Gräbener Celebrates its Centenary

Gräbener Pressensysteme celebrated its 100th year in business last October. The specialist knuckle joint and coin minting press company, based in Netphen-Werthenbach, Germany was entered in the local commercial register in Siegen, Germany in October 1921.

Founded by Theodor Gräbener, the company initially manufactured a wide variety of products such as pipelines, bridges or steam and pressure boilers. During the Second World War, Gräbener & Comp mainly manufactured transport vessels for railroads. The sons Theo and Hermann Gräbener then added eccentric and knuckle joint presses to their product portfolio in the 1950s.

In 1974, the company moved into the manufacture of large-diameter pipes. Dr Theodor Gräbener, the grandson of the company founder, discontinued the production of boilers six years later. In 1985, the company split into two companies, Theodor Gräbener Großrohr and Theodor Gräbener Pressensysteme, which was taken over by Schuler in 1988.