Continuously grown competence combined with convincing innovative power in international business: Dr. Georg Kofler, Managing Director of Gruppe Georg Kofler and shareholder of Leifeld Metal Spinning, has been honoured for his contributions to continuity leadership of Leifeld Metal Spinning with the business award “Ahlener Mammuth” of the city of Ahlen. In justifying their choice, the jury points out: Leifeld is a pioneer in spinning and flow-forming technology, backed by a century of experience in machine building and innovation that form the basis of today’s state-of-the-art technology. Drawing on this experience, Leifeld developed and designed the world’s longest flow-forming machine to an exacting set of new standards. The impulse to continuous innovation and the high flexibility involved are constant challenges for the 110 motivated and well-experienced employees.

Leifeld in third place in West Germany in ranking of medium-sized companies

Current research of the management consultancy Munich Strategy Group (MSG) on behalf of the daily newspaper “Die Welt” confirms: Leifeld occupies third place for West Germany. The study ranks profitable and rapidly growing medium-sized businesses. In the overall ranking the world leader for chipless metal forming is on 25th place out of a total of 100 companies evaluated. The participating companies have shown outstanding performance, continuous corporate development, stable revenue growth and strategic decisions over the past decades.

Dr. Georg Kofler, Holger Hansen, CEO of Leifeld Metal Spinning, Werner Hütter, CTO of Leifeld Metal Spinning, and Annelie Leifeld, widow of the company founder Theodor F. Leifeld, were given the business award in representation for all employees of Leifeld, by Mayor Benedikt Ruhmöller and Dr. Peter Paziorek, district president of the county of Münster.

Engineering “Made in Germany“ is worldwide well-known brand

Dr. Georg Kofler, CEO of Gruppe Georg Kofler: "I am particularly pleased about my first honour outside the media industry. The business award of the city of Ahlen means both acknowledgement and motivation to us. The “Ahlener Mammuth” encourages us to further extend our leadership in the technologies spinning and flow forming. In the future we will continue our mission towards new developments, sophisticated innovations, first-class customer services, strategic sales expansion, resource-saving solutions and encouraged employees. This award demonstrates once again: Engineering “Made in Germany” is recognized throughout the world and shows tremendous growing potential. I am delighted to guide and support as entrepreneur the success story of Leifeld."

Confidence in brand and location 

Benedikt Ruhmöller, Mayor of Ahlen, states in his speech: “When Gruppe Georg Kofler acquired the traditional company Leifeld it was an underfinanced jewel. This precious, but faded diamond had to be put into the right light again. You enhance the tradition of the nearly 120 years old company, broaden continuously and innovatively the range of products, but above all you focus on the reliable and well-experienced employees. You show confidence in the brand and the location und develop Leifeld continuously, but with all due delicacy.” The business award of the city of Ahlen was given for the fifth time this year by the city of Ahlen, the association Pro Ahlen and the Business Development Corporation of Ahlen.