We are HAHNENKRATT
Hand in hand with our employees for 4 generations, we develop, produce and distribute dental products worldwide.
The entire manufacturing process – from product design to quality control – takes place solely at our home in Königsbach-Stein.
The mixture of high-tech in development and production, the spirit of optimization and the commitment of our employees form the basis for the high quality of our dental products.
The company’s own mechanical engineering is the heart of our success story, which has been going on for four generations.
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Our manufacturing expertise at HAHNENKRATT is based not only on our modern machinery, the established structures of our family business and our commitment to Germany as a business location, but above all on the courage to place quality at the center of our actions in a competitive international environment.
Our values
HAHNENKRATT is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mouth mirrors. As a medium-sized family business – currently in its 4th generation – we produce exclusively at our German site in Königsbach-Stein.
For more than 90 years, dentists in over 122 countries worldwide have been working successfully with HAHNENKRATT dental instruments, demonstrating their confidence in our products.
Our vision
Our tools are designed to make dentists’ day-to-day work easier and thus optimize their performance.
Heart, courage and passion – these are all core values that are reflected in all our HAHNENKRATT products.
Our maxim is:
Only when the detail is right can the whole be perfect.
For this reason, we strive for continuous improvements in our products, processes and services.
With our certified quality management system in accordance with EN ISO 13485, we achieve safety for patients, dentists, dental dealers and our company.
When developing new products, we combine the results of scientific cooperation with practical experience.
This is how we successfully develop products such as our Exatec, Cytec & Contec pen systems or the MEGA & ULTRA mouth mirrors.
In 1995, we were the first company in Germany to offer root posts made of carbon fiber. This was followed in 1998 by the first root post made of quartz fibre. The Cytec HT glass fiber posts were presented at IDS 2001.
Exatec, Cytec & Contec differ from other root posts due to the special mesh structure of retention lines – for a permanently secure bond – without the use of a silane.
The new pro line(CYTECpro and CONTECpro) is a good addition to the HT glass fiber root posts that have been tried and tested worldwide for more than 25 years.
Company history
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The company E. HAHNENKRATT GmbH was founded in 1932 by the master mechanic Emil Hahnenkratt in Pforzheim.
The company building was completely destroyed by the bombing on February 23, 1945. With the last of their strength, the few remains of the machines were salvaged from the rubble and carted to Stein in a horse-drawn wagon.
In his garage, Emil Hahnenkratt, at the age of 45, dared to make a new start after the war with a lot of courage. As a gifted technician – with an instinctive feel for
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machines – he manufactured the first small medical parts in series. His daughter and son-in-law then brought the progress and vigor of a new generation. Dental instruments and products were developed and worldwide business connections were established.
With the move in 1967, there was new space for state-of-the-art production technology and to develop new products.
In 1980 the next generation set new impulses and in 1989 they moved into the new company building in the industrial area, which was already extended for the second time.
The love of technology has been “inherited” and is reflected today by the consistent use of high-tech in all areas of the company.
Today, more than 80 employees work in the company building in the industrial area in Stein near Pforzheim, which has been expanded again and again.
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