Kirchberger Maschinenbau KG

About Kirchberger Maschinenbau KG

Kirchberger Maschinenbau KG is a family-run mechanical engineering company in Gumpolding, in the municipality of Kirchberg-Thening in Upper Austria. Founded in 1930 as a farrier and carriage smithy, the company evolved through agricultural machinery manufacturing into a modern, heavily computer-supported supplier for industry. Production comprises metalworking and assembly in the company's own workshop as well as in two assembly halls built in 1977 and 1995. The company, with 12 employees, has trained 25 apprentices since its founding and supplies industrial customers in Austria. Since 2018, a photovoltaic system with 24.2 kWp has covered roughly half of the company's electricity needs.

Site

Gumpolding, municipality of Kirchberg-Thening, AT

Processes

Contract manufacturing for industry, Mechanical engineering, Agricultural machinery manufacturing (historical)

Founded

1930

Employees

12

Industries

Industrial supply, Agricultural machinery

1. 01

   Workshop production

2. 02

   Assembly

3. 03

   Supply to industry

Site

Gumpolding

AT

Main site: workshop and assembly halls

Inside the production

History

1. 1930

   Founded on 25 July by Josef Kirchberger as a farrier and carriage smithy in Gumpolding

2. 1934

   Construction of an own house with its own smithy in Gumpolding

3. 1966

   Rudolf Kirchberger took over the business; transformation into agricultural machinery manufacturer and dealer

4. 1968

   Construction of a new workshop building

5. 1977

   Expansion with an assembly hall

6. 1984

   Johann Kinzl joined the company

7. 1995

   Further expansion with an assembly hall

8. 1996

   Johann Kinzl and Marianne Kirchberger took over the company; transition to contract manufacturing for industry

9. 2018

   Commissioning of a PV system with 24.2 kWp