Klingel acquires the packaging company Puracon
Pforzheim, 2 December 2020. Klingel medical metal group acquires 100 percent of the shares in Puracon GmbH of the Tübingen-based medical technology investor SHS. By acquiring the Rosenheim medical technology specialist, Klingel complements its value-added chain by sterile packaging services including validation.
Start of vocational training with Klingel
Pforzheim, 1 September 2020. Dear trainees of Klingel medical metal in Pforzheim, welcome! We wish you a successful start for your professional life.
Award as a 1A training company of the IHK
Pforzheim, 11 March 2020. The medical technology company Klingel medical metal GmbH in Pforzheim has been awarded the quality seal “1A Ausbildungsbetrieb” [Excellent training company] by the Industrie- und Handelskammer Nordschwarzwald (IHK) [Northern Black Forest Chamber of Industry and Commerce]. According to Georg Milo, the training officer of the IHK, only 79 of a total of 4,000 companies in the Nordschwarzwald may currently bear this seal, which is also unique in this form in all of Germany. “The companies that are awarded the seal must offer more than the legislator requires,” says Milo at the award ceremony for the certificate in the presence of managing partner Ralf Petrawitz (left), the two heads of vocational training Patrick Gauss (Klingel medical metal, fourth from the left) and Sascha Döring (Josef Ganter Feinmechanik, second from the right), Catarina Haberstroh (management assistant and marketing manager, right) and the trainees of the two precision engineering firms.
Instructions and measures for dealing with COVID-19
Pforzheim, 27 February 2020. As a market leader in the medical sector, Klingel medical metal GmbH champions the health of people. With the excellent quality of our products, we do not only help maintain health, but restoring it. We are your one-stop shop when it comes to highly complex medical applications.
Because health is important to us.
For our own protection and the protection of our employees, we have called for increased hygiene and appropriate measures against spreading the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past few days:
- Wash your hands thoroughly several times a day and make active use of disinfectant.
- Avoid intensive physical contact with others. A friendly smile combined with a hearty welcome to Klingel medical metal replaces the handshake.
- Avoid touching your face directly with your hands. In particular, avoid touching your mouth, nose and eye area.
- Do you feel unwell? Do you have symptoms of breathlessness, a strong cough or fever? If so, we recommend contacting a doctor immediately.
We would like to request the following from our visitors:
- Please avoid visiting us for the time being, especially if you are currently coming from a high-risk area or country.
- Until further notice, we would like to point out that we will clock all visitors and may ask you to provide information about your current health status.
- If the matter at hand can easily be dealt with by telephone, then we would ask you to do this.
- Please understand that we will not greet you with a handshake if a personal meeting is not avoidable.
The following precautions apply with regard to applicants answering to our job advertisements,:
Due to the current development related to the coronavirus (COVID-19), we have decided not to hold any further interviews in person until further notice. We want to protect both you and us. Nevertheless, we are very interested in getting to know you, of course. Please understand that we will cancel interviews for the time being in isolated cases and will soon offer a telephone appointment to you so as to be able to hold an interview remotely, if possible.
However, we do not have a hiring freeze. Therefore, we are naturally still looking forward to your documents and a pleasant telephone call.
Get safely through the cold season and stay healthy.
Your Klingel medical metal team
Vocational training - endless career opportunities
Pforzheim, 03 February 2020. In this year, the team of Klingel medical metal GmbH once again saw reason to be optimistic with regard to the number of potential trainees. During the vocational training and education fair “Beruf aktuell” in Pforzheim, visitors were not only able to find out about the vocational training for the professions in the machining and metal working sector, but could also admire the high precision in the medical sector with the help of numerous products.
New building/company expansion
We are growing and creating new production areas. You can follow our new construction project (completion at the turn of the year 2019/20) here
New: Klingel collection at Spreadshop
Selected articles in the Klingel design are available now
Klingel medical metal has created its own collection for employees and their relatives that can be ordered online from Spreadshop. If you are interested, you can find selected products such as T-shirts, sweatshirts and various accessories in the shop. They are already delivered as of an order quantity of 1 piece.
Just take a look at shop.spreadshirt.de/klingel-medical-metal/all
Concentrated competence for cardiovascular procedures at ICI meeting in Tel Aviv
The list of sponsors, exhibitors and speakers reads like a “who’s who" of the leading companies and heads from the field of cardiovascular surgery in the medical sector.
