About us

KTR is a German coupling manufacturer with over 50 years experience providing power transmission products to a wide range of industries including gensets, pumps, construction, marine, hydraulics, rail, mining, machine tools, renewable energy and more.

KTR manufactures a range of flexible couplings for power transmission. Designs include jaw couplings, nylon gear couplings, steel gear couplings, backlash-free couplings, API lamina couplings, bellows type couplings, pin & bush couplings, magnetic couplings, and a range of flexible flange couplings for diesel flywheel applications, up to 39,000 Nm nominal torque as standard, covering SAE flywheels 6 ½ to 24”.

KTR also manufacture a standard range of OAC oil/air blast coolers, and bespoke designed combination coolers capable of simultaneously cooling oil, air, water, or fuel within one unit. Other coolers include shell and tube and plate heat exchangers.

Other areas of expertise include hydraulic components: bellhousings, damping elements, oil coolers, tank heaters and accessories, steel tanks (standard and bespoke designs), torque limiters, torque measurement, and clamping elements.

With proven excellence, KTR’s ability to meet customer needs is just one of the reasons why KTR is widely considered as the driving force behind the development of the worldwide coupling market and the production of world class innovative power transmission components.

Since 1959, KTR has grown to become one of the largest suppliers of mechanical couplings in the world with over 30,000 different products available from stock, representing 40% of KTR’s total product range. The remainder of KTR’s output covers customized product designs developed using KTR’s in-house engineering expertise and new state-of-the-art R&D facilities.

KTR now boasts over 20 well established international subsidiaries forming its own global sales and service network with manufacturing sites in Germany, India, Brazil, China and the United States.