About KA-Cranes

Early in our company history we dealt with the various problems of our customers. This is how the traveling crane product line came into being as early as the 1980s. The products evolved steadily with changing customer requirements and have proven themselves indisputably in practice.

Today, the versatile mobile cranes are also an asset for your increasing demand for flexibility in your production processes.

Philosophy

Future-oriented paths in mechanical engineering

Reliability and consistent partnerships form the foundation on which Maschinenbau Kaltenbach GmbH stands.

Many of our customers have been working with us for many years. For this continuity our company is known far beyond the region, in the single part as well as complete production. The intensive partnerships with our customers ensure a high degree of familiarity and an effective exchange of valuable know-how.

In this way, we work directly on increasing our customers’ earnings – the reward for mutual trust is high profitability. Also because our solid business structure allows us to be flexible to a large extent.

Together with reliable partners at our side, we have the courage to take new, future-oriented paths.

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Proven customer orientation

Extensive modern machinery ensures a large vertical range of manufacture up to the precise machining of large machine elements. Proven customer orientation also characterizes the company’s own product range.

Products and services “made by Kaltenbach” can be found all over the world today.

History

1958

Foundation of the company in “real handwork” by Werner Kaltenbach; production of agricultural equipment and vehicles

1965

Renaming to Werner Kaltenbach GmbH & Co. KG Relocation to new building Rheinweg 9, Neuenburg-Zienken. Start of production of transport systems for the company Hans Kaltenbach

1971

Construction and completion of hall 2, section 1. Development of own products: Universal workstations

1973

Hiring of the 50th employee. Extension hall 2, section 2

1982

Upgrading of the machinery by own boring mill department. Extension hall 2, section 3

1985

Production and development of the mobile workshop crane “travelling crane

1987

Conversion of the boring mill department through the use of CNC machining centers.

1988

New development of the “KWP” positioning system

1997

Contractual partnership with m-tec mathis technik GmbH

1998

Expansion of the assembly department, increased assembly of silo placing vehicles and machines for customers.

2000

Expansion of the CAD design department as a service

2003

Establishment of strategic partnership, manufacturing plants sewage sludge drying

2004

Separate manufacturing area for stainless steel, construction of process equipment for the food and cosmetics industries.

2005

Breakthrough of the € 10 million sales threshold,
100 employees, 14 trainees, new building Hall 3,
6,500 m² hall space

2007

Contractual partnership with Mototok International GmbH

2008

50 years of mechanical engineering Kaltenbach

2008

Foundation K-Process

2009

Winner of the ReBrand Global AWARD
2009 Laureate photo

2012

Participation in IST-Anlagen GmbH

2013

Division of the company into 3 product lines

2014

New building “Hall South

2015

Contractual partnership with ART Engineering GmbH

2016

Extension of the covered storage areas
around 1.000 m²

2017

Contractual partnership with Lüber GmbH

2018

Contractual partnership with Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG and Brückner Service GmbH

Kaltenbach Today

  • Internationally operating company
  • over 100 employees
  • over 7,000 m² production area
  • over € 20 million annual sales