WEEKE

WEEKE Bohrsysteme GmbH

Up to march 2017: WEEKE Bohrsysteme GmbH (drilling systems)

The manufacturer develops and produces machines for the wood processing industry and crafts. Priorities are (2011) CNC-machining centres, as well as facilities for through-feed boring lines and facilities for boring and fittings insertion in the industrial manufacturing of corpus and fronts. The company claims to be the largest member of the HOMAG Group and is located in Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany.

Divisions

stationary CNC machining centres
through-feed boring lines
boring and insertion technique
boring- and dowel inserting machines
sanding technology (Bütfering, since 2012)

Further Information

2nd plant: WEEKE Bohrsysteme GmbH Herford: responsible for all MAW- and Nottmeyer systems

History

2017	With the slogan 'One company - One brand' HOMAG changes the marketing strategy. In the future the panel sizing machine by HOLZMA, the edgebander by BRANDT, the CNC-machining centre by WEEKE or the grinding machine by BÜTFERING alls carry the HOMAG logo.
2015	Approx. 700 employees work on a productional area of 21.350m².
2012	Integration of the sanding technology brand BÜTFERING is completed. Opening of the first HOMAG Group Competence center in Herzebrock.
2011	The BST 800 is presented on the LIGNA
2009	world premiere at the LIGNA: Presentation of the BHX 050; the new High Tech material SORB TECH is introduced
2007	launch of marketing campaign 'CNC-Offensive' plus 20% growth and further developing of the strategic leadership
2006	Development of the Vantage series and successful premiere of the new BHX 500 at the show in Birmingham, 1300 CNC-machining centres (HOMAG \| WEEKE) and construction of a new production hall
2003	Venture series is developed and produced
2001	Completion and moving into the new office building
1997	Expansion to an additional production hall
1991	Completion and moving into the new production hall
May 1986	The previously family-owned company is in the Homag Group included: WEEKE takes the strategically important task of boring, milling and assembly technology; for the company an important step in the expansion: by the global distribution WEEKE customers in more than 70 countries (on 5 continents) were cared; the export rate is over 86%
1982	Development of individually retrievable drilling spindles
1974	First CNC controlled machine
1954	World's first lock inlet machine SEM I, which was able to execute operations in just 5 seconds. This' revolutionary follows a machine for multi-spindle boring in plate materials. This machine made the previous groove- and spring-connection unnecessary (dowel boring machine).
since 1945	Development of its own product range, for example pressing of corpus
October 1945	Gustav WEEKE & Son based in the Westphalian Herzebrock a locksmith, which was already responded to the concerns of wood-processing factories was aligned