Company

Since 1943, KNÖDLER in Ostfildern-Ruit has had only one concern: to support its customers with the best possible and most efficient drive solutions for their requirements.

When it comes to drive expertise, you are in the right hands with us. Over the years, KNÖDLER has developed from a gearbox manufacturer to a specialist for complete drive solutions in all areas of mechanical engineering. We provide comprehensive advice and take time for you and your individual requirements. We show you new possibilities and implement your technical specifications economically and effectively. Thanks to many years of experience and close customer contact, we at KNÖDLER-GETRIEBE GmbH & Co. KG know what is important and have set ourselves the goal of implementing every customer request to their complete satisfaction.

Entrepreneurial action means future-oriented action. As a family business, KNÖDLER has been committed to this principle since its early years. Of course, this includes our core business, but as a holistic approach it goes far beyond customer and employee orientation. We are committed to our responsibility to society.

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Long-term, partnership-based and successful cooperation with our customers is our top priority and determines everything we do. To this end, we not only contribute our many years of expertise, but also see it as our most important task to recognize the needs and expectations of our customers with foresight and act accordingly.

Our employees are the source of our success. With their commitment and qualifications, they have been doing professional work for years. We are committed to the well-being of our employees and support them in all areas so that our customers can continue to expect excellent and innovative services in the future.

We see creating apprenticeships as a corporate responsibility. As a training company, we fulfill our social responsibility to society. We offer young people the opportunity to train in a variety of professions.

We are constantly optimizing our technical and business processes and can therefore guarantee the environmentally friendly manufacture of our products. In this way, we not only meet the high expectations of our customers, but also make an active contribution to protecting the environment. This is underlined by our EN ISO 14001 certification, which confirms our commitment to environmentally conscious management.

With our many years of experience in the design, construction and production of complete drive solutions, we are a reliable partner for manufacturers and operators of systems in many industrial sectors. It is our declared aim not only to maintain our high technology standards, but also to continuously improve them and develop new innovative solutions.

From the grist mill to the perfect drive solution

1943

Company founded by Christian Knödler at the age of 57, profession: Iron turner Machinery: 1 lathe Contract manufacturing

1946

Entry of sons Kurt and Albert, establishment of a “business”

1946 – 1958

Contract manufacturing, but always with a strong desire to produce “own products”, e.g. construction hoists, machine vices, extended workbenches, etc.

1958

Development of a pressure oil gearbox

1960 – 1970

Concentration on pressure oil gearboxes with 5 sizes from 0.5 to 30 hp, growth to approx. 70 employees, land purchases and investments in machinery and equipment as a prerequisite for later growth

1973 – 1982

Further development of the products pressure oil gearboxes, friction gearboxes series F and FK, mechanically infinitely variable gearboxes

1977

Construction of a new industrial hall in Riedstrasse in Ostfildern-Ruit with 2,000 square meters of production space

1982

Conversion of Knödler OHG into a limited liability company

1988

Renovation and extension of the Schönbuchstrasse headquarters in Ostfildern-Ruit

1990

Development of shaft-mounted and bevel helical gearboxes with torques from 200 to 200,000 Nm, for connecting all common motor types

1993

Development of extruder gearboxes in a modular system, 14 sizes with power ranges from 5 to 800 kW

1995

Development of a gearbox series for injection molding machines, with water-cooled motors, as a replacement for hydraulic motors, 11 sizes with torques from 1,200 to 100,000 Nm

1995 – 2002

Expansion of the product range with special gearboxes such as shift spur gears, transfer cases with up to 21 output shafts, etc.

1999

Expansion of the Riedstrasse production hall by 1,400 square meters

2002

Development of the CMG compact geared motor series, with 4-fold servo motor, outputs from 10 to 1,000 kW

2009

Development of the ZS series as a complete unit for injection and plasticizing on injection moulding machines

2011

Transformation of K. & A. Knödler GmbH into KNÖDLER-GETRIEBE GmbH & Co. KG

2012

Further development of the CMG series with modular water-cooled individual motors and new cooling concept

2013

Further development of the ZS series with the ZS-C clamping unit drive and the ZS-E ejector drive

2014

In order to increase efficiency, the ZS-I/FZ and ZS-C series are being further developed for the installation of individual servomotors.

2015

Construction of a new industrial hall in Senefelderstrasse, enabling the concentration of warehousing, assembly and dispatch at one location.

2017

The ZS series drives go into series production.

2018

Ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new administration building.

2020

Relocation of the administration to the new company building at Riedstrasse 17.