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WILHELM KÖNIG MTM was founded in 1946 as a mechanical workshop and locksmith shop by Wilhelm König and is now managed as a family business in its third generation.
The focus is on manufacturing high-precision clamping elements for modern CNC-controlled machine tools. In this sector, WILHELM KÖNIG MTM has been one of the most innovative companies for decades. The product range includes workpiece clamping devices such as mandrels and chucks in hydraulic, mechanical, or hydromechanical designs, which are sold under the KÖNIGDORN product brand to leading mechanical engineering and industrial companies.

The customer workpieces machined on these precision products range from aircraft components to parts for automobiles and construction machinery, as well as gears for wind turbines.
The KÖNIGDORN product brand has become synonymous with quality among international mechanical engineering companies and the automotive industry. As a rule, clamping tools are developed individually and custom-tailored for customers’ machining tasks.
They are usually produced as one-offs or in small series.

Management

Christoph Baumann & Horst König

Managing Directors

Our Company History

1946

Wilhelm König opens a mechanical workshop and metal-working shop in Wertheim-Bestenheid. At first, the company performed all kinds of repair work and produced planing machines for carpenters and coopers.

1953

Wilhelm König starts as a supplier in hydraulics/oil hydraulics. Construction and expansion of production halls follow.

1965

Patent application for the first KÖNIGDORN (hydraulic clamping mandrel).

1974

Company founder Wilhelm König passes on the management to his son Manfred König.

1978

The number of employees has doubled in the past decade to over 120. Foundation of the Main-Tauber-Maschinenbau GmbH as an independent company for its proprietary product – the KÖNIGDORN mandrel. Start of the first construction measures at the new site, “Am Stammholz”, in Bestenheid.

1981

Foundation of Wilhelm König GmbH.

1984

The Federal President awards the company a certificate of honor for exemplary performance in vocational training.

1995

Main-Tauber-Maschinenbau GmbH is renamed König-mtm GmbH.

1998/1999

Wilhelm König GmbH and König-mtm GmbH start production at their common location, “Am Stammholz”.

2000

Appointment of Horst König as the second managing director in the third generation.

2005

Merger of the manufacturing companies Wilhelm König GmbH and König-mtm GmbH to form Wilhelm König Maschinenbau GmbH. Spin-off of König-mtm GmbH, Spanntechnik (clamping technology) as a distribution company for the KÖNIGDORN products.

2006

Wilhelm König Maschinenbau GmbH delivers its 50,000th KÖNIGDORN; König-mtm GmbH, Spanntechnik is honored as a “Registered and Approved Supplier” by MTU Aero Engines, the jet engine manufacturer.

2007

Honored with the “Suppliers Award” by MTU Aero Engines.