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item is an international company based in Solingen, Germany, and has been pioneering the development of industrial building kti systems since 1976. Based on a wide range of aluminum profiles and coordinated fasteners, we develop and distribute components and systems for constructing machinery, factory equipment, and plant facilities. Our product range continues to grow, year on year, as more and more modular additions are incorporated, many of which have been developed in close collaboration with our customers. It is a building kit principle with endless possibilities. This principle has traveled all around the world - but item is where it started.

The concept

Sector-specific solutions

Our promise

We are item

Always think modular

What would happen if we built frame structures from aluminium instead of steel and used screw fixings instead of welds? It was a question nobody had asked before. It was also the spark that ignited the MB Building Kit System from item – and set in motion a global revolution in specialist mechanical engineering. It was in 1976, in Germany, that the first components of the item product portfolio were developed – a portfolio that has since grown to encompass over 4000 articles. This range now includes individual components for specialist mechanical engineering, the ergonomic Work Bench System, the Lean Production Building Kit System for streamlined material flows and much more besides. All the systems are mutually compatible, which ensures your idea can be translated into the perfect solution.

A broad scope

From mechanical and plant engineering and the automotive industry to medical technology and aerospace – companies from a huge variety of sectors place their trust in the quality and flexibility of our ever-growing product portfolio. In everything we do, we maintain a steady focus on your added value. Our offerings cover everything from material supply solutions for use in intralogistics applications to bespoke stairways and platforms and machine automation. No matter which sector you operate in, the modularity of our building kit systems means we can always find the ideal answer to the specific challenge you are facing. A direct line from the idea to the solution.

Always there for you

Our day-to-day work always centers on one thing in particular - your satisfaction. We rely on more than just our high-quality products to keep you happy. By providing top-class service and outstanding reliability, we ensure you can enjoy the best possible certainty in your planning. Our international distribution and logistics centers and our business partners ensure you are supplied with products worldwide. However, we don't just make sure our products are always available; we also offer product information, traning courses, and online training in numerous languages that customers can utilize any time and anywhere. That means every single customer canbecome an item pro - no matter where they are from or where they are based. Far-reaching ideas around the world.

Diversity is our strength

Trust, honesty and mutual respect are at the heart of our day-to-day activities. How old a person is, where they’re from or what gender they are makes no difference – the only things that matter are ability and attitude. We live up to our responsibilities as a company in the broadest sense, whether we’re dealing with our customers, partners, the environment or wider society. A dedication to sustainability and safeguarding resources is hard-wired into our DNA. As a successful midsize company, we also want to give something back, which is why we sponsor cultural, sporting and charitable activities. We support people and ideas.

This is item

item is an international company based in Solingen, Germany, and has been pioneering the development of industrial building kit systems since 1976. Based on a wide range of aluminium profiles and coordinated fasteners, we develop and distribute components and systems for constructing machinery, factory equipment and plant facilities. Our product range continues to grow, year on year, as more and more modular additions are incorporated, many of which have been developed in close collaboration with our customers. It is a building kit principle with endless possibilities. Dieses Prinzip ging um die Welt – und item ist das Original.

The concept

Always think modular

Sector-specific solutions

A broad scope

Our promise

Always there for you

Our day-to-day work always centres on one thing in particular – your satisfaction. We rely on more than just our high-quality products to keep you happy. By providing top-class service and outstanding reliability, we ensure you can enjoy the best possible certainty in your planning. Our international distribution and logistics centres and our business partners ensure you are supplied with products worldwide – within 48 hours, depending on order size. However, we don’t just make sure our products are always available, we also offer product information, training courses and online training in numerous languages that customers can utilise any time and anywhere. That means every single customer can become an item pro – no matter where they are from or where they are based. Far-reaching ideas around the world.

We are item

Diversity is our strength

The whole world of item – at a glance and in one place

Whether frame constructions, racks for material supply, ergonomic work benches or 3D engineering from the comfort of your web browser – all that is just a small corner of the huge world of item.

The following graphic offers a neat overview of our solutions for boosting added value. Simply click the blue dots to find out more about the various elements.

Work bench supply point Lean material supply Ergonomic working Secure machine cabins

MB Building Kit System – modular and flexible Automate processes Avoid ESD damage Protection for people and machinery

Custom tugger trains Customized Stairways and platforms Online engineering Digital training

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Your ideas are worth it.

Your ideas are worth it.

This is item

Always think modular

A broad scope

Always there for you

Diversity is our strength

This is item

The concept

Always think modular

Sector-specific solutions

A broad scope

Our promise

Always there for you

We are item

Diversity is our strength

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How Audi has optimized its intralogistics with item

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A new robotic colleague in assembly at item

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