Wepuko Pahnke GmbH
Wepuko PAHNKE is a German mechanical and systems engineering company, specialized in the design and manufacturing of high-pressure pumps and hydraulic forging presses, including their drives and controls. The company is a global leader in these fields. The range of pumps includes triplex plunger pumps and radial piston pumps with variable and constant displacement. Wepuko PAHNKE also develops and builds units and systems according to customer specifications. Furthermore, the company offers complete descaling systems.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Oil, Gas & Refineries
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1932
- Employees:
- 11-100
- Turnover:
- 10,000,000 - 100,000,000 €
About Us
Our solutions can be found in the oil and gas industry, chemical plants, power plants, heavy industry, steel mills and many other applications. Customers include: Otto Fuchs and Citic Heavy Industries in the Hydraulic Forging Presses and Oil Hydraulics sectors, SMS Meer, Vallourec & Mannesmann, Robert Bosch and ArcelorMittal in the Water Hydraulics sector and Shell, Petrobras, Petronas, Statoil, Gaz de France and Hyundai Heavy Industries in the Process Pumps sector.
The company was founded in 1932 by Fritz Thumm in Metzingen, South-West Germany. One of the company’s many innovations was the introduction of large radial piston pumps with a very flexible control system and rapid flow direction reversal (1966).
After the takeover of Wepuko by the Pahnke family in 1996, the company was able to introduce the know-how of Hans-Joachim Pahnke, a pioneer in the field of open die forging presses. The outstanding innovations that Hans-Joachim Pahnke developed, include the first underfloor open die forging press featuring a two-pillar design (1956) and thePAHNKEModifiedSinusoidalDirect drive (PMSD drive) in 1975.
Milestones
- 1932Wepuko is founded in Metzingen by Fritz Thumm
- 1973 PAHNKE Engineering is founded in Düsseldorf by Hans-Joachim Pahnke, Fritz Thumm Jr. and Eric Koik
- 1996Wepuko is taken over by the Pahnke family
- 2002The products of the two companies are consolidated into one company
- 2011Renamed to Wepuko PAHNKE
Today, the company is managed by Tanja Pahnke and remains a strong innovator in its fields. The Wepuko PAHNKE group includes companies in the United States, China and Russia. Wepuko PAHNKE also has a global presence with representatives in more than 70 countries.
The largest hydraulic system in the world went into operation at Norheinco in China in 2009, and the world’s strongest open die forging press by PAHNKE went into operation in 2011 at Citic Heavy Industries in China. Both using a Wepuko PAHNKE PMSD drive.