Win-win symbiosis

From the initial acquaintance in 2016, to the deep cooperation in 2018, and then to overcome one difficult challenge after another, the relationship between Wuxi Jingo and Grob China has long broken through the boundaries of traditional equipment manufacturers and customers, and they are more like a pair of partners who accompany each other and grow together.

Speaking of the deep friendship with Grob China, Mr. Huang felt a lot: “The choice of Grob began with the powerful performance of its equipment; Firm cooperation, but also agree with its pursuit of high quality, high precision concept. Although only 3 devices were purchased, we deeply felt the professionalism, focus and intentions of the Graub brand and the Graub people. When we develop new applications, their process and technical support, so that we have a sense of ‘understand you’, if not rich, professional experience accumulation, is impossible to do. No matter at any time, as long as we have needs, Grob China’s after-sales team can give a clear answer at the first time, and many times through the remote diagnosis of the machine tool, it can help us solve some small problems of the equipment in time. Pang Li, manager of Grob China Shanghai Branch, also introduced many users to us, and combined the ‘soft kung fu’ of Jingo with the ‘hard power’ of Grob China, making our workshop a small-scale application center for complex parts and complex processes.”

With the difficult challenges being overcome hand in hand, the relationship between the two sides has long broken through the boundaries of traditional equipment manufacturers and customers, and has become a partner for common growth

“Wuxi Jinge leadership team’s forward-looking layout of the industry, deep understanding of manufacturing and technology, so that the advantages of Grob horizontal five-axis technology can be perfectly presented.” I am proud to see the quality of the complex parts and difficult tasks produced by Grob equipment in the Kingo workshop.” Pang Li sighed, “In the future, we also hope that we can help more national enterprises with feelings and ideals like Jingo to move to a larger world stage.”

GROB – has the world’s leading technical strength

The Grob Group is a family-owned company operating worldwide with its headquarters in Mindheim, Germany, and five overseas production sites in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bluffton, USA; Dalian, China; Pianeza, Italy (Turin); and Bangalore, India.

14 branches responsible for sales and after-sales service are located in China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Mexico, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Vietnam, Japan and Thailand. With the combined efforts of 8,300 employees worldwide, the Grob Group achieved sales of approximately €1.55 billion in the financial year 2022-2023.

Grob’s products range from general purpose machining centers to highly flexible and highly automated production systems, from assembly units in machining to fully automated assembly lines. In addition, motor production equipment, assembly equipment for battery and fuel cell technology are also included in the product range. Glaub also has thermal spraying technology for engine components and is able to provide tailor-made solutions for the processing of turbine casings, frame structure parts, chassis parts and battery casings. Within the framework of Industry 4.0, GROB-NET4Industry has taken an important step forward with the introduction of GROB-Net4Industry software for fully future-oriented digitalization and networked production. In addition, Grob has successfully entered the field of additive manufacturing and developed a new liquid metal printing equipment.

In April 2003, the Grob Group established Grob Machine Tool Maintenance (Beijing) Co., LTD. (now renamed Grob Machine Tool (China) Co., LTD. Beijing Branch), which has since opened a new era of trade with Asia. Two years later, Grob Shanghai Branch (now renamed Grob Machine Tools (China) Co., LTD. Shanghai Branch) was established.

With the opening of the Grob Group’s fourth production site in Dalian, China on June 18, 2012, the Group strengthened its long-term competitiveness in the global market and consolidated its leading position in the Asian market. In October 2018, the most dynamic and vibrant production base of the Grob Group was officially renamed Grob Machine Tools (China) Co., LTD., becoming the headquarters base in China. Its existing total area, including production, is 32,400 square meters, and a new 35,000 square meters of construction has been completed in August 2022, effectively ensuring Grob’s strong competitiveness in China and throughout Asia. With the production base in Dalian, sales and after-sales service branches in Beijing and Shanghai, and after-sales service outlets in Wuhan and Chengdu, GROb China is now able to provide customers and the market with all the important products and services to meet their needs through a series of core values of sales, design, production and service, according to the standard of “Quality in Germany, Made in China”.

The GROb Group’s long-term development strategy in Asia, in addition to the rapid development of the Chinese economy, also includes sufficient attention and a clear commitment to technological progress in all Asian regions. This strategic orientation enables Grob to continuously manufacture individual and highly complex production equipment for all industries and regional markets, including the automotive industry.

At present, Grob occupies about 75% of China’s automotive powertrain share, and provides the best solutions for aerospace, mechanical manufacturing, tool and mold, medical engineering, energy industry and other business areas with general machining centers, and is widely trusted and favored by users in the emerging field of electric vehicles, and is one of the most well-known suppliers in the Chinese market.