About Us

Eckerle has been specialised in the perfection, manufacture, and installation of carbon brush holders for automotive parts, household appliances, and small devices for over half a century.

Our core competencies include the production of complex plastic injection moulded parts (overmoulding), the integration of electronic components, laser and resistance welding, CNC machining, and the development and manufacture of automated production lines. Our principal focus is on customer support – because success can only be achieved together! For us, our customers’ expectations represent challenges to be taken up and met every single day.

Over 3,000 employees worldwide
Over 160 million individual parts produced annually
Over 50 years’ experience in assembly technology
Over 20 years’ experience in plastics technology and manufacture of fully-automated assembly lines
Presence on 3 continents
Plants in 6 countries from Mexico to China

1968

Company foundation in Bühl/Baden, Germany Manufacture of metal structures

1969

Launch of assembly technology

1991

Foundation of first plant abroad: Kiskőrös, Hungary

1994

New division: automation Hungarian sales partner for Bosch Rexroth and Schmidt Technology

2000

New division: plastics technology

2001

New plant in Querétaro, Mexico

2002

New plant in Cluj, Romania

2011

Acquisition of global activities of Schunk Modultechnik Group with plant Bóly, Hungary. Foundation of new site in Zhuhai, China

2020

New owner: Prettl Group

2023

New Plant in Pune, India