History of company ProForm
Company founded as 1mts-gebhardt, a one-man company
Objective: To support small and medium-sized enterprises during product creation process, as well as to support them producing prototypes at the highest level of quality
Company formation: ProForm Prototypen & Formenbau GmbH
Objective: Achieve reduced production times for preforming and series moulding manufacturing.
ISO 9001 - initial certification
3 presses, 5 axis-milling machines
One-man company becomes a limited company: 1mts-gebhardt GmbH
Production site changed to: 7011 Siegendorf, Austria.
Built up injection-moulding (first machinery for tool and mould testing)
ISO 9001 certification in the field of plastics. By this time, we were able to successfully realise a large number of projects from the fields of electrical goods, electronics, telecommunications, household goods and automobile industry. In doing so, we put our trust in the latest technologies, in order to achieve quickest possible throughput times.
Takeover of company Eatec GmbH
Objective: Taking over existing customers, expand range of services, punch presses and stamping tools
Full turnkey projects for household goods and automobile industry
Additional injection moulding machinery, 3D scanners, HSC graphite machining
Automation of toolmaking, chip detection for workpieces and electrodes
ISO 9001:2015
Construction of new ProForm Immobilien GmbH plant
Production starts in Antau, Austria with 400t and 50t injection moulding machines
IATF 16949 certification