About us

The managing partners Bernd Neugart and Matthias Herr.

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 750 people worldwide, including over 600 at its headquarters in Kippenheim in southwest Germany.

Facts & Figures

€107 million

Neugart Group turnover

750

Neugart Group employees

14 million

Possible gearbox configurations

History

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

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.