DIEFFENBACHER GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, our headquarters, is located in Eppingen.
Locations: Heilbronner Straße 20, 75031 Eppingen (main building and halls); Liebigstraße, 75031 Eppingen (office building); Jakob-Dieffenbacher-Straße 4, 75031 Eppingen (office building and halls)
Employees: approx. 845 (in 2024)
Year founded: 1873 by Jakob Dieffenbacher.
You can find out more about the history of DIEFFENBACHER here.
Our headquarters in Eppingen sets the global strategic direction of the DIEFFENBACHER Group and creates the framework for successful global collaboration. Plants for our Wood, Forming, Recycling and Energy business units are planned and implemented in Eppingen offices and production and assembly halls. We also manage cross-location processes and sustainability initiatives and support our locations worldwide with local processes and issue resolution.
Our wide range of benefits ensures a pleasant working environment. We believe that our employees can develop their full potential with the right framework conditions. Our individual benefits range from further training opportunities and health management to flexible and remote work, as well as diversity.
The Dieffenbacher site in Leverkusen was founded in 1977 as Schenkmann-Piel Verfahrenstechnik. The cooperation with Dieffenbacher began in 1998. Since 2003, the Leverkusen site has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dieffenbacher Group.
Location: Maybachstr. 35, 51381 Leverkusen
Employees: approx. 60 in 2023
Part of Dieffenbacher: wholly owned subsidiary since 2003
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Location: Schweriner Str. 1, 33605 Bielefeld
Employees: approx. 35 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2009
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: MAIER plans, builds and supplies machines for wood shredding and material processing in particleboard, MDF and OSB plants, for the WPC/WFC industry and dust incineration, in pellet and biomass plants, and for waste and residual wood recycling for a global market. In addition to the planning of new machines and plants, services also include the maintenance, servicing and spare parts supply for existing machines, as well as the (re)engineering and modernization of machines and complete plant areas.
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Jung Werkzeugbau was founded in 1974. The company is located in Ötigheim.
Location: Heinrich-Hertz-Straße 3, 76470 Ötigheim
Employees: approx. 35 in 2024 (including 4 trainees)
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: Jung Werkzeugbau is a leading tool manufacturer with worldwide references. From simulation, consulting and planning, through design and production, to final acceptance and pilot series production in our press shop, the team works with customers to develop precise and flexible tool system solutions.
You can find information about the location at www.jung-werkzeugbau.de
Dieffenbacher Energy GmbH (formerly BERTSCHenergy) has been part of the Dieffenbacher Group since 2023. In addition to the location in Bludenz, the team is based in Vienna (Austria), Sosnowiec (Poland) and Eppingen (Germany).
Location: Untersteinstr. 4, 6700 Bludenz, Austria
Employees: approx. 109 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2023
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Dieffenbacher Energy offers a wide range of advanced solutions for sustainable energy generation. Together with our customers, our employees develop power plants (solid fuel-fired, gas-fired and liquid fuel-fired power plants) and individual modernization solutions. In addition to renewable energies, the future belongs to solutions that use biomass and waste materials instead of fossil or nuclear fuels to generate energy with fewer CO2 emissions, among other things. The goal is to generate energy and make efficient use of the waste heat generated, for example, through the use of combined heat and power plants. The team also manufactures a wide range of process equipment and heat recovery systems for the chemical and petrochemical industries.
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Dieffenbacher Energy GmbH (formerly BERTSCHenergy) has been part of the Dieffenbacher Group since 2023. In addition to the location in Vienna, the team is based in Bludenz (Austria), Sosnowiec (Poland) and Eppingen (Germany).
Location: Schönbrunner Straße 131, 1050 Vienna
Employees: approx. 5 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2023
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: Dieffenbacher Energy offers a wide range of advanced solutions for sustainable energy generation. Together with our customers, our employees develop power plants (solid fuel-fired, gas-fired and liquid fuel-fired power plants) and individual modernization solutions. In addition to renewable energies, the future belongs to solutions that use biomass and waste materials instead of fossil or nuclear fuels to generate energy with fewer CO2 emissions, among other things. The goal is to generate energy and make efficient use of the waste heat generated, for example, through the use of combined heat and power plants. The team also manufactures a wide range of process equipment and heat recovery systems for the chemical and petrochemical industries.
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Dieffenbacher Energy GmbH (formerly BERTSCHenergy) has been part of the Dieffenbacher Group since 2023. In addition to the location in Sosnowiec, the team is based in Bludenz (Austria), Vienna (Austria) and Eppingen (Germany).
Location: ul. Wojska Polskiego 8,41-208 Sosnowiec, Poland
Employees: approx. 20 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2023
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Dieffenbacher Energy offers a wide range of advanced solutions for sustainable energy generation. Together with our customers, our employees develop power plants (solid fuel-fired, gas-fired and liquid fuel-fired power plants) and individual modernization solutions. In addition to renewable energies, the future belongs to solutions that use biomass and waste materials instead of fossil or nuclear fuels to generate energy with fewer CO2 emissions, among other things. The goal is to generate energy and make efficient use of the waste heat generated, for example, through the use of combined heat and power plants. The team also manufactures a wide variety of process equipment and heat recovery systems for the chemical and petrochemical industries.
At the site in Sosnowiec, the team carries out detailed engineering for Dieffenbacher Energy in boiler design, pipeline planning and secondary steel construction. In addition, the site supports the Dieffenbacher Group within the framework of service contracts and external production monitoring for boiler manufacturers and subcontractors.
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Dieffenbacher Panelboard Oy, based in Nastola, has been part of the Dieffenbacher Group since 2008. The production of components for wood panel production began at the Nastola site in 1984. The company’s history includes the Rauma-Repola, Raumatic, Sunds Defibrator, Valmet and Metso wood panel plants.
Location: Wipaktie 1, 15560 Nastola, Finland
Employees: approx. 80 in 2023
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2008
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The team in Nastola develops and produces the components of a wood-based materials plant that are upstream and downstream of the press, such as screening and cleaning of wood chips and shavings, gluing and finishing, panel handling, storage and packaging systems.
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Dieffenbacher Czech Republic, based in Brno, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dieffenbacher Group. We have been operating in the Czech Republic since 1992.
Location: Řípská 15, 62700 Brno, Czech Republic
Employees: approx. 136 in 2024 (including long-term freelancers)
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: Hydraulic presses and other system components for producing plastic and metal parts are planned and manufactured at the Brno site.
You can find more information on the site website at DIEFFENBACHER - CZ
The location in Windsor, Ontario, Canada was founded as a subsidiary in 1983.
Location: 9495 Twin Oaks Drive, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Employees: approx. 88 (in 2024)
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: Dieffenbacher North America is the production site for Dieffenbacher products for North and South America and worldwide. The team manufactures Dieffenbacher hydraulic press components for the wood panel industry. In addition, complete Dieffenbacher forming presses for the composites industry are manufactured in Windsor.
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Dieffenbacher Customer Support LLC was officially established in 2012 to provide the best possible support to Dieffenbacher customers in North America. The team is located in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Location: Dieffenbacher Customer Support, LLC, 1345 Ridgeland Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30004, USA
Employees: approx. 37 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2012
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: The team supports customers in the USA, Canada and Mexico for service and modernization and supplies them with the required spare parts at short notice.
The subsidiary Dieffenbacher Malaysia in Selangor was founded in 2004 as a sales and service office.
Location: D-19-03 Menara Mitraland, No. 13A Jalan PJU 5/1, Kota Damansara PJU 5, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Employees: approx. 19 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2004
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The Dieffenbacher locations in Malaysia and Thailand are the first point of contact for customers in Southeast Asia for service, spare parts and modernization issues.
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Dieffenbacher Thailand is managed from the Malaysia location.
Location: One Pacific Place 18th Floor Unit 1802, Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei Sub-District, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Employees: 4 (in 2024)
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2019
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: The Dieffenbacher locations in Malaysia and Thailand are the first point of contact for customers in Southeast Asia for service, spare parts and modernization issues.
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The subsidiary Dieffenbacher India Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Bengaluru/Bangalore, the IT center of India.
Location: 303, 3rd Floor, Brigade Rubix No. 20, HMT Watch Factory Road, Peenya 1st Stage, 560022 Bangalore, India
Employees: 8 (in 2024)
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Dieffenbacher India Pvt. Ltd. acts as a bridge between Indian customers and the Dieffenbacher Group. The team is actively involved in sales discussions and services.
Location: 1305 Sci Tech Tower, 22 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Beijing, China
Employees: approx. 25 in 2023
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2004
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: Sales and services for Dieffenbacher customers in China
SWPM is Dieffenbacher’s largest subsidiary and largest production site outside Germany. Dieffenbacher and SWPM founded the joint venture in 2009, in which Dieffenbacher holds 70% of the shares.
Location: No. 299 Hejing Road, Anting, Shanghai 201805, China
Employees: approx. 500 (in 2024)
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SWPM offers both multi-daylight and continuous presses as well as short-cycle presses for the production and further processing of wood-based panels. Customers mainly come from China. However, SWPM has also supplied systems to India, Thailand and Mexico. SWPM has a market share of around 50% in China for 4 ft.-wide MDF and particleboard lines.
Location: Rua Camboriú, 26, sala 301, Centro, Itajaí/SC, Brasil, 88301-450
Employees: 6 in 2024
Part of Dieffenbacher: since 2011
Tasks within the Dieffenbacher Group: Dieffenbacher Latin America was founded as a sales and service office and works with a local team that supports all customers in Latin America.
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