Communication and networking have always been and will remain one of the keys to progress. HÖRMANN’s Communication segment is a provider of system-relevant communication, information and security systems. It focuses on professional hardware and software concepts for railway companies, public transportation, inland shipping and airports in addition to smart electronic security systems to protect buildings, public spaces, industrial properties, transport and people. As the market leader, Funkwerk offers tailored and certified solutions for voice and data communication using analogue and digital mobile networks on railways.

Its focus is on market niches with high barriers to entry and clearly defined target groups. The specialisation in user knowledge creates customer orientation and a competitive edge. Changes in technology are actively leveraged in order to gain foothold on new emerging markets.

Thanks to its history, the Communication segment holds a solid strategic positioning on Europe’s future markets. This is a key requirement for generating a deep understanding of customers’ different needs and for advancing innovation. Flexibility and fast response times in turning ideas into products ready for market in close cooperation with customers are key success factors for the continuous optimisation of value added – for customers and the segment alike. This customer-oriented perspective, this special HÖRMANN expertise, is held in extremely high regard on the market.

The HÖRMANN Intralogistics division pools its various business activities in the field of material flow systems, robotics applications, conveyor technology, warehouse management system, automation and machine technology and assembly. Thus, HÖRMANN Intralogistics offers a broad portfolio for the strongly increased market demand for sustainable, service-oriented and individual multi-solution system solutions for automated warehouse, distribution and production logistics. The long-term goal is to become an international and innovative player in the dynamic growth market of automation and robotics.

HÖRMANN Intralogistics relies on the core competencies developed over decades and the experience as a general contractor proven in many reference plants - both for the construction of turnkey material flow solutions and as a product supplier of dynamic materials handling technology and warehouse management systems as well as a provider of services related to production and intralogistics. The division combines the companies HÖRMANN Intralogistics Solutions GmbH, HÖRMANN Logistik Polska Sp. z o.o., HÖRMANN Intralogistics Solutions Ges.mbh in Graz and HÖRMANN Klatt Conveyors GmbH.

HÖRMANN’s Engineering segment stands for technologically cutting-edge engineering services. For decades, the segment has been providing pioneering concepts across multiple sectors, acting as a reliable and esteemed partner to its customers in addition to being an attractive employer.
The goal of the segment in a nutshell:

• HÖRMANN Engineering develops and implements solutions for its customers that profitably aid them in their continued business development.
• The company stands for technologically cutting-edge engineering services.
• For decades, the segment has been providing pioneering concepts across multiple sectors, acting as a reliable and esteemed partner to its customers and research and development partners in addition to being an exciting and attractive employer.

Industrial transformation has undergone an unprecedented acceleration. And this velocity will continue to increase – posing a major challenge for all technical sectors. Automation, robotics and digital networking in the Internet of Things demand a new way of thinking. HÖRMANN Engineering is shaping this process together with its customers. The ability to adapt quickly and systematically to changing market requirements is one of HÖRMANN’s particular strengths as a family company and – especially in the Engineering segment – a crucial advantage for the company per se and for its customers. Positioning up-to-the-minute expertise and adequate resources in the right place and at the right time defines the benefit and the crucial edge HÖRMANN Engineering offers its customers.

In the Engineering segment, HÖRMANN Industries GmbH operates in the fields of industrial design, vehicle development and facility, building and factory planning, through to the provision of complex logistics systems. This service range is supplemented by the development and production of detectors for measuring ionising radiation. Within the HÖRMANN Group, the Engineering segment also synergistically links the three other segments as a highly knowledge-based competence centre.

As a technology company that has been shaping the future for 70 years now, continuous change is a fixed element of HÖRMANN’s corporate philosophy. The HÖRMANN Group is constantly reinventing itself in order firstly to be the best possible partner for its customers and secondly to live up to its responsibility towards all its employees. Standing still means falling behind, which is why HÖRMANN ensures that it sets the pace and drives the development of the company, taking business decisions in a timely manner and making the necessary course corrections without hesitation.

In the global competition and a future world of alternative traffic systems, digitisation and artificial intelligence, speed, precision and innovation are the attributes our business activity needs to fulfil – attributes that have always been practised at the Group since it was first founded by Hans Hörmann. This experience is especially valuable today.

Diversified and operating in four future technology segments, 2023 was the HÖRMANN Group’s best financial year since the financial crisis of 2008. With its Automotive, Communication, Intralogistics and Engineering segments, the Group has earned itself an international reputation that serves as the basis for “tenaciously shaping the future”.

In 2020, HÖRMANN Digital joined the HÖRMANN Group - a start-up that develops products, services and new business models for the digital challenges of tomorrow. HÖRMANN Digital was established in order to bundle expertise in digitalisation within the HÖRMANN Group and accelerate the process of rapidly advancing digitalisation by leveraging lots of synergies. More information about the company here.