VULKAN Group
VULKAN Group of Herne, Germany, supplies highly flexible and cardan shaft couplings, clutches, composite shafting and hybrid drive solutions for ships.
Herne, Germany · Company
About
The VULKAN Group has six production sites, 50 sales companies and around 1,600 employees at more than 18 locations worldwide. It is organised in three divisions: Marine, Industry and Energy, and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. The holding company, Hackforth Holding GmbH & Co. KG, is based in Herne, Germany.
The company has been owned solely by the Hackforth family since 1889. Its history began with Maschinenfabrik Louis Schwarz in Dortmund, which produced a clutch that could be activated under load, the start of VULKAN couplings. A merger later created Dortmunder VULKAN AG, and engineer Bernhard Hackforth Sr founded Maschinenfabrik Hackforth & Co. in Herne.
The group works under the slogan that it ensures that systems work better, offering solutions tailored to customer systems.
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