130 years of experience in manufacturing of high performance grinding wheels.

The cornerstone of the Krebs & Riedel grinding wheel factory in Bad Karlshafen was laid 130 years ago. Today the family-owned company operates worldwide as a manufacturer of individually manufactured precision grinding wheels and impresses with innovation and solution-oriented application technology advice. Above all, customers from the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, medical technology and wind power sectors rely upon the high-precision products manufactured by Krebs & Riedel. In addition to conventional grinding wheels, cutting wheels, cup grinding wheels and grinding segments with ceramic and synthetic resin bonds, Krebs & Riedel also manufactures CBN and diamond tools with ceramic bonds, as well as honing rings. Krebs & Riedel is one of the global innovation leaders in abrasives and has subsidiaries in China and India and a strong distribution network in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Right now important investments in sustainability management and the expansion of the Bad Karlshafen plant are ongoing.

Diverse portfolio, individual products and special solutions with special quality requirements.

The production program includes corundum and silicon carbide wheels with a ceramic bond and synthetic resin bond for most industrial grinding applications up to 900 mm outside diameter for round, flat, tool, centerless, gear and rough grinding applications. Cut-off wheels in synthetic resin bond with and without fiber reinforcement up to 800 mm outside diameter for chop cut, pendulum cutting and rotary cutting. Roughing and pendulum grinding with and without fibre reinforcement for the cleaning shop and the foundry industry; Grinding wheels for pendulum grinding machines, grinding wheels for bench grinders and grinding wheels for grinding manipulators. Diamond and CBN grinding media in vitrified bond with a working speed of up to 200 m/s for internal, flat, circular, tool grinding and special grinding processes.

Milestones

1895: Production of vitrified grinding tools started by Carl Krebs
1932: Buy-in of Walter Riedel – since then it is Krebs & Riedel
1933: Introduction of resin bonded grinding tools
1950: New company HQ was built
1985: Start of production of CBN and DIA grinding tools
1995: Certification for conformance to DIN ISO 9001 standard
1997: R&D department opened
2000: Founding member of the oSa
2014: New office in Shanghai, China
2015: 100% naphthalene free products
2015: Lowest specific CO² emissions in the industry
2019: Major expansion of our production facility in Bad Karlshafen
2019: Photovoltaic system installed, 70.000 kWh per year
2020: New office in Bengaluru, India
2021: Production of PU grinding and polishing tools
2022: New representative office in Tokyo, Japan
2022: Certification EMAS environmental management
2023: Joint Venture Proteus Abrasives, Hongkong
2024: Setup finishing plant, China