Lenord+Bauer

Lenord+Bauer is a family-owned German engineering company founded in 1965 in a cellar room in Oberhausen, where its company headquarters was later built in 1973. It develops and manufactures encoders, sensors and positioning systems, including the inductive absolute singleturn encoder GEL AIK10, the compact positioning drive GEL 6008, the mobile service and diagnostic device GEL 211CV0, and the bearingless MiniCODER GEL 244xF. Its stated claim is "Finding Solutions. Founding Trust." The company presents its sensor and positioning solutions at international trade fairs and operates through entities such as Lenord+Bauer USA and Lenord+Bauer Italia.

Lenord+Bauer was founded in 1965 in a cellar room in Oberhausen, starting as an innovative engineering company. In 1973 the company headquarters was built in Oberhausen, and Lenord+Bauer developed its first electrical counters as well as magnetic incremental encoders. In 1984 the company developed compact controllers for the first time and expanded series production for encoders. In 1993 the bearingless, compact and highly precise MiniCODER came onto the market. The company describes itself as a family business whose values-oriented management is shaped by the Christian faith of its shareholders and management, with positive relationships between people at the centre. Its claim is "Finding Solutions. Founding Trust."

Family-owned, values-oriented German engineering company providing sensor and positioning solutions for industrial automation, machine tools, rail transport and packaging.

• GEL AIK10

  Inductive absolute singleturn encoder with accuracy of up to 14 arc seconds without compensation, repeatability of up to 5 arc seconds and latency times of less than 9 microseconds.

• GEL 6008

  Cost-effective and extremely compact positioning drive enabling full automation of systems even with very limited installation space and limited project budget; nominated for the Automations Best Award 2026.

• GEL 211CV0

  Mobile service and diagnostic device for signal testing, calibration and analysis of rotor position sensors on site, combining professional measurement, testing and adjustment functions with browser-based operation.

• MiniCODER GEL 244xF

  Digital MiniCODER, a bearingless rotary encoder of the GEL 244xF series enabling direct connection to Fanuc αi SP/SPB/SP-D systems with 24-bit resolution; nominated for the Messweb Masters Award 2026.

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