Together with about 120 other exhibitors, Klingel medical metal was once again represented at the ICI meeting in Tel Aviv. On 9 and 10 December, key account manager Murat Gülecer and marketing officer Karin Ferenbach presented the range of services offered by the machining specialist, particularly in the area of manufacturing and surface finishing of micro-parts for catheter technology, at the David Intercontinental Hotel. Between the lectures and during the lunch break, the participants had ample opportunity for talks at the company booths in the foyers. Along the Technology Parade, numerous start-up companies demonstrated the power of innovation in the Israeli start-up scene in the medical sector. Thanks to new interesting contacts in the local scene and beyond, the two Klingel representatives were able to finish the two-day congress on a positive note.
Successful presentation at Medical technology Ireland
Key account manager Murat Gülecer was satisfied with the successful participation of Klingel medical metal at the trade fair Medical Technology Ireland in Galway. The machining specialist presented itself to the numerous professionals visiting the trade fair with a booth in the pavilion of sales partner David Schnur Associates on the ground floor of the Galway Racecourse Center again. The precision technology company from Pforzheim showed the full range of its value-added chain and was thus able to make interesting contacts and obtain enquiries from one of the hot spots in the medical sector.
Trainee CSI
Trainees started the new training year with a team event
Which investigator team will solve a mysterious murder case? Who will find the right trail and crucial clues to catch the culprit? Who will even be able to deceive the competing investigator teams or to extract important information from them?
At the start of the new training year 2019/20, the trainees from all four years of the two sister companies Klingel medical metal and Josef Ganter Feinmechanik took on the role of crime scene investigators. In an exciting form of geocaching, the teams followed the clues of their GPS devices to find boxes hidden throughout a vast area, which contained puzzles and clues that helped solve the murder case.
After the mystery adventure, the participants of the team event could take some refreshments in a nearby restaurant.
Klingel medical metal is currently training 22 young men to become cutting machine operators (3.5 years) or as specialists in metal technology (2 years). Josef Ganter has five junior staff members receiving vocational training, spread over three years. Interested parties can already apply for the new training class, which will start in September 2020.
Start of vocational training with Klingel
Four new apprentices are starting their professional life
On September 2, four young adults started their training as cutting machine operators and a specialists in metal technology at Klingel medical metal in Pforzheim. Head of vocational training Patrick Gauss (right) welcomed the new trainees at the start of their first year of vocational training and introduced them to the training workshop as well as the various production departments in the three plants in the industrial area “Altgefäll”. They will pass through all of them in succession in the following years of training. In the first week of training, the focus is on getting to know each other and learning about everyday life in the company. This includes a team event with all four trainee classes, in which they have to complete various tasks in groups.
What is new is that in the future, the best trainees of the third-year class will have the opportunity to visit the two Swiss partner companies Gehring Cut, Matzingen, and Bächler Feintech, Hölstein, in a 14-day exchange. These companies provide vocational training as polymechanics; together with their supervisors, the polymechanics trainees will give their German colleagues insight into their future professional life on site.
We wish our new colleagues a good start in their vocational training.
Employee summer party 2019
On Friday, 5 July, the management of Klingel medical metal GmbH invited all employees to celebrate yet another summer party in the courtyard of plant II.
With ample supply of food and drinks from a bar car and barbecue car and the salad bar in the festival tent, the guests could “take a load off” after their work was done. DJ Thomas Freygang provided musical entertainment.
The management had a special surprise for all participants this time. As a small thank you for their work on the particularly hot days in June, everyone received a straw hat and sunglasses with the company logo.
A special thanks to all helpers preparing everything as well as setting up and taking everything back down under the supervision of Nicole Gräßle and Rolf Knorr.
Honouring of employees celebrating their anniversaries at the summer party
Within the framework of the summer party of this year, the following employees were honoured by the management for their many years of company service:
Thomas Freygang (left) and Arthur Busik (right) each for 25 years and Tanja Anhölcher (not in the photo) for ten years. As a sign of appreciation, managing director Ralf Petrawitz (middle) handed out gift baskets full of great goodies to the employees having a company anniversary, amid the applause of their present colleagues. We congratulate our loyal employees and wish them many more wonderful years to enjoy in the Klingel team.
Klingel team racing at the B2Run again
Great performance at the 5.3 kilometres run through the Karlsruhe Schlosspark
With five runners – including two trainees – Klingel medical metal took part in the B2Run in Karlsruhe for the second time on 4 July. Despite a strong field of runners with more than 9,200 participants from some 450 companies, the team achieved rank 383 of 500 mixed teams in the 5-person mixed ranking with a total running time of 2 h 27 min, with only the top five being included in the ranking. The fastest runner was Domenik Ruppert with 27:33 minutes. Before and after a run of 5.3 kilometres through the Schlosspark, everyone could enjoy the good and relaxed atmosphere, which was greatly helped by the perfect weather. We congratulate our colleagues on the great performance and are already looking forward to the upcoming races next year to keep flying the flag for Klingel medical metal and to do something for our fitness at the same time.
