The stoba Group took part in the Tour Ginkgo again this year. From July 9 to 11, 2026, the charity bike tour is wounding its way through the Ludwigsburg district, raising funds for families with seriously ill and very premature babies.
Author: Lisa Frisch
Four stoba teamsloggeda total of6,844kilometers this year during STADTRADELN—that’s the distance from Munich to Cape Town and then some!
On June 30, 2026, PHINIA Inc. announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests in the stoba Group. The proposed transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
stoba’s 65-year history stands for experience, development, and change. At the same time, stoba is celebrating 40 years of training at its Backnang location this year.
The two stoba apprentices, Maxim and Patrick, recently had the opportunity to spend nearly three weeks in China as part of a student exchange program organized by the Max-Eyth Vocational School in Stuttgart.
Last week, the Backnang training department welcomed some special guests:
The Zukunftswerkstatt Rückenwind e. V. (ZWR) visited stoba with a group of 8 students to learn about our apprenticeships and gain a practical insight into our production.
Since the beginning of 2026, stoba has been a member of ARENA2036 (“Active Research Environmentfor the Nextgeneration of Automobiles“), a research platform where industry and science work together on technologies for the mobility and production of the future.
Are you interested in an apprenticeship at stoba, or do you know someone who is looking for an apprenticeship position? Then there will soon be two great opportunities to meet us in person.
We will be attending two regional apprenticeship fairs in the Rems-Murr district in the coming weeks and look forward to talking to young people, parents, and anyone else who is interested.
You can meet us at these two fairs:
- Welzheim Intercommunal Apprenticeship Fair
February 28, 2026, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Justinus-Kerner-Halle
- Fokus on Careers Schorndorf
March 20 & 21, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Grauhalde School Center, Booth C10
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At the fairs, we will present the apprenticeship opportunities at our Backnang location and providing insights into daily practice at stoba. Our trainers and apprentices will be on hand to answer questions about entry opportunities, apprenticeship content, career prospects and more.
The following apprenticeships are available at stoba:
- Cutting machine operator (m/f/d)
- Industrial mechanic (m/f/d)
- Mechatronics technician (m/f/d)
- Machine & Plant Operator (m/f/d)
- Industrial clerk (m/f/d)
- Warehouse logistics specialist (m/f/d)
From 21 to 25 April 2026, stoba Customized Machinery will be presenting its extensive portfolio of tailor-made production systems for electrochemical metalworking at CCMT 2026 in Shanghai, the largest international trade fair for CNC machine tools and accessories in the Asian region.
For over ten years, stoba has supported the Tour Ginkgo, a charity cycle tour organized by the Christiane Eichenhofer Foundation, which runs through southern Germany every year. The aim of the tour is to collect donations for projects and facilities that provide relief for families with seriously or chronically ill children.
The training tour will take place in Backnang on October 9, 2025 – and stoba will be there.
The training tour is designed to give young people from the 8th grade onwards the opportunity to gain exciting insights into various training companies and professions.
Participants travel in groups by bus from Backnang railroad station to the training companies.
From November 12 to 13, the stoba Group will once again be represented with a booth at the Precision Fair in s’-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), where we will be presenting our extensive technology portfolio.
A team of sales and engineering experts will be on hand to demonstrate the potential that our wide-ranging expertise can offer customers.
5,215 kilometers! That’s how much distance the two stoba teams from Backnang and Weinstadt covered this year in the STADTRADELN competition. Compared to traveling by car, this saved a total of over 800 kilograms of CO2.
stoba is setting new standards in the dynamic world of the hydrogen market. The company has been a proven technology partner for the development and manufacture of complex metal components in small, medium, and large series for 65 years. This long-standing experience enables stoba to develop innovative solutions that also meet the requirements of hydrogen production.
I, Alice, am a second-year industrial clerk apprentice. Part of my activity in the Marketing & Communications department is to write articles like this one. Personally, I think the JAV is a very important body and I’m happy to be able to draw attention to it and its importance.
New projects, cultural exchange, personal development: a stay abroad has many benefits. Five of our trainees had this experience again this year. Oliver and Jan (mechatronics technician apprenticeship) at the stoba site in Brno. Lukas, Kevin (industrial mechanic apprenticeship) and Jamie-Lee (cutting machine operator apprenticeship) on a trip to Beijing with the Chinese-German Training Center (CDAB).
From November 13-14, stoba exhibited at the Precision Fair 2024 in s’-Hertogenbosch (NL).
On November 13-14, 2024, stoba will be presenting its extensive range of services as a global technology partner in the field of precision technology at the Precision Fair in s’-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands).
Are you looking for a varied and future-proof apprenticeship? The application phase for the 2025 apprenticeship starts at stoba in September.