ASS Maschinenbau

Summary

About

About ASS Maschinenbau

ASS Maschinenbau develops modular gripper components and complete end-of-arm tooling for plastics and automation. ASS builds configurable gripper arms, jaws, cutting units, vacuum components and profiles into robot tooling for injection-moulding and handling cells. The company supports both catalogue selection and engineered systems, with current product releases addressing sticky materials, internal spring mechanisms and adaptable cutter mounting.

Its current documentation covers product selection, system integration and support for plastics automation, with applications and configuration limits tied to the relevant hardware or software family.

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Team

  • Dr.-Ing. Andreas Külschbach - Managing Director - Leads the operating INDUS subsidiary and its industrial gripper, EOAT and automation business.
  • Reinhold Ziewers - Managing Director - Leads the INDUS-owned robot-tooling manufacturer.

Timeline

Events

  • 2026-04-01 - Org Change - ASS begins planned managing-director transition

    ASS said Külschbach entered management on 1 April as part of a planned and coordinated transition. Ziewers was scheduled to retire at the end of June after almost 20 years leading the company. The current legal imprint now identifies Külschbach as ASS Maschinenbau's managing director.

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  • 2022-01-01 - Capability - ASS expands fibre-reinforced 3D-printed gripper tooling

    ASS added a Continuous Fiber Reinforcement printer to its 3D-printing portfolio in 2022. The process combines Onyx base material with optional continuous glass or carbon fibre to increase strength while reducing tooling weight. ASS uses the capability for custom gripper jaws, base frames and complete robotic hands where geometry, mass or integrated airflow constrain conventional metal tooling.

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  • 2013-01-01 - Facility Opening - ASS Maschinenbau opens modern Overath facility

    INDUS reporting records that ASS opened the facility in 2013 after planning the building around production efficiency and energy use. The site brought design, engineering and manufacturing of gripper components and automation systems together in Overath. ASS later used heat recovery, renewable energy and other site systems as the foundation of its certified climate-oriented production program.

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  • 2002-01-01 - Acquisition - ASS Maschinenbau joins INDUS Holding

    INDUS records ASS Maschinenbau as part of its portfolio since 2002. The portfolio company retained operations in Overath, Germany, and Plymouth, Michigan, serving production customers with robot hands and automation systems. The ownership relationship gives ASS a long-term industrial parent while preserving its specialized EOAT and automation focus.

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  • 1983-01-01 - Company Formation - ASS Maschinenbau begins robot-tooling operations

    ASS traces its founding to 1983 and now reports more than forty years of automation and robotics experience. The company develops and manufactures mechatronic gripper parts, custom robot hands and complete automation systems at its Overath site. Its modular Robot-Hand-Kit grew to more than 2,000 components serving plastics, automotive, e-mobility and other production workflows.

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Relations

Relationships

  • INDUS Holding AG

    Parent Company - INDUS has owned ASS Maschinenbau since 2002.

Context

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Context tags

  • Industrial end-effector supplier - Stack Layer - Official company material supports this end-effector operating context.
  • Material Handling Tooling - Capability - Official company material supports this end-effector operating context.