KLINGEL acquires two Swiss medical technology companies
Precision in new dimensions
With the acquisition of two further medical technology companies in Switzerland, KLINGEL medical metal from Pforzheim is once again increasing its capacities and expanding its production and service portfolio in the medical technology market: In December 2018, the specialist for metal precision in medical technology acquired Gehring Cut AG based in Matzingen, Canton of Thurgau, a contractor for the manufacture of surgical instruments and tools for orthopaedics and trauma, and in March 2019, it acquired Bächler Feintech AG based in Hölstein, Canton of Basel Land, a contractor for the manufacture tools and surgical instruments for orthopaedics and dental technology. Josef Ganter Feinmechanik GmbH in Dauchingen has been part of Klingel medical metal group since 2015. This means that the production area across all four plants is increased to around 21,000 m² with over 600 employees.
Great team performance at the AOK company run
With a record turnout of 23 runners and walkers, Klingel medical metal's team has now taken part in the AOK company run in the Enzauenpark for the third time. Trainees Nico Keller, Ardit Maloku, Domenik Ruppert and Dennis Wormer also ventured the approximately five-kilometre-long route after work. Fortunately, the weather had changed in time, and it remained dry all day. A total of around 750 participants – including some with walking poles – took part in the run. After 23:26 minutes, Kevin Petsch was the first of the Klingel team to finish, closely followed by Kristijan Ozvalcic and Jens Broja. Of the Klingel women, Fatma Öteles was the fastest with 29:56 minutes, followed by Karin Ferenbach and Nadine Tournoy. In the team ranking, the fastest four Klingel men took the 28th place out of 70 teams, the fastest four Klingel women were 20th out of 48 teams. Our picture shows the Klingel team before starting and after the finish with medals all runners received. Thanks to all colleagues. We are looking forward to the next team sporting event.
Premiere for Klingel medical metal and Gehring Cut at the T4M in Stuttgart
Pforzheim, 15 May 2019. With around 250 exhibitors and 3000 visitors, the three-day trade fair T4M still has room for growth according to the conclusion drawn by the organizers and exhibitors. At the premiere of the new medical technology trade fair at the Stuttgart site from 7 to 9 May, the sister companies Klingel medical metal and Gehring Cut were also represented under the umbrella of the Klingel medical metal group at the joint booth of Wirtschaft und Stadtmarketing (WSP) Pforzheim for the first time. After a somewhat slower first day of the trade fair, the visitor frequency at the joint booth and also at the two co-exhibitors Klingel medical metal and Gehring Cut noticeably increased on the two following days. Students from the universities in Stuttgart and Pforzheim informed themselves in detail about the member companies of the Pforzheim cluster "Hochform" and their medical application fields and innovative power during their trade fair tour. In addition, promising contacts were made with manufacturers of implants, instruments and tools for orthopaedics and surgical procedures, on which the sales managers of Klingel medical metal and Gehring Cut are now following up.
Final project for the first-year trainee class 2018/19
Congratulations and thanks to all involved!
One-piece ratchet as eye-catcher at the IDS
Pforzheim, 19 March 2019. The increasing number of visitors from abroad also became noticeable at the booth of Klingel medical metal and Josef Ganter Feinmechanik in Hall 4.1. at this year's IDS in Cologne. Visitors from the Eastern European and Arab region in particular made inquiries about the torque ratchets and the manufacturing of new prosthetic parts and implant systems. A hologram projection of the new one-piece torque ratchet by Josef Ganter was a great eye-catcher above the exhibition booth, and we also received actual orders for it, especially for the gold-plated version.
Congratulations on the successful completion of vocational training
After successfully passing the exams to complete their vocational training as cutting machine operators, Antonio Arnone, Orguzhan Kumbicak and Viktor Schall received their journeyman’s certificates from the head of human resources, Ira Jacob. Ms Jacob thanked them for their hard work and encouraged the young talents to continue to apply themselves actively in their new areas of responsibilities in the various department and to work continuously on their professional development. "You have not yet reached the peak of your professional career. Take advantage of your abilities and opportunities", said the head of human resources. The head of vocational training, Patrick Gauss, and human resources officer Franziska Trcek also offered their congratulations Antonio Arnore received a special commendation for very good grades. All three will continue to be employed by Klingel medical metal.
The entire Klingel team looks forward to the upcoming shared tasks and challenges and sends their congratulations for passing the exams.
