Zerspanungstechnik Mangner chooses quality over loud marketing. The company owner now provides us with a rare glimpse inside the production facility. Nine 5-axis machining centres from Gosheim make up the bulk of the machinery. With them on its side, Mangner is sure it can live up to its delivery promises.
Thunderbike employs 160 people in the German town of Hamminkeln and offers exactly what the name suggests: Legendary Harley-Davidson motorbikes. In the beginning, everything was a bit more modest than the current building complex – including its own restaurant, the Roadhouse: Back in 1985, Andreas Bergerforth opened a 150 m² motorbike workshop called ‘Motorradschuppen’, where he repaired and optimised mainly Japanese bikes.
Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG has recorded a sharp upturn in demand throughout 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year, which was severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of orders received by the southern German machine tool and automation specialist rose Group wide in the first three quarters of 2022 by 35.6% to €420.2 million.
One system, numerous features, endless possibilities:
Additive machining at supersonic speed
The new machining centre MPA 42 is powerful and precise but it is not for sale. When it comes to additive manufacturing, Hermle acts as a service provider.
Experience automation in its most compact form:
The 5-axis benchmark among machining centres
