The path to Industry 4.0
2013
TRUMPF expands its development headquarters in Schramberg to include a new R&D Center, thus adding 6,200 square meters of floor space to the company site.
For their entry "Production with light flashes – ultrashort pulse lasers for industrial mass production", researchers from TRUMPF, Bosch, and the University of Jena are awarded the prestigious German Future Prize from the German Federal President. Former President Joachim Gauck presented the award to the winning team personally.
TRUMPF enters into a close collaboration with the Chinese machine tool manufacturer Jiangsu Jinfangyuan CNC Machine Company Ltd. (JFY). TRUMPF acquires a majority share of the Chinese company of around 72 percent.
2014
TRUMPF establishes its own bank for the flexible financing of TRUMPF products for customers worldwide. At the start of 2015, TRUMPF Bank enters into the investment business and offers its German employees savings and fixed deposit accounts, which are managed via online banking.
The medical technology branch is taken over by the U.S. medical technology manufacturer Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
2015
With EHT, TRUMPF takes over one of the oldest companies in Germany. EHT Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH in Teningen, Breisgau, was founded in 1771 as Eisen- und Hammerwerke Teningen (EHT) and produces die folding machines and guillotine shears.
At the Formnext trade show, the company presents new machines for the 3D printing of metal parts. The technology behind the new 3D printers is also known as additive manufacturing.
2016
With the new work alliance, TRUMPF responds to the challenges of the future such as dynamic brand development, digital change and the need for more individuality. The aim is to make it possible to reconcile home and work life. The work alliance focuses on mobile working, an agile time system, a qualification initiative and arrangements for age-appropriate working.
2017
TRUMPF reorganized its Group Management, with the changes taking effect from July 1, 2017. Heinz-Jürgen Prokop and Christian Schmitz joined the most important executive committee in the company. Gerhard Rübling retired from his position as Labor Director for age reasons. Prokop became CEO of Machine Tools (CEO MT). Schmitz assumed responsibility for laser technology as CEO of Laser Technology (CEO LT). Peter Leibinger became Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mathias Kammüller was made Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of the company. Lars Grünert remained responsible for the company's finances as the Chief Financial Officer. In addition to her function as President and Chairwoman of the Managing Board, Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller took on the role of Labor Director.
TRUMPF opened the Smart Factory in Chicago in September 2017. This technology center for Industry 4.0 solutions was planned entirely with digitally networked production processes. The emphasis was on the consultation and training of customers regarding the introduction of digitally networked production solutions. The Smart Factory served as an important milestone in the sustainable expansion in the market in the USA.
2019
TRUMPF opens a company day care center in May 2019 at its head office in Ditzingen. The building covering 1,200 square meters offers a total of 70 children room for playing, learning and resting. 20 of the facility's places are offered to the public. The independent sponsor POLIFANT carries the educational responsibility for the day care center. The building complies with state-of-the-art ecological criteria: the support structure and the walls were made from natural wood without glue.
2020
In the Smart Factory based at the head office, TRUMPF produces sheet metal parts for their machine tools over an area spanning 5000 square meters. The new fully networked factory also serves as a Customer Center providing particularly small and medium-sized companies a glimpse into efficient sheet metal processing. This makes Ditzingen the third company site with a fully networked factory, alongside Chicago in the USA and Taicang in China.
TRUMPF's Supervisory Board appoints Oliver Maassen as the Personnel Group Manager, taking effect from 1 October 2020.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier awards the research team working with Dr Peter Kürz, ZEISS Sparte Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT), Dr Michael Kösters, TRUMPF Lasersystems for Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Dr Sergiy Yulin, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena his prize for Technology and Innovation for their project "EUV-Lithographie – Neues Licht für das digitale Zeitalter" ("EUV lithography – New Light for the Digital Age").
