Partners and joint ventures

The Berthold Hermle AG machine plant is one of the leading manufacturers of machining centers. These are used in the efficient machining of dies, molds and series parts in nearly all branches.

CHETO is a Portuguese manufacturer of deep hole drilling and milling machines. Our machines represent an excellent investment for their multitasking and innovating features. We are a brand of excellence, internationally recognized in the mold industry.

EiMa Maschinenbau GmbH develops, manufactures and sells CNC milling and machining centers for 5-axis machining of a wide range of materials, including steel, aluminum, plastic, CFRP and wood, for example.

F. Zimmermann GmbH develops and manufactures gantry milling machines and horizontal machining centers that are used to machine parts in the automotive, aerospace and other industrial sectors, such as die manufacturing and shipbuilding.

FOOKE is a manufacturer of large 5-axis gantry milling machines characterized by high structural stiffness, maximum dynamics and high precision.

ENDURA machines: outstanding quality of motion control "Made in Germany."

GEISS AG supplies thermoforming machines for innovative solutions in plastics and composite processing as well as ultra-modern, high-precision CNC finishing machines, including corresponding molds and tool holders.

The GROB Group is an internationally operating family company. The GROB product portfolio ranges from the universal machining center all the way through to highly complex production systems with individual automation, and from manual assembly stations through to fully automated assembly lines.

HG GRIMME SysTech is a manufacturer of medium to large high-efficiency 5-axis machining centers for plastics, composite materials, aluminum and wood.

Kolb Design Technology GmbH & Co. KG provides machines, equipment and material for design studios to the automotive industry for the production of exterior and interior models. These include industrial plasticine (clay), Tools for manual modeling, lift tables and model manufacturing machines for milling computer-generated designs.

Mitsubishi Electric has been developing EDM technology since 1953. Since then, its systems have been characterized by precision, reliability and low operating costs. Over 67,000 EDM systems sold internationally speak for themselves.

Röders GmbH is one of the pioneers of high-speed milling. With an exceptional degree of development expertise in design and open and closed-loop feedback control, its machines are optimized to provide maximum performance in machining precision, surface quality and dynamics.

SAMAG Machine Tools GmbH sees itself as a developer and manufacturer of machine concepts, from individual machines to turnkey lines. SAMAG products focus on milling and deep-hole drilling technologies. With its high level of technological solution expertise, SAMAG helps its customers worldwide achieve long-term success.

The Starrag Group is a leading global manufacturer of precision machine tools and provides high-quality and sophisticated products representing a wide variety of machining methods for metals, composites and ceramics.

HG GRIMME SysTech is a manufacturer of medium to large high-efficiency 5-axis machining centers for plastics, composite materials, aluminum and wood.

The Federal Technical College of Model and Mold Manufacturing in Bad Wildungen, Germany, is the site of inter-company training courses and master's preparation courses for model makers from manual processing and industry. It recently also started offering a course of study for individuals to become state-certified technicians in model and mold manufacturing.

The WBA Tool Making Academy Aachen GmbH is the leading partner of the tool and die industry in the business areas of consulting, further education and research with its own demonstration tool shop. The WBA builds a connection between science and industry.

Education and training in metals technology are conducted jointly with the cooperative partners. The completion of ongoing professional education results in certification as a state-approved technician. Certified by the VDW foundation for the education of junior professionals since July 2015.

The department’s areas of activity include the two main manufacturing fields of metal forming and casting.

6,000 students are enrolled in six faculties of the THD and a separate continuing education center. More than ten percent of these come from outside Germany. Areas of specialization are technology, business and health. This is supplemented by the Rottal-Inn European Campus in Pfarrkirchen, Germany, and eight technology and health centers where applied research is conducted.

Business Engineering students at the Wildau Institute of Technology can earn their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering with a focus on the digital product development process. They use Tebis Software in this course of study.

More than 1,300 budding engineers in the EMW department at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences study subjects that include electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and industrial engineering. CAD/CAM technology comprises an important part of the course of study and the application-oriented research.

Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) is the only cooperative state university in Germany. It was founded in 2009 and continues the cooperative model of the former Baden-Wuerttemberg University of Cooperative Education (BA BW), which was successful for over 40 years.

For years, Aalen University of Applied Sciences has been one of the most research-intensive universities of applied sciences in Germany.

During training for the profession of "Technical model-making - emphasis on bodywork and production," we work with Tebis to design auto body parts, molds and RP parts and to generate milling programs for our Alzmetall GS-650/5 and .stl data for our three RP systems.

The Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching and Greifswald is concerned with investigating the physical principles underlying a power plant that – like the Sun – will produce energy from the fusion of light atomic nuclei.