about Gutekunst Federn
Compression, tension or bending load? Small or large? With shaped ends or straight? High-resistance or standard? At Gutekunst Federn you will always find the right spring for your needs, either direct from stock or made to your individual specifications.
With 250 employees at five company sites in Germany and France, and a daily production volume of more than two million springs and bent wire parts, we supply 100,000 customers all over the world from the mechanical engineering, automotive, electric, medical, aviation and aerospace industries as well as from the food, jewellery and cosmetics sectors.
With an average availability ex stock of 96 per cent for the 12,603 catalogue items and our comprehensive range of modern machinery with more than 150 automatic winding and bending machines we are an efficient and versatile supplier of springs for spare parts, samples, small quantities and huge production batches.
Founded in 1964, Gutekunst is today renowned as a manufacturer of high-quality springs and bent wire parts made of round wire. Our long years of experience, qualified employees and a software program and selection media we have developed ourselves provide maximum support throughout the development, design and selection of suitable springs or the required bent wire parts.
We always ensure our manufacturing processes are conform with environmental requirements, go easy on resources and use regulation-conform, non-hazardous materials and additives for machining. We can provide any declarations of conformity required for our products. Our lean production processes, comprehensive materials store and consistent quality and environment management in accordance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 guarantee fast, smooth order processing taking current standards, legal and customer requirements into account.
| Historical development |
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| 1964 | Gutekunst Federn established |
| 1969 | First warehouse catalog |
| 1973 | Branch in Berneck established |
| 1978 | Building of the main factory in Metzingen completed |
| 1990 | Gutekunst Stahlverformung KG established as an independent company in Pfalzgrafenweiler |
| 1993 | Branch in Cunewald/Sachsen (Germany) established |
| 1997 | Branch in Norderstedt (Germany) established |
| 1997 | "Ferroflex" branch in Arc en Barrois (France) established |
| 1999 | Certification of the Cunewalde branch to DIN ISO 9001 |
| 2001 | Completion of the new warehouse and distribution centre in Metzingen |
| 2003 | Certification of the Cunewalde branch to DIN ISO 14001 |
| 2009 | Enlargement spring assortment up to 11,528 items |
| 2011 |
Enlargement spring assortment up to 12,603 items |
| 2012 |
Completion of the new factory for sustainable final production in Metzingen |