Thermoforming and joining machinery for medical, packaging, and appliance manufacturing
Kiefel is a German machinery manufacturer (70+ years, 501–1,000 employees) specializing in thermoforming and plastic-joining equipment for medical devices, refrigeration, and packaging. The hiring profile—22 engineering roles and 18 interns posted in the last month—signals heavy investment in automation and AI: projects span fiber-material optimization, AI-driven machine-process tuning, and code generation for development automation, paired with pain points around production efficiency and process optimization. Tech stack leans industrial (SolidWorks, SAP, Siemens TIA Portal, C++/C#) with emerging digital tooling (Python, JavaScript, Matomo).
Kiefel manufactures thermoforming and joining machinery for the medical, appliance, and packaging sectors, serving customers from product development through mass production. Based in Freilassing, Germany, the company operates a global sales and service network. Current initiatives span fiber-material development, modernization of electrical equipment, and expansion into medical and pharmaceutical applications. The organization is actively scaling engineering capacity while automating internal processes (accounting, financial models, development workflows) and building AI-driven machine optimization capabilities.
Kiefel's stack includes industrial CAD/engineering tools (SolidWorks, Siemens TIA Portal, WinCC Unified), enterprise systems (SAP), programming languages (C++, C#, Python, JavaScript), Microsoft 365 suite, and analytics/marketing tools (Matomo, Brevo).
Current projects include AI-driven machine-process optimization, fiber-material and portfolio development, code generation for automation, modernizing electrical equipment, technical asset management expansion, and entering the medical and pharmaceutical markets.
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