{"id":3086,"date":"2026-07-27T16:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ks-anlagenbau.com\/?page_id=3086"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:10:11","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ks-anlagenbau.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Milestones in our company’s development<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Since 1990, K&S has evolved from a toolmaker into a strong partner in plant engineering and automation technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From founding to innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K&S Anlagenbau GmbH was founded in 1990 as a toolmaking company and quickly established itself in plant engineering, particularly in the field of high-performance plant automation (precision meets speed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through continuous technological development and the targeted acquisition of expertise, K&S has established itself as a holistic thinking and acting partner for its customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1990 founding<\/h5>\n

In the 1990s, Thomas Settele and Anton Kelz began manufacturing toolmaking components.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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1997 Move to the new building in Lengenwang<\/h5>\n

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1998 Construction of the first KSRadial 8<\/h5>\n

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2001 First series of KSLinear modules <\/h5>\n

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2004 Initial certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001<\/h5>\n

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2008 Awarded TOP 100<\/h5>\n

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2009 Development of waste-free punching<\/h5>\n

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2013 Award “Großer Preis des Mittelstandes”<\/h5>\n

Awarding of the “Großen Preis des Mittelstandes” by the Oskar-Patzelt Foundation in Würzburg<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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2013 Founding of the KELZ Produktionstechnologie<\/h5>\n

KELZ Produktionstechnologie was founded as a sister company to produce in-house with our equipment and achieve series production readiness.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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2014 Delivery of a production line<\/h5>\n

Customized system solution<\/strong><\/p>

With 30 tracks, a total of 5,500 individual parts per minute are fed into the system.   <\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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2016 Presentation of the feed system at the MOTEK trade fair in Stuttgart<\/h5>\n

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2022 Presentation of KSMulti at the all about automation trade fair in Friedrichshafen<\/h5>\n

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2024 Newly developed 20-ton press goes into series production<\/h5>\n

The first heavy-duty press XL with more than double the pressing force is delivered.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3086","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"History - K&S Anlagenbau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the history of K&S Anlagenbau: from its founding as a toolmaking company in 1990 to plant engineering and automation technology.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ks-anlagenbau.com\/en\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History - 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