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Award ceremony TOP 100: (left to right) Frank Schwenker (Faulhaber), Herbert Wallner (Faulhaber), Ranga Yogeshwar (TOP 100) and Rainer Bessey (Faulhaber).
At the limits of the technically feasible:
Masterpieces of precision engineering and electromechanics In 2018, the independent, family-run Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Schönaich (State of Baden-Wuerttemberg), was successful in the competition ‘Factory of the Year’ in the category Excellent Small Series Assembly. In the same year, the drive specialist was selected to be among the TOP 100 most innovative small and medium-sized companies in Germany. The company impressed the TOP 100 jury particularly in the category Innovation success. TEXT: VOLKER BECK I PHOTOS: FAULHABER
Founded in 1947, Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG today offers the most extensive range of miniature and micro drive systems available from a single source worldwide. Customers can choose from over 25 million variations to find their perfect drive system for a particular application, consisting of motors, gearheads, linear components, encoders, drive electronics and accessories.
constantly further develop our highperformance base technologies with focus on future requirements. We operate at the limits of what is technically feasible. In doing so, we strategically invest in research and development as well as in modern process and production technologies and strive to set new standards with innovative products,“ says CEO Dr. Thomas Bertolini.
Aerospace, aviation, factory automation, robotics, industrial tools or medical and laboratory equipment – drive systems from Faulhaber can be found almost everywhere. The inventiveness of the Swabian firm is particularly evident in the development of special, customer-specific solutions.
“We always strive to deliver orders within two weeks, beginning at a batch size of one piece,” states Hubert Renner, head of production. To achieve that goal, the production is synchronised over five plants in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and the United States and assembled as a customer-specific solution. The fully automated production up to highest assembly hierarchy in Schönaich (the final products are assembled manually) has been awarded with the Factory of the Year
“It is our philosophy to always be technologically ahead by a nose length. We are pioneers, look beyond the horizon and
award in the category Excellent Small Series Assembly. “The requirements and wishes of our customers are the central driving force. The basis for trustful and successful cooperation is dialogue. By means of continuous exchange between ourselves and our customers, it is possible to fully understand specific requirements and problems and to jointly and efficiently provide solutions,” explains Dr. Thomas Bertolini. www.faulhaber.com Headquarters.
Dr. Thomas Bertolini, CEO (left) and Hubert Renner, head of production (right).
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