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WILHELM KÖNIG MTM was founded in 1946 as a mechanical workshop and metalworking shop by Wilhelm König, and is now run as a family business in the third generation.
The company specializes in the manufacture of highprecision clamping elements for modern CNC-controlled machine tools. WILHELM KÖNIG MTM (company name until the end of July 2023: König-mtm GmbH, Spanntechnik) has been one of the most innovative companies in this sector for decades. The product range includes workpiece clamping devices such as clamping mandrels and chucks in hydraulic, mechanical, or hydro-mechanical design, which are sold to leading mechanical engineering and industrial companies under the KÖNIGDORN product brand.

The customer workpieces that are machined on these precision products range from aircraft components to components for automobiles and construction machinery to gearwheels for wind turbines.
The KÖNIGDORN product brand has become a byword for quality among international mechanical engineering companies and the automotive industry. As a rule, clamping tools are developed individually and customized for customers‘ machining tasks. They are usually produced as individual items or in small batches.

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.
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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.