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With the completion at end of August 2012 of the second phase of the 25,000-sq.yd Hall 9 at GROB's Mindelheim plant, a new center for the business side of the company's universal machine was created. The center is for GROB employees involved with all aspects of the universal machine –from trials and…

On September 22, after the IMTS in Chicago and the AMB in Stuttgart, back-to-back trade fairs lasting two weeks came to an end. The two fairs, both biennial, reflect not just the current state of the technology in the machine tool industry, they also serve as a bellwether for the whole industry…

With the GROB Group growing rapidly, the company needs a well-trained and motivated workforce; in the past our staff has generally been recruited from a pool of home-grown trainees. In order to attract committed young people to our plant in Mindelheim, GROB's training express team is facing up to…

On June 18, 2012, in Dalian (in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning), in front of 400 invited guests and co-workers, GROB's fourth production plant was formally opened. This ultra-modern site, including a 12,000 sq.m production hall and a multi-storey office block, was built on a plot of…

While the Feira de Mecânica trade fair was taking place in Sao Paolo, GROB do Brasil was welcoming guests to the first workshop on "Innovative Technologies in 5-axis Machining", thereby marking the start of its 2012 sales offensive on stand-alone machines. The workshop had an overwhelmingly positive…

GROB has picked up two prestigious awards in just six weeks –the General Motors Breakthrough and Innovations Award and the Daimler Supplier Award. In the light of the enormous effort we have put into achieving growth, the company is very proud of this recognition.

2011 orders at all-time high of approx. 1.3 billion euros; Consolidated total output for the group in 2011/12 valued at 650 million euros; All plants at capacity until the end of 2013; High equity-to-assets ratio of over 40 percent; Investment largely funded from own resources and from cash flow

Under a new framework agreement, General Motors and GROB are to work together for the next four years. The deal will cover all new GM engine block projects over that period. Signed on 29 February, the contract clarifies –on a global basis –the terms and conditions, such as payment details, number of…

For the first time, GROB – in co-operation with its distribution partner Rex Machine Tool Sales − exhibited at NORTEC, the manufacturing technology trade fair in Hamburg. Between 25 and 28 January more than 10,000 visitors passed through the doors of this important regional fair in northern Germany.