Successful trade fair appearance in the German Pavilion
For the first time under the umbrella of the German Pavilion, Klingel medical metal was in attendance as an exhibiting company at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West in Anaheim/California from 5 to 7 February 2019. This was the second there was a joint German booth funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Ausstellungs- und Messe-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. [Association of the German Trade Fair Industry] (AUMA) at the largest American trade fair for medical technology suppliers, with twelve exhibitors from the medical technology sector in total.
“Get close and personal” with traineeship opportunities and the professions they lead to
7,000 visitors came to the vocational training and education fair, “Beruf aktuell”, to inform themselves about the possibilities for their future
There was a great crowd of people interested in vocational training in the Pforzheim convention centre on Saturday, 2 February 2019, for the trade fair “Beruf aktuell”. Countless young people, some in the company of their families, crowded and squeezed into the large hall and the adjacent rooms. Among the more than 200 exhibitors, Klingel medical metal was again in attendance with an attractive booth and the most recent information. Those who were interested were able to obtain first-hand information about the professions “cutting machine operator" and “specialist for metal technology”, which require vocational training.
The head of vocational training, Patrick Gauss, and two trainees as well as colleagues from the human resources department were there to answer the prospective new trainees’ questions. Currently, 22 trainees are undergoing vocational training with Klingel. If you are still looking for a traineeship for 2019 or are already looking for 2020, please feel free to contact us at bewerben@klingel-med.de . Furthermore, applications for our vacancies are also welcome at any time if you are interested in one of them.
Donation to children’s hospice
Klingel employees donate the proceeds from the Christmas raffle to “Sterneninsel”
It was with great joy that the “Sterneninsel” received the donations of the Klingel employees. The latter had donated a certain amount for each winning ticket for their participation in the Christmas raffle. Tinka Barth from the human resources department handed the collected €279 to Simone Hochmuth during their visit to the hospice service for children and adolescents.
The full-time and volunteer employees of the “Sterneninsel" offer free support and companionship to families in which a child or a parent is terminally ill and also accompany the families after their death to support them in their grief. Without the many donations, such great work would not be possible to this extent. As a small thank you, Tinka Barth, as the representative of the donors, received a handmade angel.
Anniversaries and goodbyes
As part of the company’s Christmas party in this year on 7 December, some employees were honoured for their many years in the company’s employment. We had to say goodbye to some employees who have reached retirement age. They, too, were honoured for their many years of dedicated service with a lot of applause and a gift basket.
Our picture shows (from the left) the honourees Gerhard Bayer (retiring after 18 years with the company), Karl Busch (retiring after 12 years), Günter Biehlmeier (retiring after 30 years) and Alexander Grauberger (celebrating his 30th year with us) together with managing director Ralf Petrawitz (in the centre of the picture). The picture does not show the honourees Waldemar Schimpf who is retiring after 15 years with the company, and Wolfgang Haug who is retiring after eight years. A special award was presented to Herwig Haller, who has not taken a single sick day since 2005.
Interesting professional discussions at the ICI meeting
After its great début in the last year, Klingel medical metal was once again in attendance at the ICI-Meeting in Tel Aviv as an exhibiting company. The two-day professional forum in the David Intercontinental Convention Center was once again an ideal place to make new contacts in the Israeli medical technology sector.
In addition to the well-known large medical technology groups and their development departments, there are also many young companies looking for experienced and reliable suppliers for their new and further developments. As Klingel medical metal has already successfully produced components for cardiovascular systems of well-known manufacturers and showed this at its booth, there was plenty to talk about and many interesting discussions ensued. If nothing else, the growth potential of the medical technology sector in Israel and the scientific standard of the talks and lectures once again highlighted the significance of this congress.
A successful re-entry for Klingel medical metal at COMPAMED
The two major leading trade fairs in medical technology from 12 to 15 November in Düsseldorf reported about 120,000 trade visitors. 5,273 exhibitors from 66 countries and more than 80 percent international participation meant that MEDICA achieved new top results. With 783 exhibitors from 40 countries, COMPAMED, with a focus on the medical suppliers market, seamlessly achieved similar top results.
Increasing our presence in the US market: Klingel attends MD&M Minneapolis again
As in the previous year, Klingel medical metal was present at the MD&M in Minneapolis, which is one of the largest international trade fairs for medical components, devices and equipment. On both days of the trade fair, on 31 October and 1 November, more than 600 exhibitors as well as about 5,500 visitors in total were counted. Klingel was able to establish a number of new contacts in the American medical sector. They included the fields of endoscopy, cardiovascular systems, 3D printing and micro implants.
