Corporate development

MAXIMUM CUSTOMER FOCUS AS A SUCCESS FACTOR

After his education in mechanical engineering, Hans Hundegger started working as a technical designer in a factory for carpentry machines. In order to make his parents’ sawmill more efficient, he began to develop and construct machines for sawmills in his spare time in the late 70s.

In 1978, he then founded his own company. In 1981, inspired by Jakob Maier, the head of a timber construction company in Türkheim, Hans Hundegger started to develop the first ever fully automatic joinery machine. This was delivered in 1985.

After a few years, the demand for fully automatic joinery machines was so enormous that at the end of 1987, the production of sawmill plants was stopped to enable the company to concentrate fully on the further development and marketing of the joinery machines.

Today Hans Hundegger AG is the world market leader in the field of CNC-controlled joinery machines with a market share of over 90%.

HISTORY

1978		• The separate company for the development, production and marketing of sawmill plants is founded.
1981		• Development and production of the first computer-controlled joinery machine begins.
1985		• The first computer-controlled joinery machine, the P8, is delivered.
1987		• A special 4-side structural timber planer is developed.
1988		• The first ever automatic 4-side planing and chamfering machine for structural timber, the HMA, goes into operation.
1989		• CAD data is transferred directly to the joinery machine for the first time.

1999		• The K2 joinery machine is showcased at the "LIGNA" fair in Hanover. At that time, it was characterized by the revolutionary transport and positioning system (two-hand technology).
2002		• The first MHM house is built with the Massiv-Holz-Mauer invented and patented by Hans Hundegger. The solid wood components are produced on the MHM production line specially designed for this purpose and built by Hundegger.
2003		• Delivery of the 500th K2 joinery machine • The first Speed Cut (SC1); an extremely fast automatic cutting machine, is unveiled. • Hans Hundegger wins the "Schweighofer Prize". • Company’s silver jubilee.
2004		• Delivery of the first K3 joinery machine, a high-speed variant of the K2. It was specially conceived for industrial production.
2005		• Delivery of the 100th Speed-Cut • The first fully automatic "Pick & Feed and Pick & Place" transport system for loading and unloading of Hundegger joinery machines and automatic cutting machines, goes into operation.

2006		• The new automatic serial planing machine HM-4, with fully automatic tolerance monitoring during thickness planing, goes into operation. • The first K2-900 joinery machine goes into operation • Delivery of the 200th Speed Cut • "Bavaria's BEST 50” award. • The new company showroom (700 m²) opens.
2007		• World premier of the latest machine generations at the "Ligna" fair in Hanover, Germany. Joinery machine -K2i; Automatic cutting machine -SC2; automatic panel processing machine -SPM1. • Delivery of the 1000th K2 (K2i-625). • "Entrepreneur of the year - Finalist 2007".
2008		• Company’s 30th anniversary.
2009		• The first, newly developed PWE production line for the production of profiled wood elements goes into operation • Delivery of the 2000th joinery machine • The automatic panel processing machine SPM2 is showcased at the "Eurobois" fair in Lyon (France). • Delivery of the first K2i-1250 joinery machine. • The Speed Cut SC3 is unveiled at the "Ligna+" fair in Hanover (Germany). • Delivery of the 1000th planing machine (HM-4). • The first ever assembly console for vertical wall production goes into operation.
2010		• The new K2-ROBOT is unveiled at the "Dach+Holz" fair in Cologne (Germany). • Delivery of the 500th Speed-Cut (SC-3).

2011		• The first production line for profiled wood elements with integrated finger-jointing line is delivered. • Premiere at the "LIGNA": The high-performance K2i system is made even more flexible thanks to integration of the 6-axis robot unit.
2012		• ROBOT-Drive, the highly flexible, compact-class joinery machine, is unveiled.
2013		- • New administration building is constructed. • Showcased at the "LIGNA" in Hanover: TURBO-Drive - the fast and flexible cutting machine. • Delivery of the 700th Speed-Cut (SC-3). • Delivery of the 2500th joinery machine (K2i)
2014		• Cornerstone of solid company development: Hans Hundegger Maschinenbau GmbH is renamed Hans Hundegger AG.
2015		• Delivery of the 40th automatic panel processor. • Delivery of the 100th gantry-type machining centre. • Delivery of the 800th Speed-Cut machine. • Delivery of the 1100th planing machine. • Delivery of the 2650th joinery machine
2016		• Delivery of the 1st PBA-3 gantry-type machining centre.
2017		• Delivery of the 50th automatic panel processor. • Delivery of the 900th Speed Cut • Delivery of the 2750th joinery machine • Delivery of the 75th ROBOT-Drive • Delivery of the 50th TURBO-Drive.
2018		• Delivery of the first UFA machining centre.

2019		• Construction of a new demonstration hall with a floor area of 2000 m² and additional 750 m² for training and office space.
2019		• Presentation of the industrial high performance class K2 Industry.
2021		• Award "Bavaria's Best 50" by the Bavarian state government.
2021		• Hundegger AG receives the TOP 100 label as a particularly innovative medium-sized company
2022		• New construction of a loading and assembly hall with an office extension