Robert Bürkle GmbH
One of the world's leading manufacturers of presses as well as painting, thermofolding and laminating machines for automated production of for example furniture, panels, doors, flooring, countertops, melamine and film-coated plates. The headquarters is situated in Freudenstadt/Schwarzwald.
Business in 2010
Wood products industry, PCB industry, Plastic card industry, Photovoltikindustrie, building industry, automotive industry
History
2013 | Richard Crow retires, Helfrief Weinzerl becomes new president and CEO |
2013 | Renato Luck is the new principal |
2010 | Approximately 700 employees worldwide, including about 490 in Germany |
2007 | Export share of about 80%; offices in Europe, America and Asia |
2004 | Approximately 19,000 square meters production area |
2000 | A surface-pilot in Rietberg is opened. |
1998 | New building is opened |
1987 | Two new departments (wood and PCBs) are established |
1982 | Establishing an office in Mastholte / Westfalen - WM Wild |
about 1975 | Company Gebr. Schmid GmbH / Freudenstadt (manufacturer of edge sanding machines) was taken over and now leaded by Bürkle |
about 1950 | Hydraulic veneer presses and belt sanders followed |
1920 | Formation in the northern Schwarzwald, production of manually operated spindle presses |
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