Maintaining contact with important target markets at the Medical Technology Ireland
For the second time, Klingel medical metal took part in the Medical Technology Ireland trade fair in Galway. The OEM manufacturer had already been among the exhibitors back in September 2017, when the trade fair opened its gates for the first time. Within only two years, the Medical Technology Ireland has developed into the second biggest trade fair in Europe. 200 exhibitors and 1200 visitors came to the Galway Racecourse on 27 and 28 September to exchange views about the latest trends and possibilities in manufacturing. The exhibition area was extended, and Klingel medical metal had the ideal spot on the ground floor of the building to present itself in the pavilion of its sales partner David Schnur Associates to benefit from all synergies and to intensify the co-operation with Ireland, the UK and Israel. The precision technology company from Pforzheim showed the full range of its value-added chain and was thus able to make interesting contacts and obtain enquiries from the high-tech medical sector. The applications range from cardiological feeding systems and robot-assisted systems to minimally invasive procedures.
Testing our mettle at the AOK run in Pforzheim
For the second time, a team of runners of Klingel medical metal participated in the AOK company run in the Enzauenpark. This year, nine employees, including two trainees, took part and ran the distance of about 5.5 km successfully in a good time. The late summer day was warm and dry, and the starting shot could be fired at 6 p.m. sharp. In total, about 600 participants were in the field, in some cases also with walking poles. In the team ranking, the men placed 36 of 62 teams, and the women placed 27 of 40 teams. Our picture shows the Klingel team after the finish with the medals all runners received.
Exciting search for clues at the trainee team event of 2018
Our trainee team event at the start of the vocational training year was once again a very special experience. 19 trainees from all three years of vocational training went on a journey into a world full of exciting puzzles and mysterious secrets. Their journey was taken in the “Escape Room” in Pforzheim, where they had to tackle a variety of missions and solve tasks together. Picking locks and decoding ciphers – which you can see in our picture – were only two of these challenges. However, they only had one hour to achieve their goal in both rooms.
Mayor Boch and business development liaison Müller make an informational visit
Impressed by the capability and new construction project in Altgefäll – securing the manufacturing location and more jobs
Pforzheim, 24 July 2018. Together with the business development liaison Reiner Müller, mayor Peter Boch visited Klingel medical metal in Altgefäll. After an exchange on current developments in the town of goldsmiths and the high precision technology prevalent there, it was time for a visit to the construction site for the expansion of the company. Together with the company HPM, a new building is to be constructed until the end of 2019 adjacent to the present three industrial buildings. With this project, Klingel medical metal will expand the current 9,500 m² by about 6,500 m², which it will use for further growth.
Our picture shows from the left: Ira Jacob (head of human resources of Klingel medical metal GmbH), Dr Frank Müller (managing director of the HMP Group), Peter Boch (mayor of the city of Pforzheim), Ralf Petrawitz (managing partner of Klingel medical metal GmbH), Reiner Müller (business development liaison for Pforzheim), Christoph Lenze (managing partner of Klingel medical metal GmbH), Markus Peterek (managing director of Pfirmann Industriebau).
The ready-to-use construction of this large-scale project is also carried out by a company from Pforzheim. Together with the principal, the company “Pfirmann Industriebau” developed a concept sustainably ensuring that the production site will remain in this place. The planning of a multi-story manufacturing building enabled the floor area resources to be utilized in a consciously sparing manner, and the available areas were optimally used. You can read more about this in the reports in the Pforzheimer Zeitung and in the Pforzheimer Kurier, or you can watch our video https://player.vimeo.com/video/272903109
Klingel team at SWP-Citylauf Pforzheim
Kristijan Ozvalcic and Wojciech Konopinski take to the starting line for KLINGEL
Two employees of Klingel medical metal took part in the SWP-Citylauf on Sunday, 8 July, in the Pforzheim city centre. Kristijan Ozvalcic (right) and Wojciech Konopinski started in the 10 km main race at 6 p.m. and at the end, they achieved rank 45 with 43:38 minutes (Konopinski) and rank 311 with 56:07 minutes (Ozvalcic) out of 461 male participants. Well done!
Kristijan Ozvalcic at the starting line (rightmost)
Employee summer party 2018
On Friday, 6 July, the management of Klingel medical metal GmbH again invited all employees to their summer party in the courtyard of plant II.
With ample supply of food and drinks from a bar car and barbecue car and the salad bar in the festival tent, the guests could truly cut loose after their work was done. DJ Thomas Freygang also contributed to the cheerful atmosphere with great music.
A special thanks to all helpers preparing everything as well as setting up and taking everything back down under the supervision of Nicole Gräßle and Rolf Knorr.
