About Us

Franklin Automation was founded in 1990 by Frank M. Kigyos; after a long and successful career with the Anchor Brush Company of Aurora Illinois, where he was most recently employed as Plant Manager of the Company's Technical Center. Shortly after opening the doors, his two sons Frank and Kevin joined the Franklin team and the three currently form the company's core management team.

Since that time the company has experienced steady growth and in 1997 was named exclusive U.S. sales and service representatives for Anton Zahoransky GmbH & Co. of Germany. Zahoransky is well known the world over for its innovative 2-Component Molds, Automatic Brush Making Machines and Form, Fill, and Seal Packaging Machines.