Harburg-Freudenberger
Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH | |
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legal form | GmbH |
founding | 1855 |
Seat | Hamburg-Harburg , Germany |
management |
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Number of employees | 2,000 (2015) |
sales | 385 million euros (2015) |
Branch | mechanical engineering |
Website | www.hf-group.com/ www.hf-tiretechgroup.com/ www.hf-press-lipidtech.com |
The Harburg -Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (HF GROUP) is a German manufacturer of special machines for industrial production of rubber mixing, rubber - and edible oil products . The company belongs to the Possehl Group (Lübeck).
The products include rubber mixing plants , extruders , tire building machines and heating presses, edible oil refining systems, screw presses for oilseed processing, oilseed pressing, crude oil refining and special presses for animal waste or special applications in the dewatering area. Harburg-Freudenberger is the world market leader in the field of tire production systems . With 2,000 employees, sales in 2015 were approx. 385 million euros. In addition to the headquarters in Hamburg-Harburg, there are locations in Freudenberg (Siegerland) , Italy, Croatia ( Belisce ), Slovakia ( Dubnica ), Great Britain, Spain and the USA ( Topeka ).
timeline
German Julius Koeber founded "Koeber's Eisen und Bronzewerke" in 1855. In 1910 the company was merged with the Eddelbüttel machine factory to form "Harburger Eisen- und Bronzewerke AG" (HEB). The Friedrich Krupp AG took over the company in 1959. The first hydraulic hot press worldwide were developed 1,972th The production plant in Belišće , Croatia was acquired in 1972. The company was renamed "ThyssenKrupp Elastomertechnik " in 2002 . The Possehl Group took over the company in March 2005 and renamed it "Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH". In 2010, the business activities were reorganized through the formation of three business units: Rubber mixing technology became the HF MIXING GROUP, the former edible oil technology is now HF Press + LipidTech and the rubber technology is renamed the HF TireTech Group - the three business units are under the HF GROUP united.
HF Press + LipidTech
HF Press + LipidTech is a division of Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (HF GROUP) and a manufacturer of machines and systems for industrial oilseed processing, oilseed pressing and crude oil refining, as well as presses for special applications such as B. for the recovery of animal by-products or for the dewatering of various organic raw materials. HF Press + LipidTech is the world market leader in the screw press sector. The company is located in Hamburg-Harburg.
Special features in the history of HF Press + LipidTech (edible oil technology)
- 1908 Koeber's Eisen und Bronzewerke won first prize for an oil turning press at the Paris World Exhibition
- 1948 the first screw press is manufactured in Harburg
- 2006 HF Press + LipidTech sells the 2000th screw press
HF TireTech Group
The HF TireTech Group is a manufacturer of machines and systems for the rubber processing tire industry. HF develops extrusion systems, tire building machines and heating presses for tire manufacturers worldwide.
HF Mixing Group
The HF Mixing Group is responsible for the "Mixing" division of the HF Group. This includes mixing and mixing room systems, in-house automation and discharge systems for the rubber and plastics processing industry.
Web links
- Early documents and newspaper articles on Harburg-Freudenberger in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 37.3 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ E