10 years of KNARR by Pedrotti

“The search for a reliable partner who meets our quality requirements proved to be quite a challenge. With Pedrotti we found an ideal solution. The companies are similar in their philosophy and quality approach. We discovered early on that Pedrotti meets the highest standards. This includes, for example, the stress-relief annealing of the plates during the manufacturing process,” as Rainer Knarr recalls the beginnings. During mutual visits to the locations in Gavardo in northern Italy and Helmbrechts in northern Bavaria, they were able to convince themselves of each other’s capabilities. Since then, a steadily growing number of European mould makers have benefited from the partnership. “Similar to our standard moulds, we also wanted to establish ourselves on the market with our range of mould plates and bases – of course, this does not happen overnight. Hence, the cooperation has always been long-term,” the managing director explains further.

A state-of-the-art machine park including all production technologies combined with decades of know-how enables KNARR to further process the plates. Regardless of whether it is pre-milling or complete finish machining – at the Helmbrechts and Laichingen locations, plates are made according to customer specifications. As an “extended workbench”, KNARR does not only come into play when there are capacity bottlenecks. After all, the manufacturing options allow plate processing up to 1,500 x 2,000 x 500 mm with a maximum workpiece weight of 5,000 kg. Deep-hole drilling is possible in-house at 1,250 mm drilling depth up to Ø30 mm.