RÖHM GmbH
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RÖHM is a German chucking tool manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by Heinrich Röhm. Its headquarter is in Sontheim
/Brenz Germany
. RÖHM’s range of products includes drill chucks, live centers, face drivers, lathe chucks and independent chucks as well as vices, gripping technology, power chuck technology, mandrels and tool clamping systems. RÖHM currently counts approximately 1500 employees. The company’s products offer solutions especially for the automobile industry, engineering
, the energy sector, rail vehicles and aerospace
.
, Thuringia
by Heinrich Röhm. First of all, two-jaw drill chucks were produced. In 1910 the first patent – improved drill chucks – was filed. Export business started the same year.
Due to the influences of World War I
production came to a standstill and resumption turned out to be difficult after the end of the war. In 1926, RÖHM started the production of key-type drill chucks. It was the first company in Germany to do so. The following years the manufacturing plants were modernized and extended. Between 1939 and 1940, a 40m conveyor belt
for the production of drill chucks was put into service. Therefore, for the first time, a company produced precision tools in mass production and RÖHM was said to be the most modern and efficient factory of its industry.
/Brenz with his family. The new rulers in East Germany occupied the intact factory and turned it into a nationally-owned company.
In 1946, the family moved to Sontheim/Brenz, where Heinrich Röhm decided at the age of 63 to reconstruct his company with the support of his sons. Without capital and without a plot of land the company was set up again from scratch. First of all, childrens’ toys were made from plywood and wood waste in a leased carpentry. With the production of rock drills a change was made again to the business of metal machining.
The same year, land was purchased and a barrack was constructed in order to reconstruct the RÖHM factory. The production, which started the following year, once more involved key-type drill chucks. Former clients supported the reconstruction by showing trust, placing orders and demanding the resumption of the past product range.
In 1984 Günther Röhm took over the management of the RÖHM GmbH. Further activities abroad followed. The establishment in Great Britain became a one hundred percent subsidiary, the USA-establishment was renamed ROHM Products of America (RPA) and the Swiss establishment was taken over by the RÖHM GmbH.
Since 1995, the RÖHM group has been certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001.
There was further internationalization. The foundations of RÖHM Slovakia, RÖHM India and RÖHM WEIDA Machinery China (Joint Venture
) took place in 2007. Therefore RÖHM is present all over the world.
In 2008, after 99 years at the helm, the management of the RÖHM family business was passed to the external Managing Director Dr.-Ing. Michael Fried.
Due to the sale of the arms division to UMAREX, RÖHM henceforth concentrated on its core competencies. Today RÖHM employs 1500 people. The company has an export share of approximately fifty percent in its German production.
Additionally, there are more than 40 agents all over the world.
Sontheim
Sontheim is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located northeast of Ulm, at the southern end of the Swabian Alb.-Neighboring municipalities:...
/Brenz Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. RÖHM’s range of products includes drill chucks, live centers, face drivers, lathe chucks and independent chucks as well as vices, gripping technology, power chuck technology, mandrels and tool clamping systems. RÖHM currently counts approximately 1500 employees. The company’s products offer solutions especially for the automobile industry, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, the energy sector, rail vehicles and aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
.
Foundation
RÖHM was founded in 1909 in Zella-MehlisZella-Mehlis
Zella-Mehlis is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 5 km north of Suhl, and 20 km east of Meiningen. The town of Zella-Mehlis is the site of the original Walther arms weapons factory. It remained there until the...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
by Heinrich Röhm. First of all, two-jaw drill chucks were produced. In 1910 the first patent – improved drill chucks – was filed. Export business started the same year.
Due to the influences of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
production came to a standstill and resumption turned out to be difficult after the end of the war. In 1926, RÖHM started the production of key-type drill chucks. It was the first company in Germany to do so. The following years the manufacturing plants were modernized and extended. Between 1939 and 1940, a 40m conveyor belt
Conveyor belt
A conveyor belt consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward. The powered pulley is called the drive pulley while the unpowered pulley...
for the production of drill chucks was put into service. Therefore, for the first time, a company produced precision tools in mass production and RÖHM was said to be the most modern and efficient factory of its industry.
World War II and Reconstruction
In 1945, the company, which by then employed 1400 people, was occupied by the Americans and Heinrich Röhm was evacuated to HeidenheimHeidenheim
Heidenheim an der Brenz is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located near the border with Bavaria, approximately 17 km south of Aalen and 33 km north of Ulm...
/Brenz with his family. The new rulers in East Germany occupied the intact factory and turned it into a nationally-owned company.
