The company vom Hagen & Funke (GbR) is founded by Hans-Walter Funke and Rolf vom Hagen in Sprockhoevel.
About vom Hagen & Funke
Where innovation meets tradition
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A comprehensive range of our cable machines includes single units as well as complete production lines. vHF is able to meet the specific machine design requirements of many clients owing to the fact that the major part of all machined components are produced in their own machine shop. The application of the latest designs in computer technology adds further flexibility to the vHF product range.
The vHF company philosophy to continuously improve Customer Service and offer quick, practical and economical solutions to production requirements.
Our history at a glance
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1960
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1965
Opening of the first own facility, continuously expanding our range of products and our capacity
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1971
Expanding our plant for the first time
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1983
Founding of the corporation “vom Hagen & Funke GmbH”. Expansion of winding technology and focus on controlled drives
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1984
Founding of Cavitron® vom Hagen & Funke GmbH, a company focussing on process engineering
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1985
Production of steel reels ceases, followed by the start-up of the first rewinding system for a wide range of products
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1989
Building of a new facility and moving Cavitron®
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1991
Expansion of the new facility and moving some departments of vHF cable machines.
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1993
Delivery of machines for the plastic pipe industry
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1995
Delivery of the first handling system for electronic crosslinking of extruded products and expansion of this field
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1998
Rolf vom Hagen retires and Christoph Roweda becomes authorized officer. vHF has at this time 50 employees and is represented in Europe and in the U.S. and Canada.
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2007
Delivery of the first complete single twist stranding line
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2008
Christoph Roweda becomes CEO.
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2010
Delivery of the first fully automatic rewind-line with integrated industrial robot
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2017
Installation of a photovoltaic system and a charging point for electric cars as a contribution to environmental protection.
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2019
Extension of production space. The centrepiece is a 50 m long hall with gantry crane, which has a capacity of 16 tons and can be increased to 20 tons if required.
