109 years of movement

1916

Richard Mönninghoff founds the company as a machine manufacturer for the local coal mining industry

1947

Reconstruction of the factory after the war

1958

First development and production of mechanical drive engineering

1967

92% of overall turnover is realized by mining machinery and equipment

1992

Transfer of gearbox section to Chemnitzer Zahnradfabrik in Saxony

1996

The very last mining machines leave the factory – Mönninghoff has reengineered itself

2000

The company has developed to become one of the leading specialists in electromagnetic drive technology

2017

Succession by next generation - the values of a family business are kept alive

2021

Moving the entire company to a new office and production complex in Bochum Sevinghausen

Portrait of Richard Mönninghoff, the founder of Maschinenfabrik Mönninghoff
Coal miner working underground
Artificial intelligence – robotic hand with microchip

The past shapes the future.
At Mönninghoff we have plenty of both.