History

2009	Company anniversary: 50 years HÖFLER. HÖFLER family has more than 320 employees. HF 8000 & RAPID 8000 are available.
2008	A large number of machines type RAPID 650, 800, 1000, 1250 (all also available as MFM type) are supplied, also RAPID 2500 I, RAPID 2500 AI, RAPID 3000 I, RAPID 6000 I, RAPID 2000 L and RAPID 2500 L with 2000 mm stroke length. Topologically correct grinding of three-dimensional modifications available. To date more than 1550 machines have been supplied.
2007	The first RAPID 1250 MFM (a multifunction machine for gear grinding and cylindrical grinding) is delivered. The first RAPID 6000 arrives at customer's works, further machines have been sold. The RAPID 1600 comes on the market. The RAPID I machine series is introduced.
2006	The first PORTA 3500, a machine in gantry style for external-, internal- and cylindrical gear grinding, is supplied. "HsG - High speed Grinding" is offered for almost all machine types. The first machines RAPID 2500 and RAPID 4000 are supplied (in machining accuracy 1). The first gear hobber HF 900 is supplied, on request automatable. Topological grinding available.
2005	Delivery of the 1000^th machine.
2004	Introduction of the new HÖFLER processing software GearPro. The first RAPIDs 1800 / 2000 with up to 1500 mm stroke length and a maximum table load of 20 t are sold to the United States. Machine HÖFLER 4000 (profile- and generating gear grinder) is supplied to an American customer (Q1).
2003	HÖFLER enters into a new market segment: Introduction of the first Höfler-made gear hobbing machine type HF 900 with torque motor table drive at EMO Exhibition in Milano/Italy.
2002	All HÖFLER machines are equipped with torque motor table drives.
2001	First grinding machines with direct-driven, high-precision torque motor table drives replacing the conventional worm gear pair.
2000	So far HÖFLER has supplied around 620 machines all over the world. The RAPID 1250 is added to the RAPID machine series.
1999	First HELIX 700. Start of design and construction of the RAPID 900 and PORTA 3000 - a profile grinding machine designed as a portal frame and capable to grind also internal workpieces.
1997	First HELIX 400 to grind spur as well as helical gears.
1995	PROMAT CNC 200 for spur gears.
1991	From 1991 all HÖFLER machine series are redesigned to CNC technology. First fully CNC controlled gear grinder NOVA CNC.
1990	The company is taken over by the group of companies BGB and the company name is changed to HÖFLER Maschinenbau GmbH.
1988	At that time BHS HÖFLER has more than 180 employees.
1985	Introduction of a CNC dressing unit.
1983	The first gear grinder type H 4000 is delivered to Japan. At that time the largest and most productive gear grinding machine with CNC control worldwide.
1980	The company is taken over by the group BHS. Meanwhile every two weeks a new machine is shipped from HÖFLER works.
1979	The continuous growth makes the company move to larger premises in Ettlingen-Oberweier.
1975	Participation in a trade show in Beijing / market presence in China. Development of fully hydrostatic machines. Sale of the first machine H 3000.
1974	Delivery of the first H 2500.
1971	Start of development of large machines.
1968	First sale of the H 300 ready for serial production.
1965	Completion of the prototype of the first gear grinding machine type H 300.
1962	HÖFLER has already more than 120 employees. Start of development of an own generating gear grinding machine type H 300.
1959	Company foundation by Dr.-Ing. Willy Höfler with seven employees in Buhlstraße in Ettlingen. Initial production program: gear measuring instruments.