History

With a workforce of actually around 330 employees at the headquarters in Pforzheim and the partner companies Josef Ganter Feinmechanik in Dauchingen as well as Bächler Feintech AG und Gehring Cut AG in Switzerland, we belong to the Klingel Holding GmbH and operate under the roof of the Klingel medical metal group.  KLINGEL medical metal counts among the leading manufacturers of metal medical technology products today. As specialists in the precision processing of materials with low machinability, we have grown steadily in step with our long-standing and very close customer relations.
Important milestones in the company’s history:

1986 Helmut Klingel founds the company

1991 The company relocates to Hanauer Straße 7, Pforzheim (plant I);12 employees

1999 The production area is increased to 3,400 m2; 54 employees

2000 Certification to DIN EN ISO 9001

2006 Relocation to Hanauer Straße 6 (plant II); increase in the production area to 6,500 m2; 150 employees; certification to DIN EN ISO 13485

2008 ImproManagement Gmbh was established as representative company of Impro Dental implant system

2013 Development of other areas of application in medical technology. Laser beam welding is added to the company’s range of production know-how

2014 Relocation to Hanauer Straße 8 (plant III); increase in the production area to 9,400 m2 with assemby and electropolishing department

2014 The head company changes its name to “KLINGEL medical metal GmbH” and undergoes rebranding

2015 Certification acc. to

- DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 (quality management system, production of mechanical parts,     component manufacture and assembly)

- EN ISO 13485:2012 (contract production and assembly of mechanical components for medical technology applications, including dental products and implants made of titanium)

2015 acquisition of Josef Ganter Feinmechanik in Dauchingen

2018 approx. 350 employees work in a production area of 11,200 m2 (including all plants)

Certification acc. to DIN EN ISO 13485:2016
Klingel medical metal acquires Gehring Cut AG in Matzingen/Switzerland

2019 Acquisition of Bächler Feintech AG, Hölstein/Schweiz
All four partner companies can look back on 250 years of experience in metal manufacturing under the roof of the Klingel medical metal group
21.000 m² production space and around 600 employees over all four locations