History

At a young age the company’s founder Adolf Locher already dealt with the production of broaching machines. He was part of the company right from the beginning, when with the help of broaching machines a new manufacturing technology was established. His company (with its head office in the Bleichstrasse in Pforzheim) was founded in 1939.

In 1959, the rented premises in Pforzheim became too small. Therefore, Adolf Locher built a new production facility on an acquired industrial area in Huchenfeld (a district of Pforzheim since 1975), which was put into operation in 1960.

Edwin Locher, the son of Adolf Locher, during the production of a profile broaching tool.

The property in Pforzheim-Huchenfeld provides opportunities for expansion of the continually growing company. In 1968 a second factory hall, in 1973 an office block, and in 1985 a third factory hall were built.

In 1982, the company’s founder Adolf Locher passed away. His children Edwin Locher and Christa Volz (née Locher) continue his life’s work as a serious obligation and were able to celebrate the company’s fifty-year anniversary.

In 1989/1990, the successful construction and completion of factory hall 4 took place.

Expansion of factory premises by acquiring an adjacent property with a storage building.

The machinery expands with an ultra-modern CNC-machine.

With Alexandra Volz as Managing Director, the third generation is setting the course for the future.

In May 2018, the association HOCHFORM e.V. was founded in Pforzheim. The aim of the company network is in particular to strengthen the position of precision engineering companies and their competencies both in the Pforzheim area and nationwide, to promote technology transfer and innovation, to recruit urgently needed specialists and to support the Center for Precision Technology. https://www.hochform-pforzheim.de