Company history
High speed growth
What Erwin Junker initiated in 1962 with three employees in a former flour mill is today a strong group of companies with the best references on the world market: JUNKER - partner for precision.
The first completely automatic JUNKER machine emerged back in 1962, when hydropower still used to drive part of the production machinery. In just ten years, the production range had grown to more than 30 grinding machines and the production area covered over 3,000 square metres.
Numerous patents pay testimony to the companys technological leadership. Many of these solutions have developed into impressive drivers for the industry as a whole.
The first completely automatic JUNKER machine emerged back in 1962, when hydropower still used to drive part of the production machinery. In just ten years, the production range had grown to more than 30 grinding machines and the production area covered over 3,000 square metres.
Numerous patents pay testimony to the companys technological leadership. Many of these solutions have developed into impressive drivers for the industry as a whole.
Erwin Junker
(founder and proprietor of the JUNKER Group)
Chronology of the company history
- 1962: Founding of the company "JUNKER-Machinen" Key sector: Cutting tool industry
- 1978: Introduction of CBN special grinding machines
- 1985: Introduction of Junker's QUICKPOINT system
- 1989: Breakthrough to the automotive industry
- 1991: Introduction of new machine concepts for the complete grinding of automotive components
- 1997: Certification to DIN EN ISO 9001
- 1998: Winner of the "Volkswagen Formula Q" award
- 2001: Certification to VDA 6.4
- 2005: Introduction of JUNKER's new "Evolution²" machine concept
- 2006: Inauguration of the new 5,000 m² assembly hall in Holice, Czech Republic
- 2008: Merger of the Czech plants to create "Erwin Junker Grinding Technology a.s."
