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Maschinenfabrik ALFING Kessler GmbH is a metalworking company specialising in the manufacture of precision components as well as induction hardening machines and heating systems.
With its innovations, versatility and performance, Maschinenfabrik ALFING Kessler is excellently positioned. The company stands for the highest level of competence in forging, heat treatment, machining and assembly of precision components worldwide.
MAFA Competencies
Engineering, Forging, Machining,
Surface treatment,
Increase of component strength, Assembly, Repair work
Component Length
100 mm — 8,000 mm
Rotationally symmetrical parts, e.g. compressor shafts, pump shafts
Screw compressor shafts and screw pump shafts, piston compressor shafts and piston pump shafts, turbine shafts
Propellers, wings, railway track parts
Inductive heating installations for thermal treatment, operated by medium frequency
Inductive heating installations for thermal treatment, operated by high frequency
Konrad Grimm
HRB 500848, Ulm
Maschinenfabrik ALFING Kessler Shanghai Co., Ltd
Wasseralfingen - Aalen
1911
1001 - 5000
> 250 - 500 Mio. EUR
DE 811 408 310
1911 Maschinenfabrik ALFING GmbH founded by Karl Kessler
1913 Production of first case hardened crankshafts
1936 Construction of special forge for crankshaft forgings
1951 Crankshaft production reaches the one million mark
1952 Construction of first induction hardening machine for crankshafts
1966 Company re-named Maschinenfabrik ALFING Kessler GmbH
1969 Concentration on large crankshafts, construction of new production shops
1995 Separate production of prototype and motor racing crankshafts
2003 Re-structuring and new direction: Large, Automotive, Hardening
2011 Further expansion of production facilities for series crankshafts
2013 Founding of Maschinenfabrik ALFING Kessler Shanghai Co. Ltd.
2018 2018 Foundation of Joint Venture (50%) Guilin Fuda Alfing Large Crankshaft Co.,Ltd. in Guilin (China)