{"id":"grob","model_id":"GROB","name":"GROB","summary":"GROB-WERKE is a machine building company founded in Munich in 1926 by Ernst Grob. The document traces its history from a Munich machine tool factory to a group with production plants and branches in multiple countries. It records expansions, plant openings, and company milestones over several decades.","study_notes":["Legal name: GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG.","Company founded in Munich in 1926 by Ernst Grob.","Taken over by Dr. Burkhart Grob in 1952.","First foreign plant, B. GROB do Brazil S.A., established in São Paulo in 1956.","Second German plant established in Mindelheim in 1968.","Headquarters relocated to Mindelheim and Munich plant closed in 1976.","Bluffton branch in USA expanded to become the third production plant, GROB Systems, Inc., in 1991.","DMG meccanica in Turin acquired in 2017 and transformed into the fifth production plant, GROB Italy S.r.l.","GROB India in Bangalore opened in 2024 as the sixth production plant.","Total production area at the main plant was 199,000 m² in 2023."],"safety_notes":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.grobgroup.com/en/company/milestones/history/","title":"History","accessed":"2026-10-26"}],"verification":{"status":"unverified"},"updated_at":"2026-10-26","type":"manufacturer","spec":{"website":"https://www.grobgroup.com/en/","domains":["grobgroup.com"],"logo":"/logos/grob.svg","country":"DE","headquarters":"Mindelheim","founded_year":1926},"url":"https://machineschema.com/manufacturer/grob","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}