FOCUS ON STAMPING
STAMPING SOLUTIONS
KLEINER GmbH is a family-owned business in Pforzheim that specialises in precision stamped parts for industry sectors including e-mobility , telecommunications and medical technology .
Thomas and Jutta Kleiner with their three sons Rico , Daniel and David .
A high-performance stamped tool made by KLEINER .
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company that embodies the idea of the family business is KLEINER GmbH in Pforzheim , Germany . Located at the heart of the stamping industry in southwestern Germany , it develops and manufactures tools , precision-stamped parts and more , using Bruderer precision stamping presses .
Thomas Kleiner laid the foundations for the business in 1985 in Königsbach-Stein , just outside Pforzheim . The company moved to Eisingen in 1998 in what is now “ factory II ”. Since 2008 , the family business has located its headquarters on a 18,000m ² site in Pforzheim next to the Pforzheim West motorway exit .
The company offers constructive design of parts and assemblies . Firmly established series processes include cleaning , mechanical assembly and the fully automatic foil bonding of stamped parts .
KLEINER headquarters in Pforzheim , Germany .
“ KLEINER has 39 Bruderer stamping presses in operation , with none more than ten years old .”
Our products are now primarily used in electric vehicles , which means that we ’ re in a strong position for the future , despite rising oil prices
2D and 3D design ; prototyping ; EDM / erosion ; grinding ; milling and toolmaking are all inhouse departments , and the company employs its own development engineers for complete flexibility .
Even for the company ’ s own vehicles , the focus is on e-mobility .
A family business
Thomas Kleiner runs the business with fellow managing director Joachim Hartrumpf , as well as Christian Hamann and Frank Chojinski who are authorised signatories . The succession plan is very much in place , with Kleiner ’ s three sons Rico , Daniel and David already well established in the firm .
All three have taken on different roles , based on their respective talents and preferences . Rico , the eldest , trained as an industrial engineer , majoring in business management . After his studies , he worked as a consultant for a reputed SAP business and is now the driving force behind KLEINER ’ s digitalisation . He acquired comprehensive IT expertise during his Masters ’ studies by spending several semesters abroad , including in the USA , France and Sweden .
The two younger sons are twins . David trained to become a tool manufacturer and studied to the equivalent of Master ’ s level as an engineer and business economist – the ideal preparation for him to fit into KLEINER ’ s production team . Daniel , meanwhile , earned an MBA in Information Systems from the University of Utah , having previously studied purchasing and logistics in Germany . Before
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