on the part of our service staff, plus streamlined logistics and above all a high level of commitment. Even though the service department is considered to be the final link in the production chain and few...

GROB ANNIVERSARIES Honoring the company's top ambassadors Anniversary celebrations Josef Adam Mechanik Detailkonstruktion Stefan Albrecht Mechanik Detailkonstruktion Manfred Bauer Fertigung Fuhrungsbett/Stander Michael Baur Vormontage Elektro Stefan Bleyer Inbetriebnahme Mechanik Hubert Blochl Elektrokonstruktion Sabine Bock Mechanik Detailkonstruktion Michael Burianski Inbetriebnahme Mechanik Norbert Dimpfl Fluidinstallation Karl Donderer Mechanik Entwurfskonstruktion Christian Dzalbs GROB Dalian Hubert Eisenschmid After Sales Service Anton EndreG Inbetriebnahme Elektrik Christian Frey...

GROB Training GROB vocational training gets top ratings school), a multi-pronged recruitment campaign using all the latest media channels, through to the GROB Training Information Week just before the application stage – so all-in-all a varied combination of information sources. The new generation of GROB apprentices on their “Onwards and upwards together“ getting to know you field trip at Klosterwald, near Ottobeuren, Germany Increasing numbers of applicants despite the difficult demographics. The number of apprenticeship places with GROB is at a historically high level. The battle for the...

The production systems business Supplier to the new VW plant in Siláo AWARDS Two top awards mark a successful year for GROB manufacturers representing production system suppliers of metal cutting systems, and were able to report on the innovations implemented in the General Motors transmission project, strategic partnerships and energy efficiency. In the end, a total of thirty companies in various categories won awards as best suppliers for 2011. Alongside four other companies, GROB, the only machine tool construction company, received the special Breakthrough and Innovations Award for its...

GROB branches Worldwide investment in sales pays off Universal machines Five years after their launch – a specialized technology center in the new Hall 9 Jörg Wagner (7th from left) with his team in Mexico motive and supplier industry.“ Mexico is once again proving to be an attractive and cost-effective location from which to supply the US market. It is no surprise that in 2012 the Mexican automotive industry once again increased its production numbers and export share from last year. 2013 is expected to be another record year. The growth of the automotive industry in Mexico and other...

B. GROB do Brasil Record sales translates into excellent prospects GROB Bluffton Booming auto industry lifts GROB Systems cost savings. Compared to the previous year, B. GROB do Brasil‘s productivity has increased by 5 – 10 per cent, the reason being major projects from the automotive industry and a standardized production program based on the G-module. Artist‘s impression of administration block after renovation A stabilizing US economy, a booming automotive industry and the completion of extensive renovation and construction at GROB‘s Bluffton plant are all signs of an extremely...

HERE FOR YOU AROUND THE WORLD GROB RUSSLAND Moscow, Russia GROB MACHINE TOOLS Birmingham, Great Britain GROB-WERKE Mindelheim, Germany GROB HUNGARIA Györ, Hungary 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: info@de.grobgroup.com B....