Foundation of OTTO JUNKER GmbH
Foundation of Otto Junker GmbH, its business based on a water-cooled mould for the nonferrous semi-finished products industry
the world's leading provider of industrial furnace systems for melting, heat treatment and recycling
OTTO JUNKER is the global technology and system partner for thermal processes of the aluminium, copper, semi-finished products and foundry industries as well as a European supplier of special stainless steel castings. We strive for leadership regarding innovative technology for the benefit of our customers.
We offer our employees safe jobs with room for advance.
We are a fair partner for our suppliers. Consistent increase in value and continuous growth are the basis of our entrepreneurial activities for the benefit of the owner.
In 1924, Otto Junker founded the company bearing his name at Lammersdorf, some 20 km south of Aachen. The economic foundation of what was originally a craftsman's establishment lay in the water-cooled billet mould for the nonferrous semi-finished products industry that had been invented by the founder's father, Andreas Junker.
Over the decades that followed, OTTO JUNKER GmbH evolved into a successful medium-sized industrial enterprise with a comprehensive product range.
Since the death in 1982 of Dr.-Ing. E.h. Otto Junker, its sole proprietor, the company has been owned by the Otto Junker Foundation, an institution set up in 1970 with the primary aim of supporting young engineers.
Foundation of Otto Junker GmbH, its business based on a water-cooled mould for the nonferrous semi-finished products industry
Development of the electrical melting furnace for the foundry industry
Start of fabrication of mains-frequency coreless induction melting furnaces
Commissioning of the first high-performance strip flotation furnace
Our high-grade steel foundry supplies the world's largest ring bowl for automatic bottle filling
in Boskovice, CZ, for production and workshop assembly
Experience, sustainability, future orientation
„Our primary objective is the promotion of technological progress in order to increase the customer benefit in the foundry and semifinished products industry, but not only in this industry”, Erik Miček, CEO of OTTO JUNKER GmbH, stresses. In 2024, OTTO JUNKER can look back at a century of experience, technical progress and highest quality standards and will continue to follow the path towards sustainability and transformation it has started. Especially after the clear positioning towards electrification in the planning of new equipment and modernizations and the approval of visitors at the GIFA/Thermprocess 2023, the company is looking forward to the future with confidence.
„The ability to consistently and quickly adapt to market requirements – both technically and organizationally – remains an important success factor for us. This is guaranteed by the technical competence and the flexibility of our employees which characterize our company.”
"For 100 years, innovation and quality have been our mission. We create a competitive edge. Together. All over the world. Pioneering spirit is what pushes us on. Every achievement and every product is a result of this amalgamation and offers our customers all over the world added value and helps them to turn their visions into reality."
At OTTO JUNKER, added value is the consequence of the interaction between different fields of competence. Everything we at Otto Junker do is based upon corporate responsibility and sustainability, both internally and externally. The customer and his demands are the focus of our attention.
Our OTTO JUNKER world is characterized by diversity and we are convinced that its strength can bring progress and positive change. Equal treatment and justice reflect the corporate image we at OTTO JUNKER commit to every single day. It is important to us to create a working environment based upon empathy, respect and fairness. This is a place where everybody can express themselves and be heard.
OTTO JUNKER is the global technology and systems partner for thermo-processing solutions – mainly to the aluminium, copper, semifinished products and foundry industries – and a European speciality supplier of high-grade steel castings. Our claim is innovation and technology leadership for the benefit of our customers. To our employees, we provide secure jobs with development potential. Our suppliers find in us a fair partner. Consistent value-adding and continuous growth form the basis of our business activity which we pursue in the interests of the owner.
Determine all problems impartially, find a solution through joint academic and industrial enterprise, and deliver the result to the customer in the form of quality products.
This motto of our company's founder, Dr.-Ing. h.c. Otto Junker, applies more than ever today.
However, achieving this goal necessarily involves a number of success factors.
First and foremost among these is our workforce - about 450 skilled, experienced and highly motivated employees, plus about 25 technical and commercial apprentices each year, who excel at their diverse duties and share a commitment to the guiding principle established by the company's founder.
At OTTO JUNKER, product and equipment requirements are identified side by side with the customer, always with a view to attaining the desired final product quality. The vast stocks of experience accumulated by the plant operator and equipment manufacturer are thus combined to achieve a tailor-made solution. We also cooperate closely with the customer in reviewing existing installations for performance, energy efficiency and other improvement potentials.
Furthermore, OTTO JUNKER has efficient in-house R & D capabilities which allow us to address all aspects of industrial furnace engineering. Our proximity to RWTH, the Technical University of Aachen, gives us access to extensive expertise and enables us to engage in joint research projects. The insights thus gained will then find their way into innovative solutions implemented in specific industrial furnace projects.
The quality of the end product is our measure of success.
Otto Junker studied at RWTH Aachen University and later always gave students, undergraduates and doctoral candidates at the Foundry Institute and the Institute of Electrical Engineering the opportunity to gain practical experience at the company. In 1943, Otto Junker was made an honorary citizen of RWTH Aachen. In 1962, he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his great commitment to the university.
In 1970, the Otto Junker Foundation was established by Dr.-Ing. h.c. Otto Junker as a foundation to receive his estate.
He pursued two main objectives in setting up this foundation:
On the one hand, he wanted to ensure the continuity and continued existence of his company; at the same time, however, he also wanted to use the income from his company to sustainably promote science and research, the growing importance of which Otto Junker had recognised early on.
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