About us
Neugart is a family-owned company among gearbox manufacturers. Founded in 1928, Neugart remains in family hands, now in the fourth generation. Neugart develops, produces and sells planetary gearboxes and custom gearboxes. The company employs over 840 people worldwide, including over 700 at its headquarters in Kippenheim in southwest Germany.
€107 million
Neugart Group turnover
850
Neugart Group employees
14 million
Possible gearbox configurations
1920
1928
Karl Neugart founds his company in the Black Forest (Furtwangen, Germany). Start production of gear components for mechanical equipment and office machines.
1943
Neugart relocates from Furtwangen to Kippenheim, Germany.
1952
Neugart starts producing mantel clocks.
1954
Neugart produces its first spring mechanisms for mechanical razors.
1960
1967
Neugart further expands its product range by producing mechanical oil level indicators. The first sales companies are established in Germany, France, Italy, Austria and the Benelux countries. Karl Neugart divides the business equally between his son Georg Neugart and his daughter Erika Herr (born Neugart).
1969
Annual sales surpass 1 million Deutschmarks.
1970
1973
Annual sales surpass 2 million Deutschmarks.
1975
Neugart develops and produces the first planetary gearboxes for stepper motors.
1978
Foundation laid for Plant I in Kippenheim.
1980
1985
Plant I is enlarged by 1,400 m² of production space.
1989
Thomas Herr, son of Erika Herr, joins the company as a director.
Market launch of the first catalog-based planetary gearbox series PL.
1990
1993
Market launch of the planetary gearbox series PLE.
1996
First DIN EN ISO 9001 certification.
Bernd Neugart, son of Georg Neugart, joins the company as Managing Partner.
1997
Founding of the subsidiary Neugart USA Corp. (North America).
2000
2000
Georg Neugart retires as Managing Partner.
2003
Neugart celebrates its 75th anniversary. Establishment of the subsidiaries Neugart Italia S.R.L. and Atlanta Neugart France S.A.R.L.
2004
Establishment of the subsidiary Neugart Planetary Gearboxes (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. (China).
2008
Neugart receives its first DIN EN ISO 14001 certification. Foundation laid for Plant II in Kippenheim.
2010
2011
Establishment of the subsidiaries Neugart Redüktör San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Turkey) and Neugart do Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda (Brazil). Founding of Neugart Holding GmbH.
2013
Matthias Herr, son of Thomas Herr, joins the company.
2014
Expansion of Plant II in Kippenheim by 6,000 m².
2015
Neugart USA Corp. relocates from Pittsburgh to Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
2017
Opening of the new building for subsidiary Neugart Planetary Gearboxes (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. (China).
2020
2020
Founding of the subsidiary Neugart France S.A.S. (France).
2022
Founding of the subsidiary Neugart Schweiz AG (Switzerland).
2022
Thomas Herr retires as Managing Partner.