In 1946, the family moved to Sontheim/Brenz, where Heinrich Röhm decided at the age of 63 to reconstruct his company with the support of his sons. Without capital and without a plot of land the company was set up again from scratch. First of all, childrens’ toys were made from plywood and wood waste in a leased carpentry. With the production of rock drills a change was made again to the business of metal machining.
The same year, land was purchased and a barrack was constructed in order to reconstruct the RÖHM factory. The production, which started the following year, once more involved key-type drill chucks. Former clients supported the reconstruction by showing trust, placing orders and demanding the resumption of the past product range.
Internationalization and Extension of Production
With the foundation of the branch factory in Dillingen/Danube, it was possible to meet the constant increase in demand for products Made by RÖHM. The following years RÖHM extended its production capacity by 100 workplaces per year. In the mid-1950s, there was a trend towards power-operated systems. RÖHM therefore invested into the field of power chuck technology and allowed further growth. Foreign distribution and service establishments in England (1959), Denmark, Brazil, Switzerland (1960), Italy (1969), the USA (1978), France (1979) and Spain (1985) were founded. In 1980 the RÖHM site in St. Georgen was founded, especially for the field of clamping mandrels.In 1984 Günther Röhm took over the management of the RÖHM GmbH. Further activities abroad followed. The establishment in Great Britain became a one hundred percent subsidiary, the USA-establishment was renamed ROHM Products of America (RPA) and the Swiss establishment was taken over by the RÖHM GmbH.
Development after 1990
Contemporaneously to the internationalization and the associated development of distribution and service establishments there was an additional orientation towards special applications, which still represent one of the company’s biggest strengths.Since 1995, the RÖHM group has been certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001.
There was further internationalization. The foundations of RÖHM Slovakia, RÖHM India and RÖHM WEIDA Machinery China (Joint Venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
) took place in 2007. Therefore RÖHM is present all over the world.
In 2008, after 99 years at the helm, the management of the RÖHM family business was passed to the external Managing Director Dr.-Ing. Michael Fried.
Due to the sale of the arms division to UMAREX, RÖHM henceforth concentrated on its core competencies. Today RÖHM employs 1500 people. The company has an export share of approximately fifty percent in its German production.
Sites
Sontheim
The reconstruction of the RÖHM factory took place in 1946 in Sontheim/Brenz. Since then, Sontheim is the company’s headquarter. Since 2001, there is an 8570 square meter production hall and in 2009 a 55 m long and 12 m high automated warehouse for small parts with 11,000 bin locations was build. Therefore the company satisfies the trend towards ever shorter life cycles and tight target deadlines. The gate constructed in 2008 handles the movement of persons and goods.Dillingen
The site in Dillingen/Danube was founded in 1953. The 1650 square meters productionhall was constructed in 2007 and contains two turning and milling machines, which are adapted to RÖHM’s special requirements. The machines enabled the processing of parts of up to four meters in diameter and 25 tons in weight. Due to a net weight of 108 tons the machine required a foundation of 180 tons of iron and steel. The Dillingen site mainly produces lathe chucks, machine vices and special clamping equipment for turning and milling machinery as well as for machining centres.St. Georgen
The St. Georgen site was founded in 1980. It is a small, yet accomplished high-tech forge. In addition to standard clamping mandrels, mechanical or power-operated mandrels, sliding jaw mandrels and hydraulic mandrels for its customers for clamping workpieces in drill holes or inner contours are developed as tailor-made solutions for a wide range of different requirements.Manufacturing bases abroad
- ROHM INDIA PVT. LTD. (India)
- RÖHM SLOVAKIA S.R.O. (Slovakia)
- ROEHM WEIDA MACHINERY (Shangdong) Co.Ltd. (China) (Joint Venture)
Distribution and service establishments abroad
- RÖHM IND. E COM. DE FERRAMENTAS DE FIXAÇÃO LTDA. (Brazil)
- ROEHM China Co., Ltd. (China)
- RÖHM Værktoj A.S. (Denmark)
- RÖHM S.A.R.L. (France)
- ROHM (Great Britain) LTD. (Great Britain)
- RÖHM Italia S.R.L. (Italy)
- RÖHM Spanntechnik AG (Switzerland)
- RÖHM Iberica S.A. (Spain)
- ROHM Products of America (USA)
Additionally, there are more than 40 agents all over the world.
Products
- Drill chucks
- Live centers
- Face drivers
- Lathe chucks
- Independent chucks
- Vices
- Gripping technology
- Power chuck technology
- Mandrels
- Tool clamping systems
Industries
RÖHM customers mainly include companies of the following industries:- Automobile industry
- EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
- Energy sector
- rail vehicle
- AerospaceAerospaceAerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
- Automation technology
- Medical technologyMedical technologyMedical Technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. Such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and...
- Trade and hardware stores