OUR CORE BUSINESS IS METAL WORKING

About us

Founded in 2003 by Radim Kuchař, the company builds on the expertise of its employees and on state-of-the-art production technology. Over the years, the company has established itself as a preferred supplier in the segment of piece and small-batch production of exact engineering parts and assemblies.

Radim Kuchař / Owner & Managing Director

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KR-TOOLS is a Czech family-owned company. We have 35 employees who work in two-shift operations. Our team of long-year and experienced experts is complemented with young and skilled engineers who have undergone thorough onboarding.

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KR-TOOLS offers products of the highest quality, including surface finishing, and delivers them to all its customer faster than the competition.

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KR-TOOLS is continuously developing. We are gradually expanding our production premises, as well as background facilities. We are constantly investing in first-class machinery, equipment, and technical facilities.

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KR-TOOLS will arrange the transport of finished parts to a specific location as part of its standard cooperation with the customer.

Company History

2003

Foundation of KR-Tools, s.r.o.

SKD and Trion Brumov are among the first customers. Turning, grinding and metalwork.

2004

Expansion of the customer base

With Elasteflex, Juli, ZGS (present-day EFFB). Acquisition of the first specialized CNC lathes SBL 750 and GILDEMEISTER CTX 310 V1.

2005

MCV 750

Acquisition of the MCV 750 machining centre.

2008

GILDEMEISTER CTX BETA 1250

Acquisition of the GILDEMEISTER CTX BETA 1250 specialized CNC lathe. Focus on customers producing aluminium aerosol cans and containers. First orders from Moravia Cans.

2009

Ball Aerocan CZ

First deliveries to BallAerocan CZ.

2012

Alltub CZ, Aryum Turecko, Pfander Deutschland

Widening of the customer portfolio with Alltub CZ, Aryum Turkey, and Pfander Germany.

2013

Tubex Slovakia, Tubapack Slovakia

First deliveries to aluminium tube manufacturers – Tubex Slovakia, Tubapack Slovakia.

2014

GILDEMEISTER ECO Thurn 450

Acquisition of the GILDEMEISTER ECO Thurn 450 specialized CNC lathe.

2015

Rexam CZ

First deliveries to Rexam CZ. Acquisition of the ZINKENGREIFER 2UD 750mm circular grinding machine. Construction of new administrative building with office and background facilities for employees.

2016

New administrative building

In November, a new administrative building was put into operation. There are new premises not only for the management and administration of the company, but also for our employees. New dining areas, showers and cloakrooms will definitely make for better comfort.

2016

Construction of a new production hall

We have launched the construction of a new production building

2017

GILDEMEISTER CTX BETA 1250 & BETA 800

Acquisition of the GILDEMEISTER CTX BETA 1250 & BETA 800 specialized CNC lathe.

2018

Reconstruction of production building No. 5
October – the company obtains the ISO 9001 certificate

Machinery:
CNC Robbi Omicron 3210 grinding machine
CNC 3D Wenzel measuring machine
Wire cutter
FGV 32 milling machine
CNC Quser MV2048/15 C vertical and machining centre

2019

Launch of operations in production building No. 5

Machinery:
CNC MCV 1270 Speed HSK 63 milling centre
CNC CTX Beta 800 V4 lathe
FGV 32 milling machine remanufacture

2020

Reconstruction of production building No. 1 for the 3D measuring centre

Machinery:
Takumi U600 5-axis CNC machining centre
Laser engraver (engravings, markings, logos, barcodes, date stamps, etc.)
Server infrastructure – Lenovo ST250, Xeon E2124

2021

ISO 9001 recertification
Additional purchase of Plan De Campagne software
Update PDC
Addition of new users
New modules, data backup, report generation
Measuring equipment and tool records

2022

Construction of a new production building with a 500 m2 production area
The new production building will house new technology
Research and development of prototype parts and other innovation activities

Machinery:
CNC Takumi VC 1200 machining centre
CNC Takumi VC 1052 machining centre

2023

Completion of the production building construction
Installation of an 80 kWp photovoltaic system on the roof

Machinery:
CNC CTX Beta 2000 lathe, machining up to D600, turning length 2 m
CNC Hedelius 5-axis machining centre with ACURA 85 tipping-tilting table – 40/640/900/14