The desire to be able to cooperate closely with the design engineers of the former Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL) in the realisation of technical concepts led to the decision to establish a workshop for the production of prototypes for submarine components.

Ulrich Gabler, then owner of IKL, therefore founded the limited company Gabler Maschinenbau GmbH in 1962. Already then the principal objective of the company was to collaborate closely with IKL in the development and construction of high quality prototypes, components, test products and special purpose machines.

Under the guidance of the third-generation shareholders and managing partners Sören Kayser, Wolfgang Scharf the company emerged as an enterprise with highly innovative capabilities. In addition to the German shipyards Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH and Thyssen Nordseewerken, the company gained the confidence of many more new customers all over the world.

Sören Kayser	Wolfgang Scharf	Thorsten Köll

Since January 1st 2009 graduate in financial business management Mr. Thorsten Köll has been strengthening the expanding concern of Gabler group as third managing director.

The primary aim of the company, in addition to retaining independence and safeguarding jobs and training capacities, is to maintain our position of leader in the world market for our products in the fields of naval and thermoform technology. More than 200 employees, of whom over 70 are engineers and technicians, are as dedicated to this aim as the company directors.