About us

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The expertise that has grown over more than 100 years, the highly qualified employees and the uncompromising approach to quality make KUNDERT the leading partner for:

Machined parts
Moulded parts and semi-finished products made from polyurethane
Coatings with polyurethane
Round bars, hollow rods
Cuts, sheets
Injection moulded parts
Customer-specific sections and tubes
Thermoformed parts
Waterjet cut parts
Stamped parts

With a wide range of manufacturing possibilities and materials, KUNDERT reliably supplies a broad customer base with the highest demands in the following sectors:

Mechanical engineering
Medical technology
Food processing
Environmental technology
Systems engineering and material handling technology
Automation
Packaging industry
Electrical industry
Chemical industry
Aerospace industry

As a Swiss family company since 1906, KUNDERT has a pronounced social and communicative corporate culture. Personal responsibility and innovative strength of our employees are specifically promoted.

KUNDERT is committed to the social sector and offers apprenticeships for polymechanics, production mechanics and commercial staff, which account for more than 10 % of the workforce. It also offers internships for students at universities of applied sciences and the ETH. In cooperation with an industrial workshop, KUNDERT also provides varied employment for people with mental disabilities.

Management Board

Stefan Kundert

Chief Executive Officer
Pascal Kundert

Chief Technical Officer
Jürg Hauser

Chief Sales Officer
Dominic Schmid

Chief Operating Officer

Facts & Figures

Locations: Rapperswil-Jona, Uznach
Net turnover: 30 MM CHF
Employees: 120
Legal form: Limited company
Founding year: 1906

Geschichte

1906Foundation of the sole proprietorship Ernst Kundert based in Zurich. Business activity: Commercial agency for products for the textile industry in Switzerland.
1921Relocation of the company to Feldbach am Zürichsee, municipality of Hombrechtikon (ZH).
1945/1947The sons of the founder, Ernst und Heinz Kundert, start working at the company and take over the management shortly thereafter.
1948Conversion of the sole proprietorship into a general partnership with the name Ernst Kundert & Co.
1962Inclusion of the first, in-house production in Schweizersholz (TG) for metallic gear wheels and technical plastic parts.
1964Move into the newly set up office building at the company headquarters in the municipality of Hombrechtikon (ZH).
1965Name change to KUNDERT & Co.
1973Conversion of the general partnership into the public limited company KUNDERT AG.
1974Construction and commissioning of a production facility for the machining of plastic parts in Jona (SG).
1975Following the unexpected death of Ernst Kundert, Heinz Kundert continues to run the company as sole managing director.
1984Inclusion of polyurethane processing as a supplement to the existing production areas of plastics technology and gear wheels.
1988/1991With Markus and Stefan Kundert, the 3rd generation of the Kundert family joins the company. While Markus takes over the management of sales and technology, Stefan is responsible for finance and organisation.
1989KUNDERT's image is modernised with the introduction of a new logo.
1992Receipt of the SQS certificate in accordance with ISO 9002/EN 29002 for the first time.
1993/1994/1995Move into the newly set up industrial premises in the municipality of Jona (SG). Administration, the production of plastic parts and the polyurethane casting facility are brought together in the new building with around 100 employees. The company headquarters are relocated from Hombrechtikon (ZH) to Jona (SG).
1996The ownership structure of KUNDERT AG is reorganised. Heinz Kundert sells all of his shares to his sons Markus, Stefan and Heinz Kundert jr. in equal shares.
2001KUNDERT AG sells the production of metal gearwheels in Schweizersholz (TG) and concentrates on the rapidly growing plastics sector.
2006In September, KUNDERT celebrates its 100th anniversary. Over the course of one hundred years, the company has developed from a trading business into a modern industrial company in the supplier industry.
2010The managing directors and co-owners of KUNDERT AG, Markus Kundert and Stefan Kundert, each acquire half of the shares in KUNDERT AG that they do not yet own.
2014The Unternehmerforum Zürichsee honours Markus and Stefan Kundert with the Zürichsee Unternehmeraward 2014. This award recognises exceptional individuals and their business achievements.
2016The previous co-owner and Co-Managing Director Stefan Kundert acquires his brother Markus' shareholding on 20 September 2016 and thus becomes the owner of KUNDERT AG. Markus Kundert will remain with KUNDERT AG as Co-Managing Director with the previous functions.
2018Pascal Kundert is the 4th generation of the Kundert family to join the company. He takes over the management of the Polyurethanes division.
2019Markus Kundert is retiring from KUNDERT AG at the beginning of the year after 30 years of service. In future, Stefan Kundert, CEO and owner of KUNDERT AG, will be supported by Pascal Kundert, Jürg Hauser and Dominic Schmid as members of the Executive Board.
2024KUNDERT acquires Hilty Engineering AG, based in Uznach (SG). Hilty specialises in the manufacture of complex finished parts and assemblies using the injection moulding process.