History
Neff-Pressen tailor-made solutions in the forming technology
Walter NEFF GmbH was founded 1947 in Bad Urach (Württemberg/Germany) by Mr. Eng. Walter Neff. In spring 1988 the new owner moved the company to Karlsruhe.
Due to this the company got the possibility to develop further and within the following years NEFF changed from a handicraft enterprise to a worldwide operating middle sized company.
Today the company is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic presses and manufacturing lines for the complete forming industry. The origin of the continuous success is founded in our company philosophy and our know-how of the branch. In spite of our contiuous success we were able to remain a mid-sized company and due to this being able to react fast and spontaneous to customer requirements.
1947
Founded by Mr. Walter Neff in Bad Urach.
1988
Taken over by Mr. Dieter Dörmann and company transfer to Karlsruhe.
2003
Delivery of the first Hotstamping Line.
2004
Enlargement of the press capacity up to 30.000 kN.
2008
Establish new building in Karlsruhe.
2011
Start of delivery of 4 Hotstamping lines for Magna/Cosma.
2012/13
Delivery of various production lines to TIER1-customer to Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Switzerland and Brazil.
2013
Development of the second generation NEFF-dynamisV II® Hotstamping technology.
2014
Implementation NEFF Principle of 4 cycles©
10/2014
Introduction NEFF-Power-Saving.
2015
Receiving AEE Innovation Star for NEFF-dynamisV II®
11/2015
Blechnet-Award for NEFF-dynamisV II®
NEFF-Pressen with the dynamisV II®-technology are currently the fastest hot forming press for press hardening worldwide.
2016
Bulk order for Cental Amerika and eastern Europe for multi-purpose machines in fully automated production lines.
2017
70th anniversary of the company and transfer to the next generation
2023
In September 2023, the company Röcher GmbH & Co. KG, based in Netphen, acquired the NEFF-Karlsruhe site and continues to operate it as an independent product area and a standalone branch with Managing Director Oliver Dörmann.