Hunold + Knoop Company History
Together with you we develop technical plastic parts for highest quality requirements.
2020
- Successful implementation of measures to protect employees from COVID-19 and continuation of operations
- Historical high in the order backlog for tool making
- Conduct of a remote audit
- Further award as a top employer among small and medium-sized enterprises
- Introduction of bicycle leasing for employees
2019
- Innogy Climate Protection Award 2019
- Introduction of a warehouse management system
- Professionalisation and extension of our project management system
- Re-certification to DIN ISO 9001:2015 (quality management)
- Re-certification to DIN ISO 14001:2015 (environmental management)
2018
- Initiative “Zero Granule Loss”
- 3DSscanning
- New ERP System
- Re-Certification “Family-Friendly Company in the Soest District”
- HANNOVER MESSE Industry 200 employees
2017
- 40 years of Hunold + Knoop Kunststofftechnik GmbH
- Realisation of the 2,000th tool project
- HANNOVER MESSE Industrie
- LEAN-Management
- H+K-Blog
- 15 trainees
2016
- 3D-printed mould-inserts
- Certification of DIN ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management)
- Certification of DIN ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management)
- Re-Certification “Family Friendly Company”
- New HSC-milling-machine Röders
- 50 injection moulding machines
- Trade fair participation “HANNOVER MESSE Industrie”
2015
- Certification of DIN ISO 14001:2009 (Environmental Management)
- New technology “mikro-injection-moulding”
- Customer quality audit “Automotive” VDA6.3 with perfect grade 100%
2014
- Registration as a “World Market Leader” (overmoulded rollers)
- Certification “Family Friendly Company”
- New 3D-measurement (GPS)
2013
- Plant II – Take-over of the buidings and estates of the plastics manufacturer KKT Kühlmann GmbH
- Company Health Management
- Energy-Management
- >170 employees
- 11 trainees
- 46 injection moulding machines 25-500 tons
- Founding of the Process Engineering department
- Trade fair participation “HANNOVER MESSE Industrie”
2012
- 35-year company anniversary
- >100 employees
- Code of Conduct certification
- 42 injection moulding machines up to 500 tonnes
- New PDE system
- New CAQ system
- Tool inner pressure technology
- High-gloss surfaces, visible parts, coated parts
2011
- 40 injection moulding machines
- 6 long automatic lathes
- Filling analyses (flow studies) for product development
- Infra-red thermography for tool optimisation
- Geseke economic show
- Homepage 2.0
2010
- 10 trainees
- New building of tool store and social rooms
- Expansion of the injection moulding department to 500-tonne (37 machines)
- New 6-axis robot plant
- PROFORM 201 trade fair
- Main prizewinner in 2010 SME programme
- Photovoltaic plant
2009
- New CNC processing centre
- New wire eroding machine
- Own prototype manufacturing
- Processing of TPU-X® (cross-linked TPU) achieves maturity phase
- 1st H+K team event
- Site tour as part of “Unser Dorf hat Zukunft” (Our Village Has a Future)
- Main prizewinner in 2009 SME programme
- System supplier for automotive industry
2008
- New CNC turning machine with automation (6-axis robot)
- New 250-tonne injection moulding machine
- New radial high-speed boring machine
- New STAR long automatic lathe
- PROFORM 2008 fair
- Geseke company forum 2008
- Main prizewinner in 2008 SME programme
2007
- 9 trainees at H+K
- Additional 6-axis CNC long automatic lathe
- Additional grinding machine (Tschudin)
- New 3D measuring machine
2006
- 35 injection moulding and rubber processing machines
- Apprentice cutting machine operators now also being trained
- New building of a 600 m2 hall
- New staff work time logging system introduced
- STAR long automatic lathe
- 6 new injection moulding machines
- New conditioning plant
- Additional laser measuring equipment
2005
- Cooling plant with integrated heat recovery
- 220-tonne Arburg injection moulding machine
- 60-tonne Arburg injection moulding machine
2004
- Two new 6-axle articulated robots
- New building of a 420 m2 hall with an additional 120 m2 roofed area
- DIN ISO9001:2000 recertification audit
- 150-tonne DEMAG injection moulding machine
- 80- tonne DEMAG injection moulding machine
- 80- tonne Arburg injection moulding machine
- 35-tonne vertical injection moulding machine from Dr. Boy
- Recreation of company presentation (brochure and internet)
2003
- Implementation of a new PPC/ERP system incl. linking to the existing MDA and CAQ system
- MFI (melt flow index) tester for incoming goods control of thermoplastic materials
- New ARBURG and new DEMAG injection moulding machine
- New CNC vertical eroding machine EXERON 313 MF 620 x 420 x 400 with 20-fold changer
- New centreless CNC grinding machine from Agathon
- Three new CNC long automatic lathes (Tsugami and Miyano) for production of long and slim precision turned parts
2002
- 25-year company anniversary in April
- Trade fair: EUROPARTNER 2002 in Dortmund
- CNC processing centre
- 3D CAM system VISI 9.2
- New rodless injection moulding machine with 1,500 kN locking force
2001
- Move into new office building
- 45 employees / 4 trainees / 15 temps
- 3D CAD system VISI 9.2
- Introduction of production and machine data acquisition system (PDA/MDA) with graphic control station
- Introduction of a new quality assurance system (CAQ)
- 6 new injection moulding machines in the 80-250-tonne range
- Total of 31 injection moulding and rubber processing machines
- New construction of an access road
- New certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
2000
- Rebuilding and reorganisation of existing office buildings
1999
- Construction of a 400 m2 warehouse
1998
- 25th modern injection moulding machine put into operation
- Rebuilding of tool building and tool store
- Expansion of warehouse
- Expansion of office wing
- Acquisition of approx. 13,000 m2 plot
- Approval of our 15,000 m2 industrial area
- Introduction of a PPC system
- 35 employees
1997
- Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9002
1996
- Introduction of a QM system according to DIN EN ISO 9002
- 20th employee
1994
- CAD construction
1993
- QA installation
- Manufacturing management installed
1992
- 10th employee
- Construction of a 450 m2 warehouse
1988
- 1st office worker
1987
- Construction of an 800 m2 production hall
1980
- Change from Civil Code partnership to Hunold + Knoop Kunststofftechnik GmbH
1979
- 1st employee and simultaneously 1st trainee
1977
- 01.04. – Founding of Hunold + Knoop GbR by Josef Hunold (master toolmaker) and Karl Knoop (graduated engineer)