How do we realize it?

The head office of Klöcker Bros. in Borken, Germany, is still focusing extensive investments in properties and buildings, but also in the following sectors:

tool design and construction,
information technology,
electronic component insertion automation,
stamping technology,
vibratory grinding,
abrasive flow machining technology,
injection moulding,
chip removing manufacturing and
logistics.

Since Klöcker is working with graduates in business management, mechanical and electrical engineers, mechatricians and information scientists, turnover related development expenses of 21 % are realized every year.

On the one hand, as an OEM-supplier, Klöcker’s engineering department supports all well-known weaving machine manufacturers even during the planning and project phase of new leno devices for high performance weaving machines. Many years of experience, valuable contributions of our employees, state of the art CAD work stations which of course cover three-dimensional construction, flexible processing centers with up to five axes and electric wire and vertical discharge machines allow manufacturing of stamping, follow-up cutting or complex injection moulding tools for various internal applications in a short period of time. Klöcker’s division for sample construction is equipped with conventional machinery and assures fast availability of sample and zero series. Thus, expensive misplannings and call-back campaigns may be avoided.

On the other hand, Klöcker designed and manufactured tools for own purposes for several decades. The profound know-how we have gained in this area now has become the basis for our new field of acitivity: We enlarged our service range by tool design and engineering. Extensive investments in machines, highly qualified employees and reliable C-technologies complete our new department in Weseke, Germany. Thus, we succeeded in taking the necessary step into this new field of diversification bearing in mind the competition of the BRIC-nations Brazil, Russia, India and China in the worldwide textile markets which is getting stronger day by day.

In order to live up to the increasingly growing demands on international communication, just-in-time based production planning and coordination as well as controlling, only the latest information technology is used at the sites in Germany and Indonesia. Klöcker principally works with high performance industrial computers in a so-called storage-area-network on fail-over-clustering basis maintenance of which is assured by Klöcker employees only. This state-of-the-art technology ensures the prompt availability of all company relevant data in different workplaces across the countries.

In the largest of Klöcker’s three production halls in Borken and in a separated pollution-free atmosphere, Klöcker produces both conventional and flexible electronic circuit boards mainly on SMD-basis using component insertion automation subject to the latest technology. Vapor-phase soldering machines guarantee the highest possible process precision and thus convincing, constant quality at the same time.

In this respect, responsibility is taken by Klöcker’s internal development department being also in charge of the assemblies’ layout and all necessary hardware-related programming. The production exclusively covers own requirements.

Klöcker’s stamping experience primarily complies with individual customer requests and covers an operating field of up to 630 kN. Fully automatic, electronically supervised stamping presses treat metal bands of different quality. A consequent realization of quality regulations according to a certified quality management system and a careful selection of raw material suppliers assure an impeccable delivery service.

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