Kraft &
Bauer is the machine tool industries leading supplier of automatic
fire extinguisher systems that have been developed specifically
to take into account the demands of modern production in machines
of all types.
The company was founded in 1969 and from the start was involved
in the sale and maintenance of manual fire extinguishing devices
with the first mechanical machine tool fire protection system being
designed by the founder, Herr Karl Kraft, in 1978 for small spark
erosion machines.
Herr
Klaus Bauer joined the company in 1989 thus creating the partnership
Kraft & Bauer and launched the start of development into electronically
controlled automatic fire extinguishing systems; specifically designed
for machine tools. Growth has been rapid; in the first year only
a handful were sold – 15 years on sales were well over 3,000
systems per year and rising!
In 1992 a larger production workshop was created and advancements
made into microprocessor technology. By now Kraft & Bauer fire
systems have become a firm favourite of many leading machine tool
manufacturers.
From 1993 to 2001 the corporate headquarters just outside of Stuttgart
was developed and extended as the company’s rapid growth continued.
Prompted by the need to support the many leading Swiss as well as
German machine tool manufacturers and end users the establishment
of Kraft & Bauer Switzerland in Niederonz was done in 2004.
2004 also saw the completion of Kraft & Bauers GmbH purpose
built modern HQ in Holzgerlingen just outside of Stuttgart to support
over 17,000 systems that are in use in Germany alone.
In 2007 Kraft & Bauer UK was established in Coventry to support
the ever growing number of UK customers; both end users, machine
tool manufacturers and machine importers.
Kraft & Bauer UK offer full sales, and after sales service support
and all spare parts including complete systems are held in stock
to ensure same day/next day delivery to UK customers is guaranteed.
Factory trained Service Engineers take care of service and support
including the retrofit of systems to any type of machine tool. A
CO2 refill/bottle exchange service is also available.
Herr
Klaus Bauer joined the company in 1989 thus creating the partnership
Kraft & Bauer and launched the start of development into electronically
controlled automatic fire extinguishing systems; specifically designed
for machine tools. Growth has been rapid; in the first year only
a handful were sold – 15 years on sales were well over 3,000
systems per year and rising!