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SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG

Bahnhofstr. 106-134 74348 Lauffen am Neckar Baden-Wuerttemberg Mike Mayer / Global Key Account Manager +49-7133-103-2658 +49-7133-103-952658 info@de.schunk.com www.schunk.com

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approx. 3,500 1945

Automation and equipment for robots and production machines used in the life sciences areas: | MedDevices:

Robotics and automation in the human environment (e.g. surgical robots or rehabilitation devices) | MedTech:

Manufacturing and handling of medical consumables and products | Laboratory Automation:

Handling in laboratory processes and analytical procedures | Pharma:

Handling and automation in pharmaceutical production

SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG of Lauffen/Neckar is a German family-owned company and global player in one. The company was founded in 1945 by Friedrich Schunk as a mechanical workshop and has developed under the leadership of Heinz-Dieter Schunk into a competence and world market leader for gripping systems and clamping technology. Today, the company is run by third-generation siblings Kristina I. Schunk and Henrik A. Schunk. More than 3,500 employees in 9 plants and 34 directly owned subsidiaries and distribution partners in more than 50 countries throughout the world ensure an intensive market presence.

Largest Assortment of Standard Components

With 11,000 standard components, SCHUNK offers the world’s largest assortment of gripping systems and clamping technology from one source and with 2,550 SCHUNK grippers, the largest product range of standard gripping components on the market. The complete programme of gripping systems comprises more than 4,000 components. SCHUNK has pushed digitisation of its portfolio forward for years now, ensuring that users can plan their processes efficiently, transparently, and economically. They also benefit from SCHUNK’s comprehensive application knowledge, which is consistently growing, focusing on innovative fields of application where automation can be applied.

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Life-Sciences Partner with Application Know-how

As an experienced automation specialist, SCHUNK is a reliable partner for plant manufacturers and automation companies in life sciences sectors such as MedDevices, MedTech, Laboratory Automation, and Pharma. Here industrial automation makes a significant contribution to solving medical challenges and, with its automated, intelligent manufacturing processes, ensures reliable, standardised, or individualised medical care for people. The high-tech components from SCHUNK hold a key position in this. Portfolios tailored to specific requirements offer suitable products for all life sciences applications. With its extensive product range and decades of application know-how, the world market leader helps to ensure that sensitive manufacturing processes are safe, reliable, and economical.

SCHUNK’s life science portfolio includes grippers, rotary modules, linear modules as well as sensor components and robot accessories. Due to its extensive application experience, SCHUNK already offers ISO cleanroomcertified components, components configured with H1 greases (FDA certificate), ATEX products and protective covers in its standard portfolio. Proven existing products such as the high-performance parallel gripper PGNplus-P and the miniature gripper MGP-plus have been optimized for medical use. In addition to the standard products, SCHUNK also offers modified versions and customer solutions tailored to specific requirements. A team of specialists implements individual automation applications from planning to certification in close cooperation with the customer.