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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.
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Our Company History
Wilhelm König opens a mechanical workshop and locksmith shop in Wertheim-Bestenheid. Initially, the business performs all types of repair work and manufactures dressing machines for carpenters and coopers.
Wilhelm König begins as a supplier in the hydraulics/oil hydraulics business sector. Construction and expansion of production halls follow.
Patent application for the first KÖNIGDORN (hydraulic mandrel).
Company founder Wilhelm König hands over management to his son Manfred König.
Doubling of the workforce over the past decade to over 120 employees. Establishment of Main-Tauber-Maschinenbau GmbH as an independent company for the proprietary product—the KÖNIGDORN. Start of the first construction measures at the new “Am Stammholz” location in Bestenheid.
Establishment of Wilhelm König GmbH.
The Federal President awards the company a certificate of honor for exemplary achievements in vocational training.
Main-Tauber-Maschinenbau GmbH is renamed König-mtm GmbH.
Wilhelm König GmbH and König-mtm GmbH produce at the shared “Am Stammholz” location.
Appointment of Horst König as second managing director in the third generation.
Merger of the production companies Wilhelm König GmbH and König-mtm GmbH to form Wilhelm König Maschinenbau GmbH. Spin-off of König-mtm GmbH, Spanntechnik as a sales company for KÖNIGDORN products.
Wilhelm König Maschinenbau GmbH delivers the 50,000th KÖNIGDORN; König-mtm GmbH, Spanntechnik receives the “Registered and Approved Supplier” designation from the engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines.
Award of the “Supplier Award” by MTU Aero Engines.
Establishment of an energy management system. Wilhelm König Maschinenbau GmbH delivers the 75,000th KÖNIGDORN.
Awarded Preferred Supplier of the Bosch Group
Consolidation of all companies into WILHELM KÖNIG MTM GmbH. Currently 240 employees.
Delivery of the 100,000th KÖNIGDORN.
Named World Market Leader 2025 and 2026 (DDW, Die deutsche Wirtschaft)
Strengthening of management with Christoph Baumann.
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