Tesla Grohmann Automation

GmbH
Founded 1963 (1963)
Headquarters Prüm-Dausfeld, Germany
Key people
  • Marc Jesus Cerda[1]
  • Susan Jean Repo[1]
  • Stephan Werkman[1]
  • Michael Meens[1]
  • Lothar Thommes[1]
Revenue €120,1M[2]
Owner Tesla, Inc.
Number of employees
 659[2]
Website https://teslagrohmannautomation.de/

Tesla Grohmann Automation (formerly Grohmann Engineering) is a German engineering company.

Its headquarters are in Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate. Other locations exist in Neutraubling, Bavaria, in Chandler, Arizona and in Shanghai[3].

Although the company makes cars, it is primarily a technology company. The product portfolio includes machinery for the production of microprocessors and memory chips, airbag sensors and power steering controllers, as well as systems for the production of door and roof seals, lithium-ion battery cells and modules. Among other things, the company manufactures robotics that are used in the battery and electronics production for Tesla, Inc. at its Gigafactory 1.[4]

The firm works closely with universities within dual track studies of Mechanical Engineering and Robotic Process Automation[5]. In addition, it provides training in the field of Technical Product Design, Industrial Mechanics, CNC Operation, Construction Technology, IT, Mechatronics and Industrial Electronic Technology.[6]

The company has been expanding rapidly in 2018.[7]

History

Grohmann Automation was founded in 1963 by Klaus Grohmann. The company has been based in Prüm in the Eifel since 1983.

Grohmann Engineering was acquired by Tesla, Inc. on January 3, 2017 and continued as Tesla Grohmann Automation GmbH from March 22, 2017. The acquisition was preceded by cooperation on Tesla's Model 3.

In April 2017, founder Klaus Grohmann left the company due to a dispute with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk demanded the company halt production for competitors, such as BMW and Daimler, to focus on the Model 3 [8][9].

By discontinuing business relations with all customers except Tesla, the company's union was concerned with wage levels and with jobs in the long term if electric cars did not have the expected success.[10] Tesla then offered Grohmann employees 150 euros a month and employee stock options worth $10,000 with a payout over the following four years, as well as a cash payment of 1000 euros. Tesla did not comment on the required collective agreement.[11] In October 2017, the company agreed with union representatives on a competitive pay structure. According to the chairman of the works council, the future remuneration was at the level of the collective agreement valid for the industry[12].

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