Insight

Founded in 1979 by Brigitte Goebel and Klaus Arens, Goebel Group started in a small two car garage located near Düsseldorf, Germany, before becoming an innovative world market leader in fastening solutions.

From the beginning both Brigitte and Klaus realised a need in the market for new fastener options. This awareness, paired with their dedication to quality, would be the foundation they built Goebel’s business on. This perseverance paid off when a German railway company, known today as Deutsche Bahn AG, placed its first order for rivets that would be used in the manufacturing of passenger railcar interiors. Still a customer to this day, Goebel’s rivets can be found in most of Deutsche Bahn’s railcars that travel throughout Europe. 

Forty years later, Goebel’s dedication has not waivered, resulting in exponential growth on a global scale – with continued success. Today, the business has grown to include a multicultural team of employees, patented product innovations, expansions of subsidiaries, and further investment into reshoring manufacturing efforts. 

The group has also continued to be a family business, with CEO Marcel Goebel the second generation and the third generation already within the business, with Elias Goebel CTO and responsible for the production plant in Germany. 

In fact, ‘Made in Germany’ is critical for Goebel’s mission to become the preferred supplier to its customers. With that in mind, at the beginning of Q1 of 2024, Goebel GmbH will start production of various blind rivets and toggle latches in Germany. 

“With continuous efforts, investment, and passion of the management and team, Goebel will become one of the market leaders in the fastener industry and the 4^th ever manufacturer of blind rivets in Germany,” states Marcel.

Goebel has a vast production capability – with a capacity of 294 million units per year and, through the investment of 70+ dedicated production machines, the company has set itself a target to expand its production to 1 billion blind rivets per year. The complete machine park will also be equipped with a process monitoring system, FactoryNet, which will create a network for all areas of the company. “The intelligent networking of production and the online recording of production data, with open interfaces to our ERP system, will make our production processes transparent, faster and more cost-effective,” explains Marcel. “Thanks to the first class in-house tooling we are also able to guarantee the shortest possible production of tooling for all production machines. A fast, lean and efficient supply for our customers is the center of our service offer.”