Progress since 1895
Since 1895 FEIN has invented and developed power tools that stand for maximum quality, performance and durability. To make your daily work go faster and easier.
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The world's first power tool was an invention of the C. & E. FEIN GmbH company.
Wilhelm Emil Fein founded the company in 1867. In 1895, FEIN invented the electric hand drill, the first power tool. Today this tradition-rich company is a power tool manufacturer with an international reputation and 900 employees, 530 of whom work in Germany. This first class German manufacturer develops and produces
application solutions for the metalworking, interior construction, and automotive market segments and is the
specialist for professional and extremely reliable power tools for trade and industry.
FEIN holds more than 800 active industrial property rights, including approximately 500 patents and patent applications.
FEIN markets its products through over 20 international subsidiaries and more than 50 distributorships
world wide. For over 140 years, the FEIN brand has stood for application solutions and premium quality.
Brand positioning
FEIN is the specialist, when extremely reliable, professional power tools and special applications solutions are called for in the metal fabrication, interior construction, and automotive industries. As the inventor of the electric hand drill, FEIN has developed innovative and unbeatably efficient, professionally-oriented solutions for over 140 years. They prove themselves under the toughest continuous use in trade and industry.
The FEIN Core Brand Values
A brand is more than a name and a logo. A brand stands for certain values. Values that affected this brand during its development and make it successful. And that are found in the daily work of everyone who deals with the FEIN brand. Because the FEIN brand values are the things that we promise our customers. They determine the communication - from product development to the sales conversation.
FEIN numbers
Patents and property rights
800 active property rights, including 500 patents and patent applications.
Personnel
company worldwide approximately 900 persons, of whom approximately 530 persons including 25 trainees FEIN Germany.
FEIN facts
Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bargau
Since July 2007 FEIN operates even more efficiently. All company departments are gathered together in the new company headquarters in Bargau.
- Concentration at one location
- Expertise bundling under one roof
- Short paths for even better cooperation
- Presentation / training in the core applications
- Motor production
- Plastic injection molding and plastic component processing
- Mechanical production
- Assembly
- Production warehouse

FEIN MultiMaster
FEIN SuperCut
Drywall installation
Surface treatment of wood
Wood assembly
Assembly of roofing and facade
Interior construction and renovation
Stainless steel finishing
Heavy duty grinding
Drilling and core drilling metal
Metal construction
Pipe processing
Automotive glass removal
Special-purpose vehicle building
Vehicle maintenance
Large-scale industrial assembly
Boat maintenance
Trade fair dates
Newsletter
Promotions
New products
3 year Plus guarantee
Spare parts catalog
Frequently Asked Questions
Catalogs and instructions
Operational safety
Experience FEIN
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FEIN world-wide
