Kloeckner Desma Machinery Private Limited

About Us

Since 1965, when our factory in Fridingen, Germany was founded, we have been producing machines, handling systems, and molds for the rubber industry. From small beginnings, we were originally a subsidiary of DESMA at Achim and have grown to become the world's leading manufacturer of rubber injection molding machines and systems. The growth has come as a result of DESMA's commitment to continual development and product improvement. With a total workforce of over 300 employees in Germany, the USA, and other oversea locations, we are present at locations all throughout the world. Quality of service, technical leadership and process know-how are the strong points that we bring to the partnership we have with each of our customers.
DESMA has been active in the USA since the 60?s when DESMA Industrial Machines was formed in Waltham, Mass. Since then we have grown and moved, first to Erlanger, Ky., and most recently to our new plant in Hebron, Ky. Our new facility is conveniently located just off Interstate 275 near the Greater Cincinnati Airport.
Our demonstration and test area is equipped with a variety of machines that give us the capability to run customer molds for trials and process development. These trials help us as a machine and tooling supplier to deliver the best system for your production needs.
DESMA currently employs approximately 30 people in the US. Most employees work at our plant in Hebron including several sales engineers, service technicians, project engineers, and spare parts sales and support. Our staff includes a service department with 11 specialists, 8 of whom are full time field service.
Founded in 1946, Desma Werke GMBH at Achim, near Bremen originally produced presses for the production of shoes and soles. The name Desma is from Deutsche Schuhmaschinen (German Shoe Machines). In the early sixties, Desma started to produce specialized injection molding machines for direct injection of PVC shoe soles and boots. In addition, in the early sixties, a booming market for rubber soles inspired Desma to build the first 300 and 500 ton 10-station rotary rubber injection molding machines. These machines also began to be used for the production of technical rubber parts for the automotive and consumer goods industries. Several hundred of these machines were built in the sixties, seventies, and eighties in the factory at Achim.
In the year 1965, a new plant was built at Fridingen in the south of Germany and single station rubber injection molding machines were developed and built in this factory. In 1981 Desma was purchased by Klockner Werke AG, a large producer of steel and various types of machinery. In 1991 the complete rubber machinery division of Desma became a separate, independent operating unit of Klockner and all activities were transferred to the expanded plant at Fridingen. Development and production of both single station and rotary machine with clamping forces from 50 to 4000 tons and injection capacities from 100 cm3 to 32,000 cm3 are now done at Fridingen.
In Fridingen, Germany, Desma currently employs a staff of around 215 employees for development, production, service and administration. Our annual machine production capacity is approximately 200 units.