Kautz Zahnradfabrik GmbH

Kautz Zahnradfabrik GmbH is a gear manufacturing firm located in Wuppertal, Germany, established in 1871 by Hugo Kautz as a machine factory in Wuppertal-Unterbarmen. The company produces gears, gear couplings, drive shafts, gearbox parts, gearing, key shafts, key hubs, and special profiles, focusing on individual parts and small series made to drawings or samples. Its capabilities include contract gearing and complete manufacturing, with a modern machine park developed through recent investments. The firm machines gears up to ø 1000 mm, shafts up to ø 600 x 2100 mm or ø 168 x 6000 mm, including conical and bulbous gearing, internal gearing, and SAE gearings. Key shafts are milled up to ø 600 x 2100 mm or ø 168 x 6000 mm and ground up to ø 185 x 1600 mm, while key hubs reach 1000 mm in length. Approximately 20 employees work on 1000 m². For about 80 years the company has specialized in gear production, and since 1998 Dipl.-Ing. Dirk Gräfe has led it following a generational change.