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News - 2007
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02-15-2007 -
The continued high demand for products "made in Germany" worldwide is reflected by the business development of SCHUNK in Germany, the specialist for toolholding, workholding and automation components. In the business year 2006, the family-owned company managed to increase the consolidated turnover of the group according to IAS by 17.6 percent to reach 150 million EURO. For the current business year 2007, SCHUNK expects a growth of 15 percent. 12 percent of this growth is expected to come from the domestic market and 18 percent from export. Currently, SCHUNK employs 1,450 employees worldwide.
"Quality made in Germany has still an excellent reputation all over the world" confirms Heinz-Dieter Schunk, President of the SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG. An export quota of approximately 40 percent confirms this fact. "In case of high precision applications, the interaction of innovative R&D know-how, long experience, best material and maximum manufacturing quality are essential for being successful in the market", states the owner of the family-owned business in Germany. Therefore SCHUNK counts on the art of engineering, manufacturing knowledge and raw materials made in Germany.
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SCHUNK is the worldwide market-leader in toolholding and workholding technology and one of the largest suppliers of automation products. 21 subsidiaries open up the markets all around the globe. An extensive product range of high precision toolholding systems, efficient and intelligent solutions for workpiece clamping as well as the world’s largest program of standard chuck jaws convinces not only machine builders and suppliers of complete installations but also suppliers of fine mechanics, companies in the wood and medical industry, in the automotive industry and wind power plants. In the area of automation SCHUNK is an efficient development partner for the most diverse industries. From standardized to individual gripping modules, from rotary and swivel units to linear modules, from robot accessories to complete functional assembly systems, SCHUNK offers everything from one source.
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SCHUNK Anthropomorphic Hand SAH
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Just one example for innovation "Made in Germany”: The SCHUNK Anthropomorphic Hand" (SAH) is designed for special applications in the area of service robots in domestic and industrial surroundings (i.e. hospitals). Based on a study of the German Center for Aerospace (DLR) and the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), SCHUNK advanced this hand together with these institutions to design a 4-finger concept, that will allow anthropoid gripping movements.
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TRIBOS-Mini
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SCHUNK is a worldwide demanded partner when special industry solutions are required. Precision toolholders from Lauffen/Germany are used for watches and in the medical industry in order to achieve high accuracy within microns.
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