ABOUT US
For more than 40 years, FLABOFORM GmbH now GRUPO CUÑADO Central Europe has been serving you as a trading house for flanges, carbon and stainless steel bends and fittings.
Established in Hockenheim in 1984, the company developed quickly under the leadership of Michael Maass, Friedhelm Nolte and Alfred Kupferschmied, and served primarily customers at the regional level. By 1991, the first branch office was opened in Delitzsch near Leipzig. Following our philosophy of “selling requires presence and proximity to the customer”, our expanding business established additional sales offices in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Essen and Bremen.
In 1995, GRUPO CUÑADO Central Europe moved to the new company building and distribution center in Waghäusel-Kirrlach, which was further expanded in 2007. The modern GRUPO CUÑADO Central Europe distribution center is located right in the heart of Central Europe and is therefore situated ideally for the supply of our customers in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. Our storage area of over 4,000 square meters contains more than 12,000 products, fully assorted in high rise racks.
Thus we are a full-range stock keeper, specialized in flanges, bends and fittings of numerous material grades in carbon and stainless steel. Moreover, we are a solution and system provider for our customers and do not only store and deliver the tubing elements, but also the tube itself.We serve, among other industries, the process and chemical industries, pipeline construction, plant design and machine building, apparatus engineering, as well as the energy industries, sanitary engineering and air conditioning for your home.
Thus we are a full-range stock keeper, specialized in flanges, bends and fittings of numerous material grades in carbon and stainless steel. Moreover, we are a solution and system provider for our customers and do not only store and deliver the tubing elements, but also the tube itself. We serve, among other industries, the process and chemical industries, pipeline construction, plant design and machine building, apparatus engineering, as well as the energy industries, sanitary engineering and air conditioning for your home.
GRUPO CUÑADO Central Europe is also the right partner for your tasks all around the world. Since January 2015 we are a member of the GRUPO CUÑADO, a family-owned company that operates worldwide with about 580 employees. GRUPO CUÑADO started its business in 1963, enjoying more than 60 years experience. Its headquarter is located in Alcalá de Hernares (Madrid), Spain. Jointly with Portugal, the Group has more than 265,000 m2 (2.8 million feet2) indor space distributed over 18 warehouses, offices and 1 valve factory. All of them work as operational centres to provide an integral logistics service.
The Group consists of specialized companies that supply pipes, valves, fittings and miscellaneous items, for industries such as: chemicals and petrochemicals, oil and gas, nuclear power plants, metallurgical industry, iron and steel, shipbuilding, combined-cycle and renewable energy power plants, paper and food industry, water treatment plants, gas processing plants, etc. Our scope of activity ranges from supplying full piping packages to provide added value services, such as our Integral Supply.
Our team concentrates on providing a long-term, optimal supply for your projects and production systems, making use of customized product and logistics solutions, guaranteed availability thanks to our intelligent material management and partnership-based concepts, and communication through efficient IT solutions. This enables us to achieve mutually cost-effective structures for both you and GRUPO CUÑADO Central Europe as your supplier, contributing to our mutual success.