Silke Plaggenborg and Stefan Plaggenborg

Kurre Systems

motivated into the future

The name "KURRE Systems" has become synonymous for a strong partner in all areas of the cable and wire industry, as well as in specialized mechanical engineering - and for a true family business:
The Kurre family successfully managed the company for over 30 years until Silke and Stefan Plaggenborg took over in 2014. Since then they have added two more companies to the group. KFM, Kabelmaschinenfabrik Müller, from the direct local neighbourhood, and Siebe Engineering from Neustadt/Wied near Bonn.

The three fundamental pillars

Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau Logo
Kurre Spezialmaschinenbau is the main company of KURRE systems. Since the end of the 1970s, machines and components for various industrial sectors have been manufactured there. KURRE is well-known primarily for its individual and customer-specific solutions.
Siebe Engineering Logo
SIEBE Engineering has been manufacturing complex extrusion systems since the early 1980s and has been part of KURRE Systems since 2017. The KURRE site in Neustadt/Wied near Bonn is the former Siebe site.
Kabelmaschinenfabrik Müller KFM Logo
Until 2015, KFM, Kabelmaschinenfabrik Müller, was an independent company in the neighbourhood of KURRE - specialized in automation in the wire processing industry. Since then KFM has also been part of KURRE systems.

1979
Foundation of "Metall- und Maschinenbau Kurre" by Reinhold and Elisabeth Kurre,
start of manufacturing with two apprentices in Harkebrügge, Lower Saxony

1981
Relocation to the neighboring industrial area Ramsloh 

1989, 1997, 2001, 2007
Erection of further production and office buildings, constant expansion of the number of customers and employees

2009
Stefan and Silke Plaggenborg join the company
90 employees, 5.000 m² manufacturing area, approx. 9 million Euro turnover

2014
complete takeover of KURRE by Stefan and Silke Plaggenborg
140 employees, 6.000 m² manufacturing area, approx. 13 million Euro turnover 

2015
KFM, the "Kabelmaschinenfabrik Müller" is integrated into the company as KURRE-KFM

2017
180 employees, almost 8.000 m² manufacturing area, approx. 24 million Euro turnover
Siebe Engineering becomes part of KURRE

2020
more than 220 employees, 10.000 m² manufacturing area, more than 500 customers worldwide
Foundation of KURRE Austria

The Kurre history in photos

Earlier picture of building a hall.
1981: Building of the first manufacturing facility in Ramsloh, Lower Saxony.
Older picture of the installation of a cable machine.
Commissioning of a loose tube system for the sheathing of optical fibers for Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke.
[Translate to Englisch:] Maschine zum Wickeln von zum Machine for winding for example cable coils. Beispiel Kabelringen.
KFM DR double ring winder: The beginning of the 1980s marks the beginning of partial automation in wire processing.
Older photo of the Kurre staff.
The staff at the 10th anniversary in 1989.
Older photo of a cable machine.
Test of a rewinding line for quality control in the early 90s.
Older photo of employees in front of a machine.
1998: FAT of a ribbon line for processing glass fibers in Ramsloh with KURRE and Siemens employees and representatives from China.
Machine for professional use, for plasticizing and sheathing wires, etc.
Commissioning of a SIEBE tandem extrusion line at the customer.
Portrait Stefan Plaggenborg and Reinhold Kurre
Stefan Plaggenborg (left) takes over KURRE 2014 from Reinhold Kurre.
Length control for wires, cables and ropes
2015: The KFM length measuring device (MW5/MW8) becomes part of the KURRE portfolio when the company was integrated into the group.
Series of machines for professional use, for unwinding wires, cores and cables.
KURRE machines are in operation worldwide.
Machine for professional use, for plasticizing and sheathing wires, etc.
SIEBE extrusion line during the production of a foamed 50 Ohm RF cable.
Rainer Spitz, Silke und Stefan Plaggenborg, Thomas Reiner
2017/18: Integration of SIEBE Engineering into the KURRE Group. From left: Rainer Spitz, Silke and Stefan Plaggenborg, Thomas Reiner
Complete extrusion lines for cable production
2019: 12 complete extrusion lines are realized worldwide in the first year of cooperation.
Many employee families visit the Thüle Zoo and Leisure Park to celebrate Kurre's 40th anniversary
Staff and family trip to the animal and adventure parc Thüle for the 40th anniversary.

The Kurre history in media

Technical publication from the magazine DRAHT, Meisenbach Verlag

Double page taken out of a book with historical history from the Oldenburger Münsterland.

A german essay from the book Time Travel along the Fehnroute

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