Success stories start with brilliant ideas, and we make sure they become reality.

Tommy Hehnke, Managing Director

Your professional for hybrid components

 

We are a second-generation family business that prominent customers from all over the world have been relying on for more than 25 years. You present us with your idea, and we ensure it remains viable in the future, from the planning through to prototyping or series production.

As a plastics professional in precision injection molding and hybrid components, we are a capable partner for numerous industries, including the automotive industry, electrical and control engineering, and consumer goods production.

We hope that this website will give you a comprehensive picture of our work. Of course, we are also available to you personally and look forward to your visit and many successful projects together.

Our skills

Your project – from idea to series production

What we do ...

... we do with curiosity, inventiveness, precision and passion

News

Current topics from our company

June 2024
CO2-Footprint

After many investments in energy-efficient systems and in-house power generation in recent years, Hehnke has had its carbon footprint determined by an independent service provider. The CO2 footprint was improved by 10.5% between 2021 and 2023!

» Henke & Sustainability

CO2-Footprint
 
Now we save 60% of electrical energy
December 2023
Now we save 60% of electrical energy

Energy efficiency has always been close to Hehnke's heart. An existing fully hydraulic injection molding machine has been replaced with a new energy-efficient, all-electric ARBURG 570 E 200-800, which saves 60% of electrical energy and reduces our CO2 footprint! To optimize the packaging process, a packaging automation system was added. This enables heat meter housings to be packed fully automatically in reusable trays. In this way, products for the exact recording of heat quantities are produced using energy-efficient machines. The electricity comes from our PV system during the day, of course.

 
September 2023
Our 750 kWp PV system is finally online!

By means of the plant, we can generate about 20% of our electrical energy needs in plastics production. Thanks to the 3-shift system, the first ray of sunlight in the morning already reaches the machine in the form of electrical energy and contributes to CO2-neutral production. The self-consumption share of the generated energy is thus 85%. Surplus energy generated on weekends is buffered in a 70 kWh storage tank and serves as a basic supply during the night.

Our 750 kWp PV system is finally online
 
Our new OPTENDA energy monitoring system has been in operation for over a year.
June 2023
Our new OPTENDA energy monitoring system has been in operation for over a year.

By means of the software, the consumption of numerous machines and plants can be recorded and evaluated. Hehnke had an energy controlling system since 2009, but the OPTENDA system offers even more complex and easy-to-use evaluation options. Using the key figures obtained from the system, investments are planned sustainably and efficiently at Hehnke.

 
October 2022
Commissioning of a photovoltaic system in the tool shop

With the new 80 kWp photovoltaic system, approx. 20% of the annual energy requirement of our tool shop can be covered. This marks another important milestone in CO2 savings at Hehnke, with approx. 44,000 kg of CO2 saved per year.

Commissioning of a photovoltaic system in the tool sho
 
Another step toward CO2 reduction in process energy
July 2022
Another step toward CO2 reduction in process energy

Three energy-efficient, all-electric injection molding machines were delivered to hehnke: two ARBURG 470 Golden Electric machines as replacement investments for the production of electronic components, and one ARBURG 570 A for the production of e-mobility hybrid components.

 
May 2022
Visit to the German Association of the Automotive Industry

The sharply rising prices for energy and raw materials are a major hurdle for many medium-sized companies, who are forced to pass on these additional costs to their customers in order to stay in business. To emphasize the urgency of a price increase at OEMs, the management visited VDA president Hildegard Müller, together with minister for economic affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee and automotive thüringen.

Association of the Automotive Industry
 
Talent Company at the Strahlemann Foundation
April 2022
Talent Company at the Strahlemann Foundation

Along with three other companies from Haselgrund, hehnke is a sponsor of a Talent Company at the Strahlemann Foundation at the state regular school Steinbach-Hallenberg. The signing of the funding agreement marks an important milestone in the expansion of vocational training. In the future, schoolchildren will be able to gain an early insight into various vocational jobs in industry and craft trade during their school learning.

 
March 2022
Arburg-GESTICA control system installed in Arburg injection-molding machine

The first Arburg-GESTICA control system was installed at hehnke for a new Arburg 520A injection-molding machine. The energy-efficient, all-electric machine is part of an automation solution for a reusable packaging process. The GESTICA control system supports hehnke’s digital processes. It allows filling simulations in the process, as well as many intuitive operations.

Arburg injection-molding machine

Sustainability

Responsibility is part of our nature – We work sustainably

In order to preserve our common livelihood, we as a family business are aware of the huge responsibility we must shoulder for our own generation and future generations.
Our investments in the future of course take this into account, starting with certified energy management, energy-efficient state-of-the-art production facilities, in-house energy production via PV systems, and the responsible and sustainable treatment of our employees.
In addition, of course, only products of the highest quality leave our house, on which our customers and the end consumers can rely for many years.

We are also committed to our region, supporting associations, institutions and events so that our beautiful area becomes even more attractive for everyone and it is worthwhile to stay, live and work here.

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