Revenue € 330 million (2009) Headquarters Eppingen, Germany Founded 1873 | Website dieffenbacher.com Number of employees 1,600 Type of business GmbH + Co. KG | |
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Industry Machinery manufacturing Key people Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher, CEO Subsidiaries Sunds MDF Technologies AB Profiles | ||
Dieffenbacher is an internationally active group of companies that develops and manufactures press systems and complete production systems for the wood panel industry, the automotive and composites industries.
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The Company
The company supplies everything from a single source and develops all the components that are decisive for the production process within the group of companies. More than 70% of the products and services are exported. The group is certified in according to the quality directives DIN EN ISO 9001 and VDA 6.4. The company is family owned with more than 135 years of experience.
History
In 1873 at the age of 26 locksmith Jakob Dieffenbacher set up his own business in Eppingen. By the 1880s hearths, ovens and safes were being produced, some of which can still be found in numerous credit institutions in the North Baden region.
The development in the beginning of the 20th century resulted in the need for a larger factory, as the company located at the center of the historic city became too small. A spacious factory for constructing hydraulic fruit, wine and oil presses was built. After the Second World War the Dieffenbacher group specialized in heavy equipment construction and could gain ground in the timber industry in 1954. The first chipboard and inlay presses were built. Furthermore, plywood facilities and pattern facilities to refine chipboards were adopted in the product range. In the mid-60’s Dieffenbacher developed a spotting press with pivoting slide plates and extendable desk. This type of press is the precursor of today’s tryout press. From 1960’s onwards Dieffenbacher built presses for fiber-reinforced polyester plastic processing and became the market leader of this branch in the 1970s. With the entry of Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher as managing director in 1980 the development to a complete system manufacturer and the internationalization of the company with numerous start-ups, acquisitions and worldwide expansion of sales offices and service-centers. The Dieffenbacher group is represented in 22 locations worldwide today.