Winterthur Corporation is the US subsidiary of the Winterthur Technology Group. The individual group companies show an industrial history rich in tradition and experience. WST Winterthur Schleiftechnik was founded in 1906 in Switzerland to supply the expanding metal working and machine tool industry. In 1992 after an long collaboration in resin bonded grinding wheels with the Austrian grinding wheel manufacturer Rappold Schleifmittel Industrie GmbH the two companies joined forces. Rappold was founded in 1876 and has established itself as one of the leading manufacturers of larger diameter cut-off wheels in the industry. In 1999 the largest Swedish manufacturer, SlipNaxos AB, joined the group. SlipNaxos founded in 1920 and has established itself as a leader in the manufacturing of hot-pressed grinding wheels.
The customer base includes many of the largest manufacturing names in industry as well as many of the leading grinding machine builders in the world, with whom our engineers have worked in close collaboration. Over the years this collaboration has led to the development of an extraordinary engineering expertise and superior products developed to meet the stringent demands of production grinding: creep feed, profile, OD, gear, thread, centerless, cam and crank grinding as well as cut-off, and conditioning wheels.
Company Profile
Company Name:
Winterthur Corporation
AU LEVEL:
Country/Region:
United States
Products/Service We Offer:
resin bonded grinding wheels
cut-off, and conditioning wheels
