Precision slip-ring manufacturer for aerospace, energy, and medical devices
Schleifring designs and manufactures slip rings—electrical connectors that transmit power and signals across rotating interfaces—for aerospace, wind energy, marine, and medical applications. The tech stack reveals a manufacturing-first operation: CNC, Siemens, SAP, and CAD tools dominate, with Python and LabVIEW for embedded measurement systems. Active projects center on production digitalization and measurement automation, while hiring remains concentrated in manufacturing (54% of open roles) with only modest engineering headcount—a staffing profile typical of high-precision contract manufacturing scaling volume rather than core R&D.
Founded in 1974, Schleifring is a publicly traded German manufacturer of slip rings and rotary transmission systems headquartered in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria. The company serves customers in aerospace, wind energy, marine, medical, and industrial automation sectors with both off-the-shelf and custom solutions. They operate an online configurator for slip-ring specification and maintain a 50+ person engineering and technical team across roughly 750 employees. Annual R&D investment runs at ~10% of revenue, concentrated on measurement and transmission technology. Current growth initiatives include production digitalization, IT asset management rollout, and process optimization across procurement and SAP operations.
Schleifring operates CNC machines, Siemens automation, SAP ERP, and DMG Mori machining centers. Design and simulation rely on Solid Edge CAD and Ansys FEA. Measurement and embedded systems use Python, C++, and LabVIEW.
Active projects include production digitalization, implementation of measurement automation systems, SAP process optimization, IT asset management, and procurement cost reduction. Recent focus areas are shortened test programs and document structure redesign.
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