Manufacture of machine blades and wear parts for agricultural machinery and garden tools in Diemelstadt.
Jäkel GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenmesserfabrik
Diemelstadt (Hesse)New on Amplifa
About Jäkel
Jäkel GmbH & Co. KG is a medium-sized family business in Diemelstadt in northern Hesse, specializing for decades in the manufacture of machine blades and wear parts. More than 3 million blades and wear parts are produced and around 6,000 tonnes of quality steel processed each year. Production serves agricultural machinery and garden tools, mainly as a partner to original equipment manufacturers (OEM). All tools and jigs are manufactured in the company's own toolmaking shop; the product range is complemented by the JADU® product finishing process. Materials used include wear-resistant chromium-alloyed spring steel as well as tough boron steel. At the Diemelstadt-Wrexen site, over 10,000 m² of production space is available.
- Site
- Diemelstadt
- Processes
- Manufacture of machine blades and wear parts for agricultural machinery and garden tools, Forging (historical smithy, manufacture of tools and blades), Sharpening of tools and blades, JADU® product finishing, In-house toolmaking (manufacture of tools and jigs), Manufacture of chopper blades, In-house toolmaking (tools and jigs), Production of machine blades and wear parts
- Materials
- Chromium-alloyed spring steel (wear-resistant), Boron steel (tough), Quality steel, Chromium-alloyed spring steel, Boron steel, JADU® product finishing
- Certificates
- In-house toolmaking, ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1928
- Employees
- 130
- Industries
- Agricultural machinery, Garden tools, Agricultural technology, Grassland maintenance, Quarry operations (historical)
- 01
Toolmaking (tools and jigs)
- 02
Forming/production from quality steel
- 03
Sharpening of tools and blades
- 04
JADU® product finishing
- 05
Assembly/shipping
Materials & Processes
Chromium-alloyed spring steel
Wear-resistant spring steel for highly stressed machine blades; due to the material, somewhat more prone to fracture under impact loads.
Boron steel
Tough material for machine blades and wear parts in agricultural technology.
Quality steel
Base material of production, around 6,000 t processed annually.
JADU® product finishing
Proprietary finishing process for blades and wear parts.
Sites
Diemelstadt-Wrexen
DEMain site/Production
- Lot size
- Series production, over 3 million parts/year
- Materials
- Spring steel, boron steel, quality steel
- In-house toolmaking
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of machine blades and wear parts for agricultural machinery and garden toolsForming | – | – | – | over 3 million machine blades and | Spring steel (chromium-alloyed), Boron steel, Quality steel |
| Forging (historical smithy, manufacture of tools and blades)Forming | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Sharpening of tools and bladesMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| JADU® product finishingSurface | – | – | – | – | – |
| In-house toolmaking (manufacture of tools and jigs)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of chopper bladesForming | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Quality is ensured by the in-house toolmaking of all tools and jigs as well as the JADU® product finishing process. Certifications are not publicly documented.
| Evidence | Diemelstadt-Wrexen |
|---|---|
| In-house toolmaking | |
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1928
Founded by Friedrich Jäkel with a small smithy in Wrexen; manufacture and sharpening of tools and blades for quarry operations.
- 1963
Expansion of the product range by the second generation (Hans-Georg Jäkel, Karl-Friedrich Jäkel); focus on agricultural machinery and garden tools.
- 2000
Start of management by the 3rd family generation: Frank Jäkel and Udo Jäkel.
- 2025
Udo Jäkel leads the company together with Markus Justus and Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schwarte.