Honouring many years of company service
Congratulations to three employees having a company anniversary
Within the framework of the summer party of this year, the following employees were honoured by the management for their many years of services for the company:
Günther Biehlmaier (middle) for 30 years of service, Wilhelm Zelbel (second from the left) for 19 years until his retirement in 2018 and Dimitri Bruch (second from the right) for ten years. On the left is managing director Ralf Petrawitz, and on the right is human resources manager Ira Jacob. As a sign of appreciation, the employees having a company anniversary received a gift basket filled with goodies amid the applause of their present colleagues. We congratulate our loyal employees and wish them many more wonderful years to enjoy in the Klingel team.
Strong Klingel team performance at B2Run in Karlsruhe
Six runners on their way on the 6.1 km route
With six runners, among them two trainees, Klingel medical metal participated in the company run B2Run in Karlsruhe on 14 June for the first time. Despite a strong field of runners with some 8600 participants, the team scored an excellent 99th place among some 1600 5-person teams in the 5-person mixed team ranking at the end, with a total running time of 2 hours 25 min. Before and after a run of 6.1 km through the adjacent Schlosspark, everyone could enjoy the good and relaxed mood in the Wildparkstadium, to which the perfect weather also contributed. We congratulate our colleagues on the great performance and wish them much success for the upcoming company runs, the Pforzheimer Citylauf on 8 July and the AOK company run in the Enzauenpark on 20 September.
JobRad as an incentive for a change to muscle power
Employees of Klingel medical metal can also benefit from the “JobRad” programme offered by their employer
Pforzheim, June 2018. Those who have been playing with the idea of buying a new e-bike for some time can now go ahead with this with the support of their employer, and thereby enjoy favourable leasing fees. Since 2012, the company car benefit also includes bicycles, and many companies pass this on to their employees via a “JobRad” programme.
Trainee project “Trike”
Our eight trainees in the first year of vocational training again faced the challenge of coming up with a project made up of metal parts that had been processed in various ways. You can see the result here – our 2018 trike parade!
Three intensive trade fair days at Medtec Europe
Promising talks and a visit by the mayor
Pforzheim, 23 April 2018. Thanks to timely and good preparation and an attractive trade fair booth, there have been several promising talks with existing and potential customers at the booth of the Klingel Group on this year’s Medtec Europe from 17 to 19 April. Together with the subsidiary Josef Ganter Feinmechanik, Klingel medical metal presented the wide range of products and processes utilized for medical technology. In particular, the focus was on the comprehensive value-added chain which was expanded by metal laser sintering in early 2018.
Klingel sponsors new race car of Rennschmiede Pforzheim
The sixth race car and the newest gem from the Rennschmiede Pforzheim workshop, the RSP18, was presented to the public on 13 April 2018 at the Audimax of Pforzheim university for the first time (see the picture below). Klingel medical metal is also one of the sponsors for the new “Ruby”, which has been equipped with several innovations and technical improvements in comparison to the previous year’s model.
Certificates and awards for the completion of vocational training
Seven trainees are happy with the successful completion of their vocational training and continued employment as cutting machine operators
Klingel medical metal GmbH can once again be proud to continue employing trainees as qualified workers this year as well after they have successfully completed their three and a half years of vocational training and passed the exams before the IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce). Teresa Knodel (on the right), Luca Beyer, Melvin Elmer (second from the right), Taha Sahin (middle), Dominik Butsch and Markus Beck (from the left) and Daniel Eger completed their training as cutting machine operators and passed the IHK exams with partially excellent results and will be assigned to various turning and milling departments as junior fitters.
We look forward to the tasks and challenges we will face together and congratulate them in the name of the entire Klingel team on passing their exams. In addition, the three trainees with the best examination results in the practical part will receive rewards to the amount of 500, 300 and 200 euros.
Successful appearance at the trade fair in MD&M West Anaheim
Concrete project inquiries at one of the largest medical technology trade fairs in the USA
Pforzheim, 15 February 2018. Klingel medical metal appeared at MD & M West in Anaheim/California on 6 to 8 February 2018, as it had done several times before. MD & M West is one of the largest contract manufacturing trade fairs for medical technology in the whole world. It includes all areas of production and services, from special software to product design and various manufacturing processes including surface processing and even packaging and logistics. More than 200 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors were present and learned about the newest developments in the field.
For the first time at the company’s own booth at the expansive trade fair site, managing director Christoph Lenze presented the complete value-added chain with all manufacturing competences and services by means of sample parts.
In addition to start-up companies, there were also representatives of well-known companies at the company booth in hall E getting an idea of the large range of manufactured goods and the variety of high-precision medical technology components the Klingel group offers.
Concrete enquiries were made in the area of medical technology devices for the dental field and from orthopaedics for instruments and cages.
Starting your professional life with KLINGEL - vocational training positions still available
With precision to success – young people looking for vocational training options took advantage of the “Beruf aktuell” job fair to gather information on KLINGEL medical metal
Pforzheim, 5 February 2018. The job fair “Beruf aktuell” in the CCP and the Jahnhalle in Pforzheim showed once again that many prospective graduates and students interested in vocational training and attending a university have plenty of options and opportunities in the region and beyond it. More than 200 exhibitors and some 7,000 visitors came to the event organized by the Agentur für Arbeit and centred on vocational training, academic studies and career. As it had been in the previous years, Klingel medical metal was present with a booth – this time in the great hall.
Klingel Christmas party
Klingel medical metal closed 2017 with a Christmas party for all employees. On Friday, 15 December, the party went on until the late evening hours in the heated party tent on the company premises.
Interesting contacts to the founder scene at the ICI Meeting in Israel
The ICI Meeting in Israel proved to be a “market of opportunities” for Klingel medical metal also. For the first time, the machining specialist appeared at this forum for medical technology on 4 and 5 December in the David Convention Center in Tel Aviv. In addition to interesting expert lectures with a focus on cardiovascular technologies and procedures, there was also ample time for discussions at the company booths in the foyers. The 30-some exhibitors and more than 2,000 visitors also included the who’s who of the scene, and also some start-ups which perfectly highlighted the innovative power of the Israeli founder scene in the medical sector. “We could feel a clear interest in prototyping, and we are already in negotiations with new customers,”, said managing director Christoph Lenze with visible satisfaction after the two days he spent at the trade fair booth.
Positive response on the MD&M Minneapolis
For the first time, Klingel medical metal was present at MD&M in Minneapolis with its own booth. MD&M is an international trade fair for medical components, devices and equipment. This expo provides exhibitors with the opportunity to present their latest products, innovations and application techniques in the field of medicine to an audience of specialists. Due to the wide range of products presented and depth and its accompanying lecture programme, this event is seen as an information and communication platform for decision makers in this sector to exchange opinions with experts. It provides a space where both exhibitors and visitors make new business contacts or unlock new fields of business. On the two days of the trade fair on 8 and 9 November, more than 600 exhibitors and some 5500 visitors from the field were counted in total. Managing director Christoph Lenze was extremely satisfied with the feedback in the end. “There were also some concrete inquiries for us as an OEM manufacturer”, he took stock.
AOK company run: Precision wins the race
Klingel medical metal took on a company run for the first time with a team of nine runners at the starting line. On Thursday, 21 September, the starting pistol of the second instalment of the AOK Company Run was fired at 6 p.m. sharp at the Pforzheim Enzauenpark. And all more or less well-trained employees from administration and production, including the managing director Christoph Lenze, made it to the finish line. And that with very respectable times.
Successful entrance at Swiss Medtech Expo Lucern
Good specialist discussions and lecture at the Innovation Symposium
Klingel medical metal’s first time attending the Swiss Medtech Expo in Lucern was also highly professional and successful. On 19 and 20 September, the precision engineering company appeared on the Swiss medical technology fair together with Josef Ganter Feinmechanik, its subsidiary from Dauchingen.
Some 1600 professional attendees were given an overview of how innovation is created by new designs, materials, technologies and processes not only from the 170 exhibitors in total. Rather, the 36 lectures at the Innovation Symposium also enriched the exchange between the experts. Klingel medical metal contributed a presentation on the topic of “innovative surfaces”. In his 15-minute talk, managing director Christoph Lenze explained the special characteristics of electropolishing when it comes to smooth, hygienically perfect surfaces for medical components.
"The Swiss market stands for high precision and quality and can look back on a long and successful history in medical technology. We already have good existing partnerships and currently also some promising new contacts with Swiss companies working in medical technology that we want to deepen and expand”, said Lenze about their participation in Swiss MedTech.
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Trainee team event in a forest climbing park
For the start of the new year of vocational training at Klingel medical metal, all 29 trainees went on an excursion to the forest climbing park at Wildpark Pforzheim. In the team training specifically designed for the group, the focus was not only on getting to know one another on a personal level but also dealing with changing challenges and personal limitations. In addition, the exercise was intended strengthen the trust in their own abilities and each other. Of course, the young trainees and their two instructors also had a lot of fun.
A summer party for the employees
Once again, the summer party for all Klingel employees on Friday, 7 July, provided the backdrop for the employees coming together outside of the working hours and spending some enjoyable and companionable time together.
KLINGEL highlights competence in precision engineering
Metal processing workers at ACIG-Begegnungen exhibition in the Tuttlingen town hall
For the first time, KLINGEL medical metal appeared the medical technology exhibition “ACIG-Begegnungen” in Tuttlingen. On both days (23 and 24 June), the precision parts manufacturer was able to position itself as a competent and certified partner for metal processing at the “Weltzentrum für die Medizintechnik” (world-centre of medical technology).
Meatloaf for everyone
The management thanks the employees
Pforzheim, June 2017. The management of Klingel medical metal thanks its employees for their work by providing them with meatloaf rolls for everyone.
Satisfactory results of Medtec
Concrete project inquiries thanks to good trade fair contacts
Pforzheim, 12 April 2017. As it had done so repeatedly before, Klingel medical metal made an appearance with its own booth at Medtec Europe in Stuttgart from 4 to 6 April 2017. On a significantly smaller booth area than at the previously attended dental trade fair IDS in Cologne, which it shared with Josef Ganter Feinmechanik under the umbrella of Klingel Group, the precision part manufacturer demonstrated the range of products and processes used for medical technology.
Twice as much precision as before.
KLINGEL and GANTER highlight the competence in metal precision at IDS
Pforzheim, 27 March 2017. The first joint appearance of the precision technology companies Klingel medical metal and Josef Ganter Feinmechanik, which have been acting under the umbrella of the Pforzheim Klingel Group since 2015, at IDS in Cologne was a complete success. From 21 to 25 March, the two manufacturers of implants, screws, prosthetic parts, ratchets, adaptors, mandrels and other components and instruments for dental and medical technology presented their whole range of products, manufacturing processes and services in hall 4.1. The new booth concept, which was developed and realized together with the agency Bamberg from Heilbronn and the company Messe&Design from Obersulm, also received an extremely positive response.
Start of vocational training with KLINGEL
KLINGEL presents various vocational training opportunities at the “Beruf aktuell” fair in Pforzheim
Pforzheim, 6 February 2017. Get an early start on a dialogue with students about to graduate secondary school who are ready to start vocational training and provide them with information about the professional opportunities in metal and precision technology. And of course presenting their own company, KLINGEL medical metal in Pforzheim Altgefäll, as a competent and sustainable training company for young talents – Peter Gros, the head of vocational training, his deputy Patrick Gaus and the two trainees Oguzhan Kumbicak and Robin Pross did a great job again.
KLINGEL’s newest gem: a state-of-the-art electropolishing system!
Pforzheim, 05 August 2016. KLINGEL medical metal can now offer a state-of-the-art electropolishing unit to its customers. The system was approved according to the latest standards of medical technology and puts the finishing touches on medical technology products. It ensures smooth, clean surfaces - down to the most delicate details. A clear plus for you: The products are easier to sterilize and clean, and they are enhanced visually. Furthermore: The component geometry and frame technology can be constructed together with the costumer in a manner optimizing costs and quality.
30 years of precision - KLINGEL celebrates its company anniversary
Pforzheim, 01 July 2016. In this year, KLINGEL medical metal GmbH is celebrating its 30th company anniversary. In 1986, Helmut Klingel did not start his business in a garage, but like some other global players, it was also a two-men company. Since then, the specialist for high-precision components made of materials that are hard to machine has grown continuously and is one of the leading manufacturers of metal products for medical technology, measuring and control technology and aerospace. With the employees of Josef Ganter Feinmechanik GmbH in Dauchingen, which it acquired at the beginning of the year, KLINGEL has about 300 employees in two locations today.
30 years of KLINGEL: Serdar Ilbay takes a look back.
Serdar Ilbay has been part of KLINGEL since its 1st hour and has experienced the company's growth from a small start-up to an internationally active machining specialist at first hand. The 57-year-old is now the head of the assembly department, and there is no one else who knows better what is special about KLINGEL. In the interview, he looks back on 30 years, and of course he also looks to the future.
KLINGEL medical metal acquires Josef Ganter Feinmechanik.
KLINGEL medical metal from Pforzheim is significantly expanding its manufacturing and service portfolio in the medical technology market: On 1 January 2016, the specialist for metal processing in medical technology has acquired Josef Ganter Feinmechanik GmbH in Dauchingen. Josef Ganter, which, like Klingel medical metal, specializes in medical technology, is the leading German provider of torque ratchets for dental implant systems as well as a successful provider of metal articles for the medical sector such as precision mechanics for the fields of endoscopy, orthopaedics and optics.
New certification
Pforzheim, 23 July 2015. Our consistent quality and process optimization was re-confirmed with further awards by the highest authorities: Intertek Certification AB audits and certifies KLINGEL medical metal GmbH for