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Making Materials Work

KLEIN - A very special public limited company

KLEIN Anlagenbau AG is a special kind of company: a partly employee-owned public limited company. In 1999, the company was founded by employees as a spin-off from the long-established firm Alb. Klein GmbH & Co. KG, which had gone bankrupt. This means that many of our employees are also shareholders and play an active role in shaping the company’s future. Through the Annual General Meeting, employee-shareholders gain insight into the company’s financial performance and strategic direction and participate in the company’s success via dividends. One becomes a shareholder by acquiring shares through employee share schemes or by trading shares amongst themselves.

We develop and manufacture sophisticated process technology.

Our systems include conveyor systems for foundries and the bulk materials industry, mixers for use in 3D printing, used sand reclamation systems for foundries, and systems for generating shock waves to clean complex castings, to name but a few. 

Our sand-filling systems are used worldwide to fill trains with braking sand. Thanks to our braking sand scattering systems, this sand can be applied precisely to the rails. In this way, we contribute to greater safety in rail transport. And last but not least, our shock wave technology is used in the processing of natural fibres such as hemp. The natural fibres treated in this way are used in the textile industry to produce innovative and sustainable textiles.  Our customers include leading international companies from industry and the rail sector – all over the world.

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Technologies we apply

As a plant engineering company, we possess in-depth expertise in a wide variety of process technologies, such as pneumatics, bulk material handling, foundry sand processing, used sand recovery, brake sand handling, recycling and shock wave technology.

Tradition shapes the future

Following the bankruptcy of the long-established company Alb. Klein GmbH & Co. KG, a number of employees decide to found their own company. KLEIN Anlagenbau GmbH is founded with 24 experienced employees of the original company.

The Employee-Owned Company

The limited liability company (GmbH) is converted into a public limited company (AG), with all employees contributing start-up capital. They now hold a stake in the company through restricted registered shares. This fosters a very special entrepreneurial spirit.

New perspectives

In 2017, the company acquired a commercial plot of land in Freudenberg Büschergrund. In 2018, the ground-breaking ceremony takes place for a modern and energy-efficient office and production building.

Portfolio expansion

Acquisition of KLEIN Stoßwellentechnik GmbH, with its unique shock wave technology, as a 100% subsidiary.

Arrived

The company, which has now grown to 70 employees, is moving into its new headquarters at Obere Hommeswiese 53–57 in the Freudenberg-Büschergrund industrial estate.

A reason to celebrate

The company’s 25th anniversary and its success are celebrated with a party for staff, their families and long-standing partners.

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