- Established 1870
- HÄNDLE is and always has been a mid-range enterprise based in Mühlacker, Germany.
- Plant and equipment by HÄNDLE is used in all corners of the world for the manufacture of building bricks, pavers, roof tiles and ceramic tiles.
- HÄNDLE products are marketed in 98 different countries.
- 90% of HÄNDLE-built machines are exported, and somewhat over 70% of the spare and wear parts are sent abroad, too. Back in the year 2000, that figure was still just 35%.
- Total revenues for the year 2008 came to approx. 44 million Euros, with new plant and equipment accounting for 57% and after-sale services for the other 43%.
- 120 employees / 15 apprentices.
- 100 percent ownership, since 2003, of a small service company in Poland: Händle S.p.z.o.o in Torun, with 9 employees.
- As of Jan. 1, 2008, data processing system upgraded with a full-scale, operations-integrated "ProAlpha" ERP system (total investment: approx. 750,000 Euro).
- Overall investment volume of approx. 1.5 million Euros for machine-tool and welding-automation production equipment at HÄNDLE's Mühlacker facility in 2008.