Company | Hegenscheidt-MFDen

World market leader with tradition

HEGENSCHEIDT-MFD is an international family-owned business in the machine tool industry. The company is part of the internationally renowned NILES-SIMMONS-HEGENSCHEIDT Group (NSH), which combines over 185 years of experience in German and American machine tool manufacturing.

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A century-long success story

The company was founded in 1889 by Wilhelm Hegenscheidt in Ratibor (former Upper Silesia). In addition to the manufacture of iron products, the company began to develop and manufacture machine tools. In particular, the company specialized in wheelset lathes for the railway industry.