The management now consists of Dr. Jens Falker as managing director with a focus on technology and managing partner Michael Lösch.
Dr. Falker has been with GMN since 2020. Initially, he was responsible for the development and engineering of spindle technology. Most recently, he took over the technical management of all business areas, which include spindles and high-precision ball bearings, freewheels, and seals.
Excellence down to the detail is GMN's vision.
He sees the structural change in the manufacturing industry as a central challenge for the coming years, which he wants to shape and moderate with GMN. The transformation of the industry, for example through digital technologies, is omnipresent. Keeping pace with this plays an important role in his view, "but our core competence has been mechanical precision for 118 years. We develop, manufacture, and integrate precision solutions for perfect operation – in partnership with our customers and suppliers worldwide – that is our mission."
Falker sees the high depth of manufacturing as a significant competitive advantage. It allows for quick responses to market demands. A particular aspect for him as an engineer is to test the products under real conditions during manufacturing. This is because the company produces them on machine tools that are themselves equipped with GMN spindles. "In this way, we create precision solutions that ensure that our customers' machines always and everywhere run perfectly."
He is optimistic about the future of the industrial location Germany: "We are always successful when we focus on our strengths and consistently invest in research, product development, and collaborations."
Passion for high-performance components
The passion for high-performance components for machine tools has accompanied Dr. Falker since his studies in industrial engineering and mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen, where he also earned his doctorate. At the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL of the university, his research focuses were high-speed rolling bearings as well as the design and calculation of spindle-bearing systems.
Dr. Edgar Verlemann is (almost) retiring after nearly 30 years
Dr. Edgar Verlemann has technically shaped GMN for decades. He joined the company in 1997 as production manager; from 1999 until March 2026, he held the position of technical managing director.
During this time, he pushed for internationalization, and GMN opened service and sales locations in the USA and China. Part of this success story also includes several expansions of production capacities at the Nuremberg site and the growth of the workforce from 270 to currently 470 employees.
With Dr. Verlemann, the GMN team has also further developed the lean methodology in ball bearing manufacturing, advanced motor spindle technology up to the digital interface, and opened new markets with the integration of GMN freewheels into e-bike applications. He will not completely withdraw yet: As coordinator for the construction of a new production building for ball bearing manufacturing, he will continue to support GMN until the end of 2027.
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