About Us

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Vision

Who we are

We were founded in June 2003, as a private owned company, by taking over the “Grinding machine” plant from the “Livnica Kikinda” holding.

The first beginnings were in 1908, when Mr. Michael Bohn founded “Foundry and Machinery Factory”, i.e. 2 decades after the World War II, when the government company “Livnica Kikinda” started the production of grinding machines by purchasing licenses from the German “Fortuna Werke” and the American “Bryant”.

Over the past 50 years, we have continued to improve the knowledge and experience gained in the machine tool industry.

Company history

1908
1908
Goverment company foundation
Established „Foundry and Machinery factory“
Livnica old factory

Established „Foundry and Machinery factory“  - (M.Bohn)
 1908

1945
LŽTK
LŽTK

Continued as LŽTK, later named LIVNICA KIKINDA (Gov. Co.) 1945

1950
Machine tools production
Start of machine tool manufacturing
1960
External cylindrical grinding machines
Start of external cylindrical grinding machine production
grinding machines gallery image for about us section

Start of external cylindrical grinding machine production under license “Fortuna Werke” Germany

1973
Internal cylindrical grinding machines
Internal grinding machine manufacturing
grinding machines gallery image for about us section

Obtained license from “Bryant” USA for internal grinding machine production

1979
Crankshaft grinding machines
Crankshaft grinding machine manufacturing

Obtained license from Italian company “Zocca” for crankshaft grinding machines in 1979

1983
Centerless grinding machines
Cooperation with „Herming Hausen“, Germany

Agreement about long-term cooperation from centerless grinding machines production with „Herming Hausen“, Germany

1989
CNC control units
Control unit production – CNC Sinumerik 3G

Obtained license from “Siemens” Germany for control units production CNC Sinumerik 3G

2003
Foundation of “GRINDEX”
GRINDEX – Private owned company founded in 2003
2015
GRINDEX expansion
GRINDEX expansion

Purchase of Foundry for manual molding of grey and ductile cast iron and tool room “Livnica Kikinda”

2019
New production site
Assembly and precision machining facility

Opening of new assembly room and CNC machining work shop on 4000 m2 in 2019

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