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1979
Foundation of the company. by Friedhelm Finke.
Entry in the register of craftsmen and
official customer service center of the company U-R-B-A-N.
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1980
Expansion of business activities and renting of operating premises in Hamm Mitte.
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1982
The first used machines are sold
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1985
Hall purchase in Hamm-Uentrop,
Official factory representative of the company Haffner
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1986
Construction of an exhibition hall in the Hamm Uentrop industrial park. J. Berghmans became used machinery
Sales partner for Belgium.
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1987
First sales partner found in England.
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1989
10th anniversary with in-house exhibition.
After the first trade fair appearances in Birmingham at the Glassex, further trade fairs followed in: Essen, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Poznan, and many more.
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1990
Conversion of the company into a limited liability company.
The first order for two 4-head welding machines to Korea. After reunification, the first plant is established in Aue.
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1994
Finke continues to expand. A sales partner is found in Poland in the form of DKV.
First customer in Crete
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1998
Space is running out. Construction of a new warehouse for used machinery.
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1999
Expansion with plant 2 for used machines.
20th anniversary with a large in-house exhibition. Rapid Maschinenbau is exhibiting a cutting center for the first time.
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2001
Participation and award within the framework of “ÖKO-PROFIT 2001” Ecological action in the company. Design and construction of a stormwater infiltration system.
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2005
25-year company anniversary.
In plant 2 a complete window production with machinery for over 200 windows/day was exhibited.
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2006
Daniel Finke joins the management board.
After studying electrical engineering in cooperation with company ferrocontrol/Herford and experience at U-R-B-A-N in Canada.
![](https://www.finke-maschinen.de/wp-content/uploads/site/historie/finke-768x526.jpg)
2009
30-year company anniversary
with large in-house exhibition
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2012
Generation change at Finke.
Official handover of operations from Friedhelm Finke to Daniel Finke at the 2012 in-house exhibition.
![](https://www.finke-maschinen.de/wp-content/uploads/site/historie/generationswechsel-768x660.jpg)
2015
In-house exhibition 2015, Daniel Finke now sole managing director.
Friedhelm Finke withdraws from the operational business.
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2019
40th company anniversary with large in-house exhibition and special exhibition.
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2020
Expansion of the control area for Urban and Elumatec machines.
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2023
Project planning of the first AKS 9600-CUT machines from Urban at Finke. Corner joints with the latest technology and optics.
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