Production & Construction

Customised
Special machines

You receive both standard solutions and a product solution customised to your requirements.

Our team and our partners have been realising individual projects precisely tailored to our customer’s requirements for decades.

Who

we are

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WE ARE
Specialists in the
Micro field

OUR
History

Mechanical engineering originates from equipment construction
a former light bulb factory in Stockach. For decades, all devices and machines were developed and manufactured in-house. The first systems for processing glass and wire were followed by many other special-purpose machines for precision assembly tasks.

Even today, ZORN Maschinenbau still regularly processes wire in a wide variety of forms on our systems.

1951 ZORN company foundation Company founded in Berlin by Mr Zorn senior.
Start with approx. 10 employees.
Production of lamps and light pointers.
The first lamp was the arrow lamp (slides/overhead projectors).
1961 Relocation from Berlin to Stockach Relocation from Berlin to a new building in Stockach.
Employees in Stockach: 4
Employees in Berlin: 80
1971 Heine Optotechnik takes over ZORN 01/10/1971: Heine Optotechnik buys ZORN company 1987 ZORN New company building Move to new company building at Höllstraße 11. Production on 3000 square metres of factory space. New business division: ZORN develops and produces custom machines. 2001 ZORN celebrates its anniversary 50 years of the ZORN company
40 years of ZORN in Stockach
30 years of ZORN in the ownership of Heine Optotechnik
2009 Extension with light sources using LED technology ZORN expands its range of light sources to include products with LED technology. 2011 ZORN celebrates its 60th anniversary 60 years of the ZORN company
60 years of ZORN in Stockach
40 years of ZORN in the ownership of Heine Optotechnik
2013 ZORN Maschinenbau GmbH ZORN Maschinenbau becomes independent The mechanical engineering division becomes independent and is now called ZORN Maschinenbau GmbH. It is part of the inpotron Schaltnetzteile GmbH group of companies. 2015 New micromachining portfolio ZORN Maschinenbau offers a new portfolio: Micromachining The ZORN microone is a miniature machining centre - specially developed for the machining of very small parts. 2019 ZORN mechanical engineering expansion Significant further development of mechanical engineering.

Currently around 50 employees.
2022 3. Award TOP JOB seal Awarded the TOP JOB seal for the third time in association with inpotron Schaltnetzteile GmbH. 2023 ZORN microone Climate protection prize and environmental technology prize In autumn of ‘23, our ZORN microone micro-machining centre wins the climate protection prize of the district of Constance and comes third in the environmental technology prize of the state of Baden-Württemberg. 2024 ZORN Maschinenbau goes to Switzerland ZORN Maschinenbau goes to Switzerland. From February 2024, our sales partner URMA will represent the miniature machining centre, the ZORN microone, in Switzerland. 2025 ZORN Maschinenbau Move to the new building Zorn Maschinenbau moves to the new location "Im Eschle 10" in the Stockach industrial estate. With modern premises and optimised production conditions, the company is taking an important step towards a successful future. keyboard_arrow_right

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