Anselm Dingerkus founded the company in 1910 with his brother Ferdinand

The brothers initially focused on the manufacture of jewellery before adding hollow sheet handles for enamel tableware to the production programme in 1925.

1910

The company was founded this year

1925

Expansion of the production program for sheet metal hollow handles

90er

Development of international production facilities

1910 - 2016

GEDIA Milestones

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The company embarked on the manufacture of plastic handles in the 1950s, and simultaneously began manufacturing pressed, stamped and drawn parts, particularly for automotive production. Production plants were constructed in Nowa Sól (Poland) and Santa Margarida (Spain) at the end of the 90s. This was followed by a plant in Hungary, a second plant in Poland and new plants in China and Mexico. In addition, engineering centres were established in France, the USA and Sweden. With the sale of its handle division in 2003, the company focused its attentions on the development of lightweight automotive technologies and chassis components. In 2016, two new locations joined the GEDIA Automotive Group – Michigan, USA and Pune, India.

The milestones

1910

Anselm and Ferdinand Dingerkus founded Gebrüder Dingerkus in Attendorn, initially focusing on the manufacture of jewellery.

1910

Anselm and Ferdinand Dingerkus founded Gebrüder Dingerkus in Attendorn, initially focusing on the manufacture of jewellery.
1925

Expanded the manufacturing programme with the addition of hollow sheet handles for enamel tableware.
1951

Embarked on the production of plastic handles. A total of up to 10 million handles were delivered annually around the world in subsequent years.
1955

Began manufacturing pressed, stamped and drawn parts, particularly for automotive production.
1994

Commissioned the first spot welding robot for larger assemblies. Welding systems featuring around 200 robots are currently in use across the group.
1995

The first transfer press was set up in the newly constructed Attendorn press plant. Around 30 transfer presses with a pressing capacity of up to 2000 tonnes are currently in use across the group.
1998

Production plants were established in Poland (Nowa Sól) and Spain (Santa Margarida). An assembly plant and a logistics centre were built in Askay, Attendorn.
2001

A technology centre was established to increase the engineering capacity and the new tool shop was expanded in Attendorn.
2003

The handle division was sold and the company focused its attentions on the manufacture of complex vehicle body modules with automated production systems.
2007

A production plant was established in Hungary (Tata) for tube bending and the subsequent welding of these tubes to crash components.
2008

A further assembly plant was established in Poland (Nowa Sól) for the just-in-time production of larger vehicle body modules. An engineering centre was established in China (Nanjing).
2011

The hot forming centre was established in Attendorn and the first hot forming line began development in Poland.
2013

Pre-development and prototype construction moved into the new GEDIA research and development centre in Attendorn.
2014

The Mexican plant was opened and the new hot forming line began production in Attendorn.
2015

The first production plant was built in India (Pune).
2016

A new manufacturing and development location was established in the USA (Detroit, Michigan) to tap into the North American market.