SCHUNK

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SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG

Type	Corporation
Founded	Lauffen/Neckar, Germany (1945)
Headquarters	Lauffen/Neckar, Germany
Key people	Managing Directors: President SCHUNK USA: Vice President SCHUNK USA: Ron Wright
Products	Toolholding, Workholding & Automation
Number of employees	over 2800 worldwide
Website	schunk.com

SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG is a multinational manufacturing company, based principally in Germany and in the United States. The company operates in more than 50 countries with wholly owned subsidiaries, including manufacturing locations in Germany, USA, Italy and Switzerland^[1] as well as distribution partners all over the world.

Company profile[]

SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG of Lauffen/Neckar is a German family-owned company. The company was founded in 1945 by Friedrich Schunk as a mechanical workshop and has developed under the leadership of Heinz-Dieter Schunk to a supplier for gripping and clamping systems.^[2] Today, the company is run by the third generation siblings Henrik A. Schunk and Kristina I. Schunk. The complete program of gripping systems comprises more than 4,000 components.^[3] The main customers are all manufacturing companies with assembly, handling and metal-cutting processes. The customer base includes mechanical engineering, robotics, automation and assembly handling companies, and many automotive brands and their suppliers.

Products[]

• Lathe chucks and chuck jaws
• Stationary workholding
• Magnetic workholding devices
• Toolholding systems
• Special hydraulic expansion technology
• Pneumatic gripping systems (also wireless with EnOcean-technology)
• Rotary pneumaticmodules
• Magnetic handling devices
• Robot accessories
• Linear modules
• Mechatronic modules
• Special automation
• Industry solutions

References[]

External links[]

• www.schunk.com
• www.schunk.de
• www.in.schunk.com