About us

      
           
             
   

Established in 1929 by Emil Wohlhaupter for die and mold manufacture, today Wohlhaupter is known world-wide as a manufacturer of modular tool systems for machining centres and turning/milling centres, facing and boring heads, grooving heads, clamping tools as well as customized solutions for boring operations.
   
Managing Directors: Rolf Wohlhaupter-Hermann
Frank Wohlhaupter
(from right to left)
Staff members: 180
   
History
1929 Founding of the company at Stuttgart-Feuerbach
1937 Invention of the UPA (Universal Facing and Boring Head)
1965 Precision boring tools and clamping accessories using a rapid replacement system
1973 Development of the world´s first modular tooling system MULTIBORE
1984 The "Special Tool" Team formed
1987 Removal to a new building in Frickenhausen
1989 Introduction of the APD Automatic Facing and Boring Head for machining centres and special machines. One tool - a host of machining options!
1992 Production of the HSK (hollow shank taper) starts
1993 First showing of the aluminium precision boring tool
1999 The EK grooving head - the trail blazing innovation for grooving
2001 Presentation of the new "Combi-Line" tool series
2002 Presentation of a new generation of insert drills with replaceable inserts with four effective cutters
2002 Establishment of the US subsidiary "Wohlhaupter Corp." in Dayton, Ohio (USA)
2003 Initial presentation of the "DigiBore" precision boring tool with direct traverse measurement and digital display on the occasion of the in-house exhibition.
2004 New serie Balance
2004 Jubilee: 75 years Wohlhaupter
2004 For the first time own booth at the IMTS in Chicago
2005 Diversification of Combi-Line tools
2006 Take-over Koyemann combination-cut-boring
2006 Vario-Line: The new boring tool for rough boring
2003 Digibore - Awarded 3rd prize at the Esslingen 2003 innovation awards
2004 Digibore - VR innovation award 2004