The three legally independent affiliated groups Leitz, Boehlerit and Bilz together form the globally active Brucklacher Group. The Leitz Group, as producing service provider, is the world’s leading manufacturer of tools for machining wood, wood-based materials and state-of-the-art materials. The 5th generation family business was founded in Oberkochen, Germany, in 1876 and is characterised by long-term thinking and sustainable action. As a carbide pioneer, the Boehlerit Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of wear protection solutions and cutting tools for machining metal and composite materials. The Bilz Group is the globally active specialist for the precise clamping, defined movement and manual quick-change of precision tools. Through the vertical integration of the sister groups, they offer their customers coordinated and optimised solutions from a single source. The joint strength of the sister groups is continuously expanded through the realisation of synergies and targeted joint research and development. With a total of 16 production sites, its own sales and service companies in 38 countries with 139 branches and an exclusive worldwide partner network, the Brucklacher Group is a global player represented on all continents. The Brucklacher Group employs over 4,000 people worldwide and generates an annual turnover of around 450 million euros.
The Leitz Group
We shape the future
The Leitz Group
We shape the future
Founded in 1876 in Oberkochen/Southern Germany, the Leitz Group is the world's leading manufacturer of tools for professional machining of wood, wood-based materials, plastics, composite materials and non-ferrous metals. The product range covers the entire range of machine-driven precision tools and tool systems. With its comprehensive range of services and advice, Leitz, as a manufacturing service provider, supports its worldwide customers in the optimal use of machining tools. Thereby Leitz products are used every day in more than 150 countries around the world.
The Boehlerit Group
Hard facts for best results
The Boehlerit Group
Hard facts for best results
Boehlerit has a global presence with three of its own production sites and numerous sales locations. The head office is Boehlerit GmbH & Co.KG, based in the Austrian industrial region of Kapfenberg. As a pioneer in carbide, the metallurgy, shaping of carbide and its’ coating have been a core competence of the company for more than 90 years. Based on this competency in cutting materials, Boehlerit offers a comprehensive programme of tool systems for a wide range of tasks in standard and special machining of metal, advanced materials or wood.
With experience in tool design and specific knowledge of difficult-to-machine materials, Boehlerit offers expertise in the complete machining of sophisticated components for almost all sectors of the machining industry. As a system and development partner to tool manufacturers, Boehlerit offers customised solutions and services for its customers' machining requirements.
The product range in the field of wear protection, covers the most diverse and often customer-specific requirements in sectors such as the food industry, agriculture, oil and gas, the forming industry and many more.
The Bilz Group
Precision is a question of setting
The Bilz Group
Precision is a question of setting
Bilz is a global specialist for precise clamping, defined movement and manual quick-change of precision tools. The company headquarters are in Ostfildern near Stuttgart. The company has production sites in Germany and India (Bangalore) as well as its own sales subsidiaries (USA/UK) that serve the key international markets in which combustion engines and drive components for vehicles are produced. In addition, Bilz offers solutions for the industrial sectors of capital goods, aerospace, die and mold making, medical technology as well as the processing of wood, wood materials and composite materials.
Bilz's strength is the development and manufacture of customer-specific products in small and medium batch sizes with short delivery times. This is also the basis for numerous partnerships with well-known manufacturers of processing machines and precision tools in equipment projects.