Diversification by broaching machines

Break through to special purpose machine manufacturing by the supply of the first broaching transfer line for shift rods to the car manufacturer Adam Opel AG

Production facilities of the car manufacturer Volkswagen AG by 13 broaching machines for CV joint production

Supply of 12 chain-type broaching machines and broach sharpening machines for the broaching of railway sleepers having been used for the Baikal-Amur-railway in Russia

Production facilities of the car manufacturer Daimler-Benz AG by 15 broaching machines for CV joint production

First CNC controlled horizontal external broaching machine with 5 NC axis to broach turbine and compressor discs.

Vertical external broaching machine with automatic tool changer and 8 NC axis to broach turbine discs up to 2400 mm in diameter and 8.5 tons in weight

Broaching machine no. 100 supplied for the brake manufacturing

Diversification by hydraulically driven table-up broaching machines in the range of internal broaching

Supply of one horizontal external broaching machine and several vertical external broaching machines with automatic tool changing systems

Diversification by electromechanically driven table-up broaching machines in the range of internal broaching.

Acquisition by the companies ARTHUR KLINK GmbH and KARL KLINK GmbH, formation of the new companies LAPOINTE GmbH and HOFFMANN Räumtechnik GmbH and the competence centres for the broaching of turbine components in the turbine industry (HOFFMANN & LAPOINTE) and brake components in the automotive industry (HOFFMANN).

Supply of 8 horizontal and 5 vertical external broaching machines to gas turbine manufacturers throughout the world. Further machines are still in work.