WaldrichSiegen
German manufacturer of heavy duty machine tools
WaldrichSiegen Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH is a German manufacturer of heavy duty machine tools in the product lines milling, turning, boring, grinding and texturing. The internationally operating company has production and service sites in the USA, in China and India. The Headquarter of the company is situated in Siegen, Germany.
Company history
In 1840, Heinrich Adolf Waldrich founded Maschinenfabrik H.A. Waldrich in Siegen, which was part of the Prussian province Westphalia at that time.
Initially, the company manufactured pumps, pulleys and fans for furnaces. The first steam engine was designed and manufactured in 1863, followed by the first turning machine. When the company founder Heinrich Adolf Waldrich died in 1879, his son of the same name took over the company management. During the following years, the company’s product portfolio was extended. The first roll lathe was manufactured in 1897, the production of the first roll grinders started in 1920. The company management was taken over by Oskar Waldrich, the grandson of the company founder, after the First World War.
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