Germany · Grippers · privateSummary
The broadest gripper and clamping portfolio in industrial automation; increasingly relevant to humanoid hands.
Notable
Gripping technology is the least glamorous and most decisive constraint on what a robot can actually do.
Key facts
Headquarters
Lauffen am Neckar
Founded
1945
Role
supplier
Category
Sensing
Sector
Grippers
Status
private
Employees
~3,500
CEO
Henrik A. Schunk
Founders
Friedrich Schunk
Funding
Private
Components tracked — ranked across 11 companies
Peers — same category & country
United States
China
JapanCapital
Funding
Private
Status
private
Employees
~3,500
Investors
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