Development and manufacturing of mechanical and electronic fuzes and fuze systems for armed forces and munitions manufacturers.
Junghans Microtec GmbH
Dunningen-Seedorf (DE) · La Ferté Saint-Aubin (FR) · Troisdorf (DE)New on Amplifa
About Junghans Defence
Junghans Microtec GmbH, based in Dunningen-Seedorf (Baden-Württemberg), develops, designs and manufactures fuzes and fuze systems for artillery, mortars, medium calibre, tanks, anti-tank weapons, guided missiles, bombs and torpedoes. The portfolio comprises impact fuzes, time fuzes, combination fuzes and multifunction fuzes for artillery guns of calibres from 76 mm to 203 mm, as well as electronic fuzes with radar sensor technology and pyrotechnic elements including EFI and LEEFI detonators. The company is a joint venture of the Diehl Group (55%) and the Thales Group (45%) and, together with the French subsidiary Junghans T2M, operates under the umbrella brand Junghans Defence. Originating from the Junghans clock factory founded in 1861, the company draws on more than 160 years of precision mechanics experience. Its customers include major international armed forces and munitions manufacturers; the artillery fuzes comply with NATO standards (STANAG, AOP, MIL-STD, JBMoU). Before 2022, around 150,000 fuzes were produced annually; 450,000 were planned for 2024 and up to 750,000 fuzes for 2025.
- Site
- Dunningen-Seedorf
- Processes
- Development and manufacture of mechanical fuzes (impact, time, combination and multifunction fuzes), Development and manufacture of electronic fuzes and components incl. radar sensor technology, Precision mechanics – mechanical centre of competence for the development and design of fuzes, Manufacture of pyrotechnic elements, explosives, initiation chains and electronic detonators, Magnetic-inductive programming of fuzes, Development and design of fuzes of all kinds, Precision mechanics/manufacturing, Electronics and radar sensor technology
- Materials
- Explosives/Pyrotechnic substances, Pyrotechnic substances and explosives
- Founded
- 1861
- Employees
- 750
- Industries
- Defence/Armaments, Munitions manufacturers, Armed forces (land, navy, air)
- 01
Development and design (precision mechanics)
- 02
Manufacture of electronic components and radar sensor technology
- 03
Manufacture of pyrotechnic elements and detonators
- 04
Assembly and programming of fuzes
Materials and Processes
Pyrotechnic substances and explosives
Basis for reliable initiation chains, electronic detonators (EFI/LEEFI) and pyrotechnic elements.
Sites and Centres of Competence
Dunningen-Seedorf
DEHeadquarters of Junghans Microtec; Centre of Competence for Precision Mechanics – development, design and manufacture
La Ferté Saint-Aubin
FRJunghans T2M SAS; Centre of Competence for Electronics and Radar Sensor Technology
Troisdorf
DESubsidiary DynITEC; Centre of Competence for Pyrotechnics – pyrotechnic elements, explosives, detonators
Fuzes and Systems
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development and manufacture of mechanical fuzes (impact, time, combination and multifunction fuzes)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Development and manufacture of electronic fuzes and components incl. radar sensor technologyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Precision mechanics – mechanical centre of competence for the development and design of fuzesEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of pyrotechnic elements, explosives, initiation chains and electronic detonatorsOther | – | – | – | – | Explosives |
| Magnetic-inductive programming of fuzesAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1861
Foundation of the Junghans clock factory (Junghans and Tobler) by Erhard Junghans in Schramberg
- 1984
Division of Junghans into the business units clocks and fuzes
- 1999
Legal independence of the fuze unit as Junghans Feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG
- 2007
Renaming to Junghans Microtec GmbH
- 2010
Wikileaks publication: Junghans Microtec listed as an 'object of national security interest outside the USA'
- 2015
Junghans Microtec and Junghans T2M operate under the umbrella brand Junghans Defence