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With a total of 64 trainees, more young people than ever before have started a new year of training with GROB. Three of them are female. A new option on the training program is the profession of cutting machine operator, specializing in milling. They will all be able to move into the new GROB…

After a tragic airplane crash at the end of July in which Ralf Bronnenmeier, CEO of GROB Systems in Bluffton, perished, Michael Hutecker has assumed company management. Over thirty years ago Hutecker started his professional career at GROB do Brasil, and for more than 15 years was a member of the…

Russia, Poland and the People’s Republic of China were the stations of an intensive six-week trade fair rallye for GROB-WERKE starting in mid-May. Metalloobrabotka in Moscow, Mach-Tool in Posen and CIMES in Beijing were successful trade show platforms for GROB universal machines in growing markets.

Auf den Tag genau, zwei Jahre nach der offiziellen Eröffnung, hat das GROB-Werk im chinesischen Dalian die 100ste Maschine, eine GA350 ausgeliefert. Eine respektable Leistung wenn man bedenkt, dass der ursprüngliche Businessplan aus dem Jahr 2011 von insgesamt 52 Maschinen bis Juni 2014 ausging.…

On 30 April 2014, the Volkswagen plant in the Chinese city of Tianjin reached an impressive milestone. After only four years, the two millionth DQ200 automatic gearbox left the factory. The DQ200 is put together on two assembly lines equipped with GROB machinery. The first line was supplied in 2009…

With outstanding vocational school grades, both Julia Lang and Joshua Wilbiller have made it to the very top in their specialist training fields. Julia actually completed each professional school year with an average grade at the highest possible level of 1.0. And for his superb achievements in…

Once again this year, General Motors presented GROB-WERKE with the Q.S.T.P. Award as Supplier of the Year. This is a special award, as it has been presented to our company eight times, and particularly gratifying in the context of the demanding working relationship between both corporations.

At the beginning of the year, under the motto “Engineered in Germany – produced in China,” the GROB Machine Tools (Dalian) plant as well as the GROB Sales and Service branch offices in Beijing and Shanghai made impressive appearances at the CCMT in Shanghai and the InDays in Dalian, successfully…

Last year’s intensive campaign designed to promote GROB’s universal machines was a major success. It opened many new doors for GROB Bluffton, not just to the automotive industry, but also to the aviation and aerospace industry. This development was aided and abetted by an enormous investment program…

At the end of last year the Volvo Car Corporation presented GROB-WERKE with the highest honor awarded by that company. In 2012, GROB-WERKE was honored with the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence Award for excellent quality performance, The Volvo Cars Award of Excellence presented this past year again…