Emco Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The company makes turning and milling centers which come in a wide range of designs, and training machines equipped with state-of-the-art control technology and different types of courseware.
Edited by Angela Osborne
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New Emco technology center in Wendlingen near Stuttgart. Photo Credit: Emco
Machine tool manufacturer Emco celebrates its 75th anniversary this year while it says it stays focused on the future. According to the company, the foundation for further innovations is built upon Emco's wealth of experience.
It makes sophisticated turning and milling centers which come in a wide range of designs, and training machines equipped with state-of-the-art control technology and different types of courseware.
“Our sites offer comprehensive know-how in the area of turning, milling and training machines,” says Dr. Stefan Hansch, Emco managing director. “We have succeeded in bundling this knowledge and putting it into practice in the form of turnkey solutions for our customers.”
Emco was founded in 1947, when engineer Karl Maier started a small workshop where he built lathes. Working in close dialogue with potential customers, he first developed small lathes and then expanded the product range with hardness-testing machines. By the end of the 1970s, his son Ernst Alexander had taken over the company which had become an established machine and equipment manufacturer.
The company grew steadily until the early 1990s, when it was hit at by the economic crisis. It was taken over by an international industrial holding company, which shifted the focus onto core competencies in the areas of conventional and CNC machine tools for production and training purposes.
The company’s purchase of FAMUP in 2002 and MECOF in 2011 respectively, has also contributed to its success. Later in 2011, the company was taken over by the Salzburg-based Kuhn Holding. Today, Emco employs approximately 800 people at six production sites in